Author Archives: Bryan Betts
Getting into Software-Defined Storage
In a nutshell Software-defined storage, or SDS, has the potential to significantly change how you[...]
Understanding Software-Defined Storage
In a nutshell The term “software-defined storage” (SDS) is all over the press, yet sometimes[...]
Digital Workplace Transformation
The business context for Windows 10 in financial services There is a digital divide at[...]
It’s Artificial Intelligence, but not as we know it
Ed: AI is figuring more and more prominently in our industry coverage at Freeform Dynamics.[...]
Five years later, the hybrid cloud is real
When we surveyed over 300 IT and business professionals back in 2011 on their attitudes[...]
Rethinking long term data management
The emerging role of active archiving
Unleashing the full potential of all-flash arrays
The network is part of the system too
Enterprise Flash – The New Normal?
In a nutshell All-Flash Arrays (AFAs) have come a very long way in a short[...]
Will hyper-converged infrastructure kill traditional storage?
In a nutshell Deciding which direction to take with your storage purchasing is a tough[...]
Scale-out storage: Proprietary? Commodity? Or both?
There is no doubting that scale-out storage is now thoroughly achievable. Indeed, scale-out is pretty[...]
Will open source storage make the hyperscale dream real?
Open-source software has become an important presence in many areas of IT, and now, as[...]
You can do more with backup than just cloning your data
As we all know, the world of backup is changing, and not just in obvious[...]
What hyper-converged storage really means for you
To paraphrase an old joke, ask three IT “experts” for a definition of hyper-convergence and[...]
Eight Best Practices for Cloud Security
There’s been a lot of FUD spread around in recent years on the subject of[...]