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Enterprises have accelerated adoption of encryption strategies – MIS Asia

April 24, 2017 | Author: admin

Anuradha Shukla | April 24, 2017

Escalating threats accelerate encryption deployments: Thales Global Encryption Study

Enterprises have accelerated adoption of encryption strategies, according to the 2017 Global Encryption Trends Study.

The report, based on independent research by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Thales, indicates that 41 percent of organisations have an encryption strategy applied consistently across the enterprise.

Organizations continue to show a preference for control over encryption and key management when those activities migrate to the cloud, business unit leaders now enjoy a higher influence over encryption strategy than IT operations.

The accelerated growth of encryption strategies in business underscores the proliferation of mega breaches and cyberattacks, as well as the need to protect a broadening range of sensitive data types, said Dr Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of The Ponemon Institute.

He stressed the report found that the stakes were too high for organisations to stand by and wait for an attack to happen to them before introducing a sophisticated data protection strategy. Encryption and key management continue to play critical roles in these strategies.

Of the report highlights, 67 percent of respondents indicated they performed encryption on premise prior to sending data to the cloud, or encrypt in the cloud using keys they generate and manage on premises.

Reflecting wide adoption of cloud computing, 37 percent said their organisations turn over complete control of keys and encryption processes to cloud providers. And as many as 31 percent are currently using or planning to use Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) with Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) deployments.

Overall, usage of HSMs with Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) is expected to double in the next 12 months (from 12 percent to 24 percent).

This years findings align with key trends demonstrating an increased reliance on the cloud, ever-evolving internal and external threats, and new data sources mandating stronger protection, said John Grimm, senior director of security strategy at Thales e-Security.

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Bitcoin ETF Bites the Dust, Needs More Security – Finextra (blog)

April 24, 2017 | Author: admin

When theSEC, last month, announced the proposal from Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust was declined, they made a clear statement to the cryptocurrency community: more security is needed.

In their terms, they did not "find the proposal to be consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Exchange Act, which requires, among other things, that the rules of a national securities exchange be designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices and to protect investors and the public interest."

Of course, that sent investors into a tizzy, serving up a 15% loss and sending Bitcoin down to $1050 from its recent high of nearly $1300. It lived to see a new day, of course, and since, the price of Bitcoin has recovered rather nicely. As of this writing, it sits at $1237. I wanted to give it some time before putting together a reaction on the news simply because Bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies in general, are highly volatile. Pricing isnt strictly subject to scarcity, and demand tends to lean towards the fickle. AnSECdecision sends investors on a rollercoaster ride, and many, seeing the immediate bottom, jumped back on board to nail down a nice short-term profit. In this way, Bitcoin is both volatile and resilient.

Cryptocurrencies will not die based on bad news out of theSEC. It is international in a way which transcends a single agency, even when that agency is theSEC. The threat to cryptocurrency is not external organizations, though such organizations, based on their acceptance, could certainly help it mainstream. The real threat to cryptocurrency is whats behind the rejection. The real threat is the lack of preparedness for external cybercrime. In order for Bitcoin, or other cryptocurrencies, to gain mainstream traction and transform the way the world transacts, outside of its niche community, the movement will need to find a way to lessen the exposure to external risk.

Winklevoss has been working on this proposal for several years, and along the way, they continue to restructure it. They, and others, will continue to work to gain approval for an ETF, and the best way to help their cause is to address the structural challenges associated with the concept. Until they do so, it is likely we will see more failed attempts. Such attempts shouldnt be taken as a reason to dump the currency. It should be taken in the context in which it exists: government agencies need more proof, more security, and more upside to mainstream a groundbreaking, innovative disrupter.

