One of the typical definitions of the word “summit” refers to the top of a mountain. It seems to imply a very tall mountain, as we never refer to the summit of a small hill. Further, when we think of the summit of a mountain such as Everest, or Kilimanjaro, we think of snow-covered peaks […]
At OneCloud Software, we like to think we have been talking about “hybrid cloud” before hybrid cloud was cool. A hybrid cloud is a blending of traditional data center resources with resources in the cloud. The founding principle of the company was to help usher in the era of the hybrid cloud as a way […]
George Crump of Storage Switzerland points out in his blog “What is Hybrid Cloud Backup?” that it’s not good to just put your data out in the cloud — you really need a hybrid solution where you keep an appliance on site that handles any local recovery and restores you need to do and only […]
Its been an amazing few decades to be alive and to watch the amount of new technology that has enhanced our lives. As equally amazing as watching these technologies come into the market is watching them mature through initial growing pains into robust and reliable services while prices simultaneously fall. Take for example the public […]
In his two-part article, “The Future of MSPs in a Cloud-Centric World” in Talkin’ Cloud, Jim Lippie points out that the Managed Services Provider (MSP) community finds itself at a particularly compelling intersection in the market. Jim highlights the steady adoption of the cloud in terms of enabling SaaS applications like Office365, Google Apps, and […]
Recently, I was honored to be quoted in Enterprise Storage Forum’s article titled Top Ten Storage Trends that Emerged in 2014. I made 3 points regarding the evolution of cloud computing and its impact on the storage industry and how IT organizations leverage cloud technologies. One point that I think is important to expand upon […]
I am often asked why we placed our initial platform bets on VMware for on-premise clouds and AWS for off-premise. While the VMware choice may be obvious based on enterprise market share, people often have more questions about the choice of AWS as our first off-premise cloud platform. Luckily there is plenty of market evidence […]
Disaster recovery has always been a major challenge for IT departments. Even with the advent of server virtualization and other technologies, which have simplified DR implementation and some aspects of on-going management, DR is still a costly and complex undertaking. For those applications that do not require high availability, but are still mission- and business-critical […]
Welcome to the OneCloud Software blog. Today is a big day for OneCloud Software. We’re not only introducing the marketplace to our product, OneCloud Recovery (OCR), we’re launching our new website and blog. Our blog will be an opportunity for us to share our expertise in data storage, but also an interactive forum for discussion […]