The Rise, Fall and End of Violin Memory

What happened to Violin Memory? The company was once a pioneer in the flash storage market but failed to adapt to the moving marketplace. Teo CEO changes later, and the company has just been sold to StorCentric. How did Violin go from boom to bust in just a few short years? Tech Field Day delegate Chris Evans takes a look at Violin’d story.


Pure Storage Announces FlashRecover

Chris Evans, a frequent delegate at our Tech Field Day events, writes about the partnership between Pure Storage and Cohesity on the new FlashRecover solution. Chris analyzes and reviews the design for the new system as well as the implications for consumers. Be sure to give his analysis a read and take a look at the past Pure Storage and Cohesity Storage Field Day presentations on our website!


What Next for Violin Systems?

Chris Evans takes a look at the current state of Violin Systems, a company he got to see at Storage Field Day back in 2016 when it was known as Violin Memory. The company has gone through more than just a name change since that time, having significant financial and management shakeups. Chris overviews what made them an early all-flash storage leader, and where he sees their technology taking the company going forward.


Is NetApp Becoming A Service Provider?

In this post, Chris Evans makes the argument that NetApp has fundamentally changed as a company, from a single product and platform to full on data management. As an example, he points to their Cloud Orchestrator service.


Accelerating Workloads with NetApp Plexistor

Chris Evans was surprised to learn that NetApp had acquired Plexistor, a company he had first seen at Storage Field Day in 2016. He thinks NetApp got a bargain in the acquisition, getting a storage class memory solution in their Plexistor SCM. Chris gives a quick overview how this could fit into NetApp’s portfolio.


Can Violin Systems Successfully Rise from the Ashes of Violin Memory?

On his Storage Unpacked podcast, Chris Evans spoke to the CEO of Violin Systems, Ebrahim Abbasi. They discuss the future of the company coming out of their legacy with Violin Memory, and discussed focusing on tiering, scale-out and software-defined offerings for new product. Chris breaks down how he sees Violin Systems leveaging each of these in the competitive all-flash market.


Netapp – an #SFD12 Update

When a company with NetApp’s extensive history and portfolio presents at Storage Field Day, sometimes you don’t know what to expect. Matt Leib certainly found a lot to like from their presentation earlier this month. He got a glimpse into how the company is proceeding in light of the SolidFire acquisition, and remained impressed by their approach. The company has managed to integrate the company without quashing its consistent innovation, always a challenge for a large company like NetApp. Matt saw this innovative spirit actually flowing back into some of NetApp’s new and updated solutions.


Storage Field Day 11 Previews: Intel, HGST

Storage Field Day 11 Previews: Intel, HGST


NetApp, Storage Class Memory and Hyperconvergence

NetApp, Storage Class Memory and Hyperconvergence


Nutanix Acquires PernixData and Calm.io

Nutanix Acquires PernixData and Calm.io


VulcanCast Follow Up – A few thoughts on 60TB SSDs

VulcanCast Follow Up – A few thoughts on 60TB SSDs


Why Primary Deduplication Is A Different Animal From Backup Dedupe

Why Primary Deduplication Is A Different Animal From Backup Dedupe


Data Corruption – The Silent Killer

Data Corruption – The Silent Killer


TFD11 Introduction Plexistor

TFD11 Introduction Plexistor


Torus – Because We Need Another Distributed Storage Software Solution

Torus – Because We Need Another Distributed Storage Software Solution


Cloud integration with Cohesity storage platform

Cloud integration with Cohesity storage platform


Databases vSphere and vSAN

Databases, vSphere and vSAN


Cohesity Announces Hybrid Cloud Strategy

Cohesity Announces Hybrid Cloud Strategy


Cohesity Announces Cloud Integration Services

Cohesity Announces Cloud Integration Services


Cohesity Announces Cloud Integration for Their Storage Platform

Cohesity Announces Cloud Integration for Their Storage Platform