There are many ways to consume storage in the cloud. Using a virtual appliance version of a storage array maker’s product is one of them. You can get cloud storage services from other providers too.

When it comes to enterprise storage, companies such as EMC, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi, IBM and NetApp may come to mind first. But there are a lot of new players out there taking a piece of the pie.

Way back when virtualization was a new thing, virtual networks were simple connections that linked virtual servers and the occasional networking appliance. Now, however, things are different. Building ...

Microsoft Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire Avere Systems, a developer of technology that provides fast access to file-based data on hybrid cloud infrastructures. Pittsburgh-based Avere, founded ...

Microsoft's original three server partners for its Azure Stack hybrid computing appliance are officially taking orders as of today, July 10. Microsoft hasn't yet made the final Azure Stack code ...

Microsoft is expanding the capabilities of its Azure Data Box data-transfer appliance. Azure Data Box, which competes with Amazon's Snowball, is meant to help users move data into Azure faster and ...

When we looked at “traditional” backup applications and how they had evolved for the cloud era, we found a range of approaches, from more or less simply adding the cloud as a target, to those ...