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 ParaScale Cloud Storage News
February 26, 2010: eWeek.com Cloud Computing: Nine Reasons Enterprises Should Run Their Apps in the Cloud What does it entail to make the jump from a safe, fairly predictable local data center environment to an outsourced service provider with a data center or colocation center that's somewhere in the world? Sajai Krishnan, a 30-year storage veteran who started up cloud infrastructure provider ParaScale last year has definite ideas about this subject. He shares his insight here with eWEEK readers. February 25, 2010: CTOEdge.com In the CTO Edge Corner podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, ParaScale CEO Sajai Krishnan explains why trying to retrofit legacy storage architectures for cloud computing is not going to prove to be viable over the long term. February 11, 2010: HostReview.com Voxel Chooses ParaScale Software as the Foundation of its Cloud Storage Service Offering January 31, 2010: Datamation 10 Hot Cloud Computing Startups for 2010 ParaScale, Inc