Reading Time: 2 minutes Effective from May 6, 2024, there are some important news in VMware certifications: a new Certification Manager 2.0 portal page (https://cp.certmetrics.com/vmware/en/credentials/status), new New Certification Version Badges, Standardize Exam Fees for all exams, and the new Certification by Exam Only path! The standard exam fee apply an all VCTA, VCP, and VCAP exams will now be charged a flat fee of USD $250.00. This new fee structure will take effect on May 6, 2024, and will apply to all new registrations, renewals, and retakes. There will be no changes to the exam cont ..read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Pure//Accelerate is the annual big event from Pure Storage, one of the first all flash storage company. Pure//Accelerate 2024 is planned on June 18-21, 2024 | Resorts World Las Vegas. The event will kick off with our opening reception on June 18. Additional events include the Pure//Partner Forum on June 18 and pre-conference training sessions on June 17-18. Pure//Accelerate is a dynamic, in-person experience, designed to maximize your data success. For this reason there is no “hybrid” event with remote option, but, of course, select sessions will be available on demand ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute VeeamON 2024 will be in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from June 3 to June 5 2024. After there will be, probably, the usual VeeamON Tour, around the world, put those small local events are not comparable with the big event. The pillars of this year are data protection, intelligence, and security and how they are converging. Like the VeeamON 2023 edition, there are two different way to attend it: in person and online. The online way is totally free but is limited to: To attend physicall, just use the registration link. The post Don’t miss VeeamON 2024 appeared fi ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Dell Technologies World – happening at The Venetian in Las Vegas, May 20–23, 2024 – is a showcase of all the ways we’re using technology and AI to accelerate from ideas to innovation. At Dell Technologies World you’ll connect with industry leaders and IT professionals to share insights and information, get a jump on the latest tech trends and create actionable strategies for your business. Meet up with a community of technologists and innovators to share stories, understand our vision for the future and be a part of what’s next. The post Dell Technologies World 2024 ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute To learn how hybrid multicloud has quickly matured from a promising, you can join at Nutanix .NEXT 2024. Nutanix is one of the few big companies that really trust in Europe as a location for a global big event, and this year, Nutanix .NEXT will be in Barcelona from May 21 to May 23. As usual you can connect with peers, experts, and partners from all over the world are eager to share, advise, and make the most of Barcelona’s sunny days and warm, starry nights. Join them for breakfast receptions, cocktail hours, and memorable […] The post Nutanix .NEXT 2024 appeared f ..read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Quickwit is an unparalleled cost-efficient log search engine designed to solve scaling issues in actual log search solutions. Those issues are mainly originated by the exponential grow of all data, including log datasets: in a data-driven world, terabyte datasets are the new standard. And large tech and cybersecurity companies already need to manage petabytes of logs. This mean that: Quickwit is fast, scalable, and reliable at petabyte-scale: Quickwit is at least 10x more cost-efficient than existing solutions and you don’t need a whole team to manage petabytes. Quickwi ..read more

Reading Time: 4 minutes Leil Storage is modern storage designed for backup and archival data. Leil is an Estonian company with the headquarter in Tallin. With their solution, they are trying hard to revitalize, redo, and right many wrongs around the concept of backup and archival storage. There are several storage solution for backup/archiving, but there are some points that make Leil Storage very interesting: The first point is a common goal for several disk based solution and, of course, the price can be one key point to be considered. The other two points are quite interesting. Performance ..read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) is a new storage technology for long-term, online storage of persistent data that takes advantage of a newer generation of SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) disk drives that are designed to be powered on and off and improve energy efficiency. This allows denser packaging of drives in large-scale disk storage systems since only 25% of disks are spinning at any one time. MAID provides for the power management of disks drives, thus creating a new service level for retaining and accessing “archive/persistent” data. MAID is an al ..read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes FUJIFILM Object Archive enables the interaction of the rapidly growing amount of data with tape storage systems, creating a sustainable and an air-gapped secure data archiving strategy.  FUJIFILM Object Archive software is a data management software that can also perform storage system management made specifically for long-term data preservation and data protection. It addresses the increasing needs for a sustainable storage tier for infrequently accessed cold data residing on flash or disk-based storage plaƞorms and reduces overall storage costs. This software can ..read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes FUJIFILM Kangaroo is a customisable turn-key ready solution with all components pre-installed and all in one location: your premises. Everything you need to archive your (cold) data for the long-term. It includes all the hardware, software and tapes, pre-installed in a single custom box, or “naked” to be installed in your existing rack. The essential elements are the Tape Library with its LTO tapes and the Linux based Server (that include FUJIFILM Object Archive Software). Optional components are the UPS, monitor and keyboard. FUJIFILM Object Archive software conne ..read more