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What Is a Bitcoin Worth? – Motley Fool

April 24, 2017 | Author: admin

Bitcoin has existed for less than a decade, but it has achieved amazing popularity across the globe, and its value has risen along with its use. Shortly after its creation in 2009, one could buy the virtual currency for less than a penny per bitcoin. Now, a bitcoin is worth about $1,250, and many believe that the upward trend for bitcoin could continue indefinitely. Despite there being plenty of skepticism about the inherent value of bitcoin, the currency has survived dramatic volatility without losing favor among its core users.

During the first couple of years of its existence, bitcoin saw dramatic gains in price. From its penny valuation in 2009, bitcoin rose to $0.10 by 2010 and first hit the $1 mark in early 2011. That ignited a huge wave of new demand for bitcoin, sending the currency up to more than $10 by mid-2011.

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Yet at that point, bitcoin showed its propensity for big ups and downs. Within just a few months, bitcoin prices dropped 80%, punishing those who had gotten in at the top and were looking for quick gains. Still, those who stuck with bitcoin earned back their losses, with the currency reaching the $10 mark again in late 2012.

From there, the next wave of interest in bitcoin took the currency to the $100 mark and beyond, climbing to nearly $200 by early 2013. The bankruptcy of the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange briefly took a big toll on prices, cutting bitcoin's value in half, but before the year was out, the digital currency climbed above $1,000 as market participants increasingly believed that bitcoin would achieve global currency status and prove to be a better alternative to traditional government-issued currency. The frequency of financial crises across the globe during the first several years of bitcoin's history certainly helped feed that theory and added to bitcoin's appeal.

Since then, bitcoin has remained volatile, but not to the same extent as it was earlier in its existence. Prices sank to around $200 in 2015, but the currency picked up steam again more recently. This year, bitcoin regained the $1,000 level and has climbed as high as nearly $1,300.

One concern that some have expressed about bitcoin is that the currency has no intrinsic value. Gold coins, by contrast, represent a given weight of an actual commodity with practical applications, and gold investors take comfort in the fact that their bullion is worth something beyond monetary terms. That's not true of bitcoin, which one receives as a reward for solving complex mathematical problems.

Yet bitcoin advocates note that the same is true of paper currency. It used to be that Federal Reserve notes were tied to the value of gold or silver, but those days are long gone. Just as a dollar bill only has whatever value a buyer and seller assign to it, so too does bitcoin have practical value to the extent that those who make exchanges of the digital currency agree on what it's worth.

One reason why bitcoin has become more valuable likely has to do with the fact that one can use it more widely now than early in its history. Many major technology and retail companies accept bitcoin in the same way they would older currencies, and small businesses have jumped on the bitcoin bandwagon as well. Moreover, with relatively low transaction fees for transfers, bitcoin has become a popular way to move money while avoiding the costly charges that banks and other financial institutions often impose.

Bitcoin has seen dramatic price increases recently, but the one thing investors in the currency can be certain of is that volatility in both directions will continue. With some calling for continued exponential growth in the value of bitcoin while others believe it's a bubble waiting to burst, the market for bitcoin is sure to be exciting for the foreseeable future.

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Criminals who use Bitcoin targeted under proposed Florida law … – Bradenton Herald

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Local government using bitcoin to promote tourism in Japan – Brave New Coin

April 24, 2017 | Author: admin

With the help of Bitcoin exchange and payment processor Coincheck, the festival and City of Hirosaki are officially accepting bitcoin donations as part of their Cherry Blossom Festival this week. "This will be the first attempt for both a Bitcoin company and a local government in Japan," Coincheck states.

Hirosaki is located in the southwestern area of Aomori Prefecture, a region with abundant nature found in Mt. Iwaki and the World Natural Heritage Shirakami Mountains. The citys main attraction is Hirosaki Castle, one of 12 surviving castles from the Edo period.

The area around Hirosaki Castle is well known as one of the best cherry blossom flower sites in Japan. Visitors to the site in late April can marvel at over 2,600 cherry blossom trees in full bloom.

2017 marks the 100th year of Hirosakis famous Festival. The local government that oversees the park and festival is expecting a record turnout for the anniversary event, which has been extended to mark the occasion.

