Looking Forward to Flash Memory Summit 2016!
Calsoft has been regularly attending Flash summit event. Given our interest in the Storage domain, this is the conference, we cannot miss. Flash Summit always live up to its expectation of providing a platform to network with companies and people that are creating next generation….
Insight on Cisco Live 2016
Cisco Live 2016 is just around the corner and it’s ready to rock in Las Vegas this time. Cisco Live is known for providing the knowledge enterprises need to flourish in their respective digital business. Other than being an inspiration, Cisco Live also brings opportunities to meet numerous technology
Why OpenStack is So Different?
In 2010 Rackspace and NASA came together with a vision to create an open source platform which will help in building and managing various cloud platforms for public and private cloud ecosystem. They went ahead to create OpenStack, a free, open source platform with many groups of….
Should Datacenters go the Hyper-Converged way?
Change is inevitable and so is applicable to datacenters. Trends show that datacenters are adopting new changes as many disruptive technology vendors embark into the datacenter business. Players ranging from flash storage to software defined storage, viz., Pure Storage, Nimble, Nutanix, Simplivity, etc., are all boarding this ….
Key Strategic Acquisitions for VMware
I was keeping a close watch on VMware even before the inception of Calsoft Inc. It was exciting to watch VMware growing from a young Silicon Valley startup to a formidable force in the enterprise market space. It is still growing at a rapid pace even after its merger with EMC and later will Dell. Forbes positioned VMware ast….
Use of Docker (Linux Containers – LXC) in Scalability & Performance Testing for NAS Products
Testing of Network Attached Storage (NAS) Arrays is a challenging subject & many OEMs face a daunting task when it comes to performing non-functional testing such as Performance. Another challenge is to test how scalable their product is in-terms of maximum simultaneous connections. Both these kind of testing….
Use of Cloud Technologies in Smart City Programme
India’s Economy is growing rapidly. There is massive migration of people from rural to urban areas. Cities are expanding in all directions. Local government is pressurized to expand and increase the physical infrastructure to accommodate the increasing population. Government of India has initiated an ambitious Smart Cities programme to make….
Hyper-converged Infrastructure Market – An Overview
I will start by giving a short introduction about hyper-converged infrastructure. It is a virtual computing infrastructure solution that integrates discrete data center services in a product’s…
Storage Industry 2015 – A Holistic View
Storage industry funding: A report from IDC states that the External Storage Market Witnessed a Significant Year-on-Year Growth (16 percent) due to Increased Spending across Verticals in…
Software Defined Network (SDN) – Present, Past and Future.
Before we move ahead let us understand the 3 generations of networking. The first generation of networking was primarily dominated by mainframes. Organizations invested a lot of…