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Interop 2012 Las Vegas – a reunion in many ways

blog mblandini logo Interop 2012 Las Vegas – a reunion in many waysThis was Drobo’s first time participating in Interop. Having spent almost a decade in big networking prior to Drobo, I caught up with hundreds of friends and customers that I’d worked with in the past – not unlike a high-school reunion. The word “reunion” is the noun form of the verb “reunite,” a Middle English term from the Medieval Latin root “reunitus“: to bring together again. Just like a high school reunion, everyone commented on how I have a lot less hair than they remember (aren’t reunions great icon wink Interop 2012 Las Vegas – a reunion in many ways ).

We had a great time introducing some folks to Drobo. But believe it or not, most people who stopped by our stand did not need the introduction.Continue Reading

Backup appliances officially overtake tape … really

blog mblandini 150x150 Backup appliances officially overtake tape ... reallyThe decline of tape and rise of disk-based backup has been trending in the press a decade+, though only very recently has the worldwide market for backup appliances actually overtaken tape, wow! Drobo agrees with the movement, internally revenue from our business products overtook that of our professional products, in part because we help customers make the transition from tape to disk backup. IDC is behind the appliance news, and Storage Newsletter has a good summary of the data. Continue Reading