Volume 17, Issue I

Hello and welcome to first 2017 issue of the Server StorageIO update newsletter.

Now that we are past the holidays, year-end crunch, post new years activity including NFL football playoffs, its time to get back on track for the new year and new things.

There is a lot going on, in and around data infrastructure server, storage, and I/O networking connectivity from a hardware, software, and services perceptive. From consumer to small/medium business (SMB), enterprise to web-scale and cloud-managed service providers, physical to virtual, spanning structured database (aka “little data”) to unstructured big data and very big fast data, a lot is happening today.

Watch for more coverage involving data infrastructures as well as other related topics in future newsletters, at StorageIOblog.com as well as in different venues and events.

In This Issue

Enjoy this edition of the Server StorageIO update newsletter.

Cheers GS

Industry Activity Trends

Recent Industry News and Activity includes:

StorageIOblog Posts

Recent and popular Server StorageIOblog posts include:

View other recent as well as past StorageIOblog posts here

StorageIO Commentary in the news

Recent Server StorageIO industry trends perspectives commentary in the news.

Via InfoStor: 10 Top Data Storage Applications
Via InfoStor: Cloud Storage Concerns, Considerations and Trends
Via InfoStor: 10 Top Data Storage Applications
Via InfoStor: SSD Trends, Tips and Topics
Via HPE: Decision guide: Public cloud versus on-prem storage
Via InfoStor: Six Ways to Boost Data Storage Performance

View more Server, Storage and I/O trends and perspectives comments here

StorageIO Tips and Articles

Recent and past Server StorageIO articles appearing in different venues include:

Check out these resources techniques, trends and tools. View more tips and articles here

Events and Activities

Recent and upcoming event activities.

April 3-7, 2017 - Seminars - Dutch workshop seminar series - Nijkerk Netherlands

March 15, 2017 - Webinar - SNIA/BrightTalk - HyperConverged (HCI) and Storage - 10AM PT

January 26 2017 - Seminar - Presenting at Wipro SDx Summit London UK

January 11, 2017 Webinar - Redmond Magazine
Dell Software - Presenting - Tailor Your Backup Data Repositories to Fit Your Needs

December 13 VMware webinar - vSAN, HCIBench, vSAN Observer and healthcheck

December 7, 2016 11AM PT - BrightTalk Webinar: Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

See more webinars and activities on the Server StorageIO Events page here.

Server StorageIO Industry Resources and Links

Useful links and pages:
Microsoft TechNet - Various Microsoft related from Azure to Docker to Windows
storageio.com/links - Various industry links (over 1,000 with more to be added soon)
objectstoragecenter.com - Cloud and object storage topics, tips and news items
OpenStack.org - Various OpenStack related items
storageio.com/protect - Various data protection items and topics
thenvmeplace.com - Focus on NVMe trends and technologies
thessdplace.com - NVM and Solid State Disk topics, tips and techniques
storageio.com/performance - Various server, storage and I/O benchmark and tools
VMware Technical Network - Various VMware related items