The city council has said that it will be using donations to preserve the local cherry blossoms, and repair sweeping, iconic stone walls leading from a moat to the castle. A city official told Coincheck that they expect bitcoin donations to be a unique tourism promotion.

- HirosakiCherry Blossom Festival

Yen trading currently dominates bitcoin, contributing ~35% to the global market. Japan began recognizing Bitcoin as a method of payment at the start of this month, and several merchants in the country have been trying out the digital currency. Coincheck currently claims a 99 percent market share in payment services.

The countrys largest electronics chain, Bic Camera, became the first major retailer in the country to begin accepting bitcoin on April 5. Two of the largest branches of Bic Camera accept bitcoin, using Bitflyer's merchant processing system, and are currently offering discounts for customers using the cryptocurrency.

On the same day, Coincheck announced one of the worlds largest Bitcoin merchant payment processing deals. "Bitcoin will be accepted at 260,000 shops by this summer in Japan," the company states. Coincheck is providing the bitcoin payment gateway for Recruit Lifestyle, the retail arm of the human resource conglomerate Recruit Holdings.

The group's mobile payment service app called Mobile Payment for AirREGI is a tablet-based Point of Sale system primarily used in restaurants. The service enables customers to pay by scanning a QR code, and Coincheck converts the bitcoin payment to yen for the merchant.

- Coincheck

Governments accepting bitcoin for any type of service or activity are very rare. The Swiss Canton of Zug, better known in the community as Cryptovalley Zug, accepts bitcoin payments for fees and taxes. Although the Swiss municipality is only accepting Bitcoin on a trial basis, and only for fees and taxes up to 200 francs at a time.

The trial was recently been extended, and the payment option may have been added permanently. At a meeting on 13 December 2016, the City Council decided to continue accepting Bitcoins as a means of payment. The Zug city council states that while there were only a dozen customers who wanted to pay with Bitcoins, it was nevertheless worth it.

"It was an important experience for us to install and test the technology for bitcoin payments, Zug Mayor Dolfi Mller explained. We were able to put a sign against the Fin-Tech company in Zug and express that they are welcome here.

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Bitcoin Addrindex vs Bitcoin Knots – The Merkle

April 24, 2017 | Author: admin

Most cryptocurrency enthusiasts are well aware of how there are multiple forks of Bitcoin Cores branch of development. In fact, we recently highlighted three of such concepts, all of which offer their own advantages. As it turns out, there are quite a few more Bitcoin Core forks, and we will highlight Bitcoin Knots and Bitcoin Addrindex in this article.

Prominent figures in the world of bitcoin development often create a fork of Bitcoin Core to tinker around with in their spare time. BTCDrak is one of the many Bitcoin developers in the world today, and he launched his own Bitcoin Core fork back in 2014. Under the name Bitcoin Addrindex, this copy of Bitcoin Core lets users look up bitcoin addresses to discover previous transactions, similar to how block explorers work.

Although this fork of Bitcoin Core may not have a big appeal to the average bitcoin user, it is an invaluable tool for building applications on top of the bitcoin blockchain. Rather than using an API or other third-party data providers to retrieve blockchain information, developers can implement Bitcoin Addrindex to obtain the information through the client directly. In fact, services such as Counterparty and the Blockscan block explorer have seen the value in Bitcoin Addrindex so far.

It is good to see Bitcoin Core forks that are not necessarily oriented towards consumers. Bitcoin Addrindex has no convenient user interface, yet provides a great deal of functionality that may end up replacing the need for third-party block explorers and APIs altogether. Everyone can run their own instance of Bitcoin Addrindex at any given time. Quite a valuable tool for coders who are venturing into the bitcoin world.

