EMC sponsors an annual study conducted by IDC called The Digital Universe which looks at the impact of data creation and consumption worldwide. This year’s report produced some rather interesting insights, which Chuck Hollis of EMC talks about in a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Cloud Computing
Cloud-based Big Data Also Requires Big Backup
Starting last January, more than a few blogs posts have been devoted to explaining the saga of Megaupload, the file sharing or “file locker” service whose web domain was seized by the US government. While the actual circumstances of this … Continue reading
What Happens When There’s No Cloud?
Earlier today Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud experienced a significant outage, bringing down some major websites, notably GitHub, Reddit, and Imgur, among others. While certainly an inconvenience for end users and a major headache for the sites in question, what I’m … Continue reading