Tens of thousands of users are deploying open-source storage software in an effort to avoid pricey proprietary products such as array clustering and disk eraser applications and to get some long-term ...

Nexenta's new NexentaStor 3.0 is the first commercial storage appliance software to incorporate in-line data dedupe with open-source ZFS, said Evan Powell, CEO of the Portland, Ore.-based storage ...

Why You Should Care: Nexenta allows solution providers to configure high-capacity, scalable and low-cost storage infrastructures using open-source software and either virtual appliances or ...

IBM announced today that the Eclipse Foundation, an open-source organization, has approved the creation of the Aperi Storage Management Framework Project, which is developing open-source storage ...

Those of you who weren’t able to attend the InfoWorld Virtualization Executive Forum in New York last week missed out on a fascinating show. A panel discussion I moderated on virtualization and Linux ...

Bossie winners for network and online backup, NAS server, file and directory comparison, disk monitoring, and storage administration The InfoWorld Bossies are chosen annually by Test Center editors, ...

Ten open source vendors made Network World’s Companies to Watch list one year ago. Read this story to find out what they’re up to today. One year ago, Network ...

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our ...

Software-defined storage promises enterprises greater flexibility and freedom of choice when it comes to their data storage deployments. By taking lower-level software operations and day-to-day ...

For every yin, there’s a yang; for every action, a reaction; and for every piece of proprietary software, there’s an open source alternative. Or something like that. There are potential downsides to ...

Are you curious about why someone would ditch all the popular mainstream apps in favor of less familiar options? Is there something to gain by making this transition? Well, currently, my app ...