Another popular bitcoin Core fork goes by the name of Bitcoin Knots, which is a creation by Luke Dashjr. Bitcoin Knots has been around since 2011, yet still receives timely updates to keep up with Bitcoin Core development and features. The name Knots was not chosen randomly either, as it has a biblical reference. Moreover, it also refers to how code is merged, which is especially true in the world of bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin knots differentiates itself from Bitcoin Core in quite a few different ways. First of all, the solution provides more mempool policies. Second, node operators and miners can make use of advanced mining configuration tools. To be more specific, it is possible to enable first-seen opt-in replace-by-fee or just sticking with full replace-by-fee mempool policies. Unconfirmed transactions can also be accepted or rejected, plus miners can lower the block size of blocks mined by them.

Anti-spam measures are found within Bitcoin Knots as well, including determining how many low-fee transfers are included. It is evident Bitcoin knots can serve as a Bitcoin Core testbed, In fact, there are quite a few additional features listed on the website, even though not all of these additions have been tested by the public per se. It is an intriguing branch of bitcoin development to keep an eye on, that much is certain.

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BitTorrent Inventor Bram Cohen Will Start His Own Cryptocurrency – TorrentFreak

April 24, 2017 | Author: admin

BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen has already earned a spot in the Internet hall of fame, but he's not done yet. In recent years he's taken a strong interest in cryptocurrencies, something he will devote himself full-time to in the near future. This includes launching a new cryptocurrency which addresses some of the challenges facing Bitcoin.

BitTorrents inventor is known for his passion for puzzles, and more generally speaking, offering elegant solutions to complex problems through lines of code.

When Bram Cohen first launched BitTorrent he offered a solution to the bandwidth scarcity problem, by allowing anyone to distribute large files without having to invest in expensive infrastructure.

In recent years Cohen has closely followed the cryptocurrency boom. Not as a money hungry investor with dollar signs in his eyes, but as a programmer who sees problems that need solving.

In doing so, Cohen hasnt shied away from offering his opinions and suggestions. Most recently, he presented a paper and a talk at the Stanford blockchain conference, discussing proofs of space and proofs of time.

Without going into technical details, Cohen believes that Bitcoin is wasteful. He suggests that a cryptocurrency that pins the mining value on storage space rather than processor time will be superior.

In an interview with TorrentFreaks Steal This Show, Cohen revealed that his interest in cryptocurrencies is not merely abstract. It will be his core focus in the near future.

My proposal isnt really to do something to BitCoin. It really has to be a new currency, Cohen says. Im going to make a cryptocurrency company. Thats my plan.

By focusing on a storage based solution, BitTorrents inventor also hopes to address other Bitcoin flaws, such as the 51% attack.

Another benefit of storage based things is actually that theres a lot less centralization in mining. So theres a lot less concern about having a 51% attack, Cohen says.

Sometimes people have this misapprehension that Bitcoin is a democracy. No Bitcoin is not a democracy; its called a 51% attack for a reason. Thats not a majority of the vote, thats not how Bitcoin works.

While the idea of a storage based cryptocurrency isnt new, Burstcoin uses a similar concept, there is little doubt that Cohen believes he can do better. And with his status and contacts in the Bitcoin developer community, his project is likely to gain some eyeballs.

Before diving into it completely, Cohen will first finish up some other work at BitTorrent Inc. But after that, his full dedication will go into creating a superior cryptocurrency.

In the next few months Im going to devote myself full-time to the cryptocurrency stuff, Cohen concludes.

The full interview with Bran Cohen is available here, or on the Steal This Show website.

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Q1’s Top Performing Cryptocurrencies Saw Big Gains – CoinDesk

April 24, 2017 | Author: admin

The first quarter of 2017 saw dramatic price gains for the top cryptocurrencies, as the total market added nearly $7bn in value.

The so-called 'blue chip' cryptocurrencies those with a market cap greater than $30m saw aggressive growth in the first quarter, as bitcoin's waning dominance set the stage for new players to assert themselves. Others, too, saw impressive gains that occurred relatively quickly in recent weeks.

