8/1/2014
Storage Disruptors
Microsoft is among a number of new providers upsetting the status quo by offering software-defined storage, cloud-based data protection, flash-based arrays and converged Web scale infrastructure.
The feature, part of Microsoft's Azure cloud service, makes it easy to create file shares in the public cloud.
Microsoft is among a number of new providers upsetting the status quo by offering software defined storage, cloud-based data protection, flash-based arrays and converged Web scale infrastructure.
Since Edward Snowden first revealed major cloud companies' cooperation with the NSA's covert surveillance, Microsoft and other vendors have been fighting hard to restore their image through public measures to protect users' privacy. While Redmond readers respect the effort to varying degrees, they're taking their own countermeasures.