Top six reasons to use Object Storage – and why they matter

As cloud storage technology is increasingly adopted for a broad range of consumer and business applications, the storage landscape is transitioning away from traditional disk arrays to object-based storage systems. A recent IDC report predicts that the market for File- and Object-Based Storage (FOBS) will experience an annual growth rate of 24.5% through 2017, reaching $38 billion. “Increased versatility will result in more diverse use cases for FOBS,” said IDC.

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BackupVault offers a ‘lifeline’ to Symantec Cloud customers

BackupVault (BUV) is providing a welcome solution for the thousands of customers who’ve been detrimentally affected by Symantec’s decision to discontinue its Backup Exec Cloud service.

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United Utilities gets connected with Fujitsu

United Utilities has tasked Fujitsu with transforming its IT estate. This new partnership highlights a move by United Utilities to invest in a modern IT environment and will see Fujitsu implement a high capacity, scalable and secure data centre environment. This supports its vision of becoming a leading service provider in the North West of England and one of the best UK water and wastewater companies. United Utilities is looking to increase its overall agility and encourage business growth,...

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Movir chooses FlexPod from Proact

Disability insurer Movir recently signed a 3-year contract with Proact for the supply, implementation and management of a converged data center infrastructure solution based on the FlexPod reference architecture. FlexPod is a validated solution from Cisco and NetApp that combines networking, computing and storage in one shared IT infrastructure. The environment as a whole will serve as the basis for increasing the availability, scalability, performance and associated IT infrastructure services.

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Modernising Oracle with converged infrastructure

Customers who adopt Dell EMC VxBlock technology experienced 99% less planned and unplanned downtime according to a study by IDC.

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