All told, the cryptocurrenciesposted a median price increase(in USD terms) of 180.56% over the course of the quarter.

The two top performers from Q1 2017 were Decred (DCR) and Golem (GNT), which gained 2,410.6% and 835.5%, respectively.

Decred is a cryptocurrency that uses a hybridized consensus system instead of relying on either solely proof-of-work (POS) or proof-of-stake (POW). Similar to bitcoin, the DCR protocol sets a 21 million cap to the number of coins generated on the network.

Currently, the largest trading pair for DCR is DCR/BTC. Poloniex serves as the largest marketplace for DCR trading. The majority of DCRs gains came toward the end of the quarter, and the highest daily volume was achieved on 27 March with $14.03m.

As for Golem, most of its gains came during the latter half of Q1. Cryptocurrency exchange announced markets for the token on 17th February, and following the announcement, the price rose approximately 100% with 48 hours, from $.02 to $.04 on 19th February, with a volume of $6.67m.

Prior to the Poloniex announcement, average daily volume was between $20k and $100k per day.

A second spike in price occurred on 21st March, following the release of news that GNT would be integrated into Shapeshift.io, an altcoin exchange platform. That particular day, the price increased approximately 22% from $0.045 to $0.055 on $5.28m in 24-hour volume.

The final day of Q1, Golem developer Grzegorz Borowik published a blog post announcing Golem for macOS. The news buoyed the market, which boosted GNT to an all-time-high of $0.094 on volume of $11.4m.

Bitcoin's performance in the first quarter was more muted.

The CoinMarketCap'sBitcoin Dominance Index which measures bitcoin's market share relative to other cryptocurrencies shed nearly 20%, ending the quarter at 68%. A weakening Bitcoin Dominance Index points to investor preference for alternativecryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin (BTC) gained just 7.8% over the course of the quarter. This was a noticeable decrease from its 35.4% gain in Q4 2016.

General fear, uncertainty and doubt has permeated the bitcoin community and can arguably be blamed for the anemic performance of the cryptocurrency in comparison to alternatives.

Furthermore, bitcoin's volatility has tapered off as a result of its maturation, coupled with the evolving narrativethat the cryptocurrency is asafe-haven asset.

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Disclaimer: This article should not be taken as, and is not intended to provide, investment advice. Please conduct your own thorough research before investing in any cryptocurrency.

Update #2:This article has been amended to account for the digital currency decred.

Update:This article has been updated to account for market data on the dates between 26th March and 31st March.

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Calm down, everyone it’s only a Monday storage news blitz – The Register

April 24, 2017 | Author: admin

Storage news, like data growth, is unrelenting.

This week we learned of new things in the cloud, tape, new storage arrays, object storage, persistent storage for containers, cloud storage gateways, deduping to disk, and ultra-secure disk drives and SSDs. Ready? Here we go.

DataDirect Networks (DDN) has updated its WOS software to WOS Core 2.8 and WOS S3 2.3 (for the connectivity features), claiming its competitive cost-wise with tape for archiving. We asked if comparative numbers were available.

A DDN spokesperson said: WOS is competitive with tape storage alternatives and gets close to the cost of tape for active archives. DDN hasnt published figures and isnt referring to the cost of a tape removed and on a shelf, but rather to tapes in a library with an automated method for loading tapes (a robot) and sufficient performance to be viewed as an adequate alternative.

Thats a No, then.

DDN also told more about its new Extended ObjectAssure erasure coding: Extended ObjectAssure is the application of a fairly common model for data protection for Object Storage and when combined with WOS existing selection of data protection options, offers the most expansive flexibility and choice in the industry.

