Storage Soup
November 2012
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Qumulo looks to repeat Isilon's culture, success
- Editorial News Director 28 Nov 2012 -
When technologies collide, the customers win
- Evaluator Group 20 Nov 2012 -
Isilon ready to go live with 'Maverick' OS
- Editorial News Director 13 Nov 2012
Seattle-based startup Qumulo closed a whopping $24.5 million Series A funding round last week, without even dropping the F-word (flash) or C-word (cloud) that many startups rely on to woo venture ...
It should be apparent now that new technology drives advances of older technology. Storage companies have a lot to lose if their technology is eclipsed by newer technology, so they continue to ...
EMC acquired Isilon two years ago to fill a void among big data and scale-out NAS use cases that mainstream NAS products could not handle. Now Isilon is taking steps to become better suited to ...
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Storage software tools can be too independent
- Evaluator Group 12 Nov 2012 -
FalconStor hires banker to explore sale or funding options
- Editorial News Director 08 Nov 2012
I recently spoke with a storage software vendor promoting a product that was an independent storage management and reporting tool. The functionality it performed was impressive. There were ...
After another rocky quarter, FalconStor has hired investment banker Wells Fargo Securities to evaluate “strategic alternatives.” FalconStor CEO Jim McNiel stopped short of saying the data ...