The more things change, the more they stay the same, as the French say. That's certainly the case in enterprise storage. Here we review the storage supplier profiles published this year on ComputerWeekly.com, and find all the key players building on key themes of the past decade. These include: flash storage (often QLC for increased density), hybrid cloud operations, storage and backup for containerised apps, as-a-service models of purchasing, and storage for AI workloads.
Our perspective is that the holders of risk are the beneficiaries of lower costs and reduced risk, but it takes the whole ecosystem to participate. One thing about the Fannie Mae survey is the shift in business priorities from cost cutting to streamlining. Cost cutting and streamlining are related, but cost cutting carries a negative connotation does it mean cutting service, quality or jobs? For years, there was resistance and even regulatory hesitation.
The introduction of PhysicalBackup Custom Resources provides an efficient backup solution, particularly for large datasets, utilizing mariadb-backup and Kubernetes-native VolumeSnapshots.
Over a quarter of data and analytics professionals worldwide estimate that poor-quality data costs companies over $5 million annually, with 7% putting the figure at $25 million or more.
Shoppers have alternatives, so curating the perfect customer experience requires attention to branding and customer touchpoints, including the critical role of kiosks in retail.
This is an imperfect and temporary solution for cumulatively sharing all of this data. What we need is a long term solution where all of this is housed, so that everybody can see all of this data transparently from month to month.