It builds on WOS ObjectAssure technology to provide data protection at Local ObjectAssure efficiency while providing highest availability of data. Extended ObjectAssure erasure encoding divides the object into k+m fragments, and each fragment is stored on a separate node. Data remains available when up to m fragments are available. WOS supports a wide variety of Extended ObjectAssure configurations, where:

This allows customers to get to very efficient overhead numbers for parity, especially for wide and deep codes for large data repositories.Offering this option alongside our existing Local Object Assure (LOA), Global Object Assure (GOA) and Replication now gives customers the ultimate ability to manage data protection based on the value of the data and the desired performance, latency, MTTDL and availability.All the data protection options are applied by policies at the object level, and can be intermixed within a cluster.

There was an advance in S3 connectivity with the update as well, from single to multi-site connectivity. DDN said it did this because We consistently hear about customers not being able to meet replication SLAs with S3.

Customers can now access the WOS repository via S3 in multiple locations, with centrally managed credentials (including integration with LDAP and Active Directory), as well as fully protect the repository in case of local outage or disaster, with the ability to failover and failback once a primary site is restored. The solution we are announcing is very high performance and will allow our customers to meet their stringent SLA for replication.

Exagrid has released V5.0 of its deduping, disk-based backup software. It includes better support for Oracle RMAN Channels, Veeam Scale-Out Backup Repository (SOBR), and replication to AWS public cloud for disaster recovery.

Oracle RMAN customers can use RMAN Channels with up to 25 appliances in an ExaGrid scale-out GRID system, and enjoy global deduplication, for what its worth in that database environment. Sections of data are sent to each appliance in parallel for improved performance and also for performance load balancing, as RMAN Channels will send the next section of data to the next available appliance in the GRID.

Exagrid CEO Bill Andrews exclaimed: ExaGrid v5.0 is the first backup storage solution that provides fast backups at a rate of up to 200TB/hour per PB, and fast restores with the ExaGrid landing zone coupled with performance load balancing and failover when working with Oracle RMAN. He reckons, There is no solution on the market that will come close to the ExaGrid approach for Oracle RMAN.

He tells The Reg, 80 per cent of our business now comes from replacing Commvault deduplication to disk, Veritas 5200/5300 appliances, Data Domain, HP StoreOnce and Quantum DXi, which is threatening to those suppliers if Exagrids business keeps on growing.

It is outpacing the deduping to disk backup market, with leader Data Domain maturing yet still unable to offer global deduplication. Exagrid reckons it could achieve an IPO in 2019, with Andrews saying: We are heads-down focused on a 2019 IPO. We have met with many investment banking firms and know exactly what we need to do.

Fujitsu and Oracle are offering Oracle public cloud services from a Fujitsu data center in Japan. Customers can subscribe to Fujitsu Cloud Service K5 DB powered by Oracle Cloud. The Oracle Database Cloud Service is one of the database options available from Fujitsu Cloud Service K5.

Fujitsu and Oracle formed a strategic alliance on July 6, 2016 to deliver enterprise-class cloud services to customers in Japan and their subsidiaries around the world.

A canned quote from Edward Screven, Chief Corporate Architect at Oracle, said: By combining Fujitsus system integration expertise with Oracles cloud services, Fujitsu and Oracle will accelerate the transition of our joint customers enterprise systems to cloud. Fujitsu has the largest number of Oracle-certified Oracle Cloud engineers in Japan.

This should provide a timely boost to Oracle as it focuses on growing its public cloud customer base.

Mpstor has a new all-flash array, the OSA-F60, with these features:

We prodded Mpstor to clarify a few things about the array. Here's the results of that probe:

El Reg What is the arrays raw capacity?

Mpstor We support a total of 60x15.3TB drives in a 2U Chassis for a total RAW capacity of approx 900TB.

El Reg What CPUs do the controllers use? (including number of cores)

Mpstor We use a 10 core Intel Xeon CPU E5-2670.

El Reg 128GB DRAM per controller for the two controllers?

Mpstor We use 128GB per controller.

El Reg What is the arrays latency?

Mpstor At 1M IOPS the latency is less than 2 ms.

El Reg Why not 32Gbit/s Fibre Channel?

