Are data services like water or electricity?

Are data services like water or electricity?

Source: CIO.com, Author Matt Watts. I know it sounds strange to many in the IT world, but your customers are starting to think of your service as a utility. Yes, that kind of utility: gas, water, electricity. Something they turn on with the press of a button or the...
Data rush: Part 1

Data rush: Part 1

The Explosion “It’s not my fault,” said the Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) as he went back to his desk. The users in the New York office were frustrated with the database performance. Scott, a seasoned Oracle DBA walked back to his desk after a...
SSD is so 2013…

SSD is so 2013…

Flash storage and SSDs were all the rage the last couple of years. At all the major conferences this past year we saw a ton of smaller niche players jumping into this space. What I want to discuss in this blog is the next step in low latency storage. My colleague and...