Lessons from Facebook on efficiency for the enterprise
Boosting datacenter efficiency is essential to bringing down costs and expanding Internet access across the globe. Here are some tips for doing so from the social media giant.
Fusion-io founders net $50M for stealth storage startup Primary Data
The founders of Fusion-io have raised $50 million for their stealthy startup. The company is planning to offer a product in the software-defined storage space.
Flash gold rush continues as Western Digital buys Virident for $685M
Virident, a maker of server-side flash storage, like Stec before it, will become part of Western Digital’s HGST subsidiary.
Fusion-io revenues fall short; new CEO Robison keen on finding new customers
Fusion-io missed analysts’ revenue estimates for the second quarter of 2013. But new CEO Shane Robison believes price cuts could entice more hyperscale customers to jump aboard.
MySQL fork MariaDB targets the enterprise by supporting Fusion-io’s atomic writes
MariaDB users can now take advantage of the “atomic writes” feature on Fusion-io drives, which aims to boost database performance while extending the life of the flash drive.
The week in cloud: Snooping fears in Europe could call for isolationist clouds
Privacy was the hot button in the cloud this week following news of more government surveillance, although hot flash storage startups and the potential for more Amazon cloud growth also captured attention.
Notable SSD market players: Fusion-io, Violin Memory and — wait for it — Google
Storage heavyweights EMC and NetApp trailed behind relative newcomers last year in the market for solid-state drives, and Google is sourcing its flash supply independently, too.
Fusion-io adds new features to diversify into the enterprise
Fusion-io is taking steps to appeal to enterprises with virtualized servers. This should help the company expand its customer base. Right now, its top 10 customers account for $4 out of every $5 it makes.
PernixData nets $20M to virtualize your server-side flash
The self-proclaimed VMware of server-side flash now has more money to build out enterprise-class sales and marketing staff and to add features to its software.
Difference in opinion might have prompted Fusion-io leadership changes
Some analysts are believe two Fusion-io founders might be leaving because they disagreed with the future direction of the company, which involves more software capability and more business from smaller companies.