Mpstor We support up to 16G FC, the next version will support 32G FC.

El Reg The release says field replaceable disks but its an all-flash array?

Mpstor Every one of the 60 SSDs are hot swap FRU devices and user accessible.

El Reg The release says its available in a range of SAN configurations including 8x8G-FC, 4x16G-FC, 4x48G-Ethernet or 4x56G-Infiniband. but it only supports 40GbitE not 48.

Mpstor That was a typo, its 40G Ethernet.

El Reg The release says using an automation API or conventional GUI but there is no such thing as an automation API, only an API used for automated access.

Mpstor Correct, the OSA-F60 is delivered with a set of python CLI tools to automate the provisioning process such as RAID creation, volume creation and volume exports to hosts, as well as all monitoring functions.

El Reg An Mpstor webpage says the OSA-F60 supports SAS expansion JBOD enclosures, expansion enclosures can be either 2Ux60 2.5-inch SSD or 4Ux60 3.5-inch HDD drive enclosures. But its described as an all-flash system. Why is there disk drive support there?

Mpstor The OSA-F60 is an all flash SSD array, the OSA-F60 software can manage HDDs as well. The option is there for a user to add additional capacity either as SSD or HDD.

El Reg What's the array cost?

Mpstor The price is less than US$2.00 per GB and less than $0.50 per GB effective (assuming a conservative dedup ratio of 4:1).

El Reg Can we buy one now?

Mpstor Units are available now.

Cloud storage gateway supplier Panzura says London-based global architecture practice Sheppard Robson has replaced a near end-of-life NetApp filer infrastructure with a hybrid cloud storage setup featuring Nimble hybrid flash arrays, Amazon AWS and Panzura Freedom NAS, for a simpler, faster and less expensive option than deploying primary, backup and archive storage at each of its sites. It shares a set of files from the cloud instead.

The customer had separate NetApp storage products in place in addition to an offsite disaster recovery co-location. The NetApp arrays handling unstructured data have been de-commissioned and the DR site closed down. VM clones have moved off the NetApp arrays to (HPE) Nimble arrays.

Sheppard Robson IT director Simon Johns said; Weve been able to shut down an entire data centre. And weve been able to provide collaboration between offices that we couldnt do previously.

UK-based StorageOS has announced the availability of the public beta release of its software storage which delivers highly available databases in containerised apps. lts free to developers on the Docker Store and has recently achieved Docker Certified status for its managed volume plugin.

The StorageOS beta software has no hardware or kernel dependencies and can be installed in the cloud, in VMs, or bare metal with one command.

Deni Connor, founding analyst for SSG-NOW, thinks using containers for production is becoming more prevalent and the market will be worth $2.7 billion by 2020. Persistent storage for containers should see a rise in demand if that happens.

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Telos among awardees of Army cloud computing deal – C4ISR & Networks

April 24, 2017 | Author: admin

Telos has been chosen to be one of the awardees of the $247.7 million Army Cloud Computing Enterprise Transformation Basic Ordering Agreement, otherwise known as ACCENT BOA.

ACCENT aims to provide commercial cloud solutions to support the Army Data Center Consolidation Plan, which involves moving thousands of applications to the commercial cloud in areas such as application analysis, security requirements analysis, business process re-engineering, data preparation, migration planning, training on the environment, service transition planning, cutover planning and go-live support.

"Telos will provide critical transition support, including guiding the service through the security and compliance efforts to obtain authority to operate (ATO)," according to a company news release.

As government agencies leverage cloud technology to modernize their IT environments, understanding the complexities of the cloud and how this environment impacts ATO and continuous monitoring processes will be extremely important, Telos CEO John Wood said. Otherwise, they will experience extensive delays in reaching their modernization objectives. Telos stands with the U.S. Army, ready to apply our extensive Risk Management Framework expertise and cloud security experience to streamline critical ATO and continuous monitoring processes, accelerating progress toward their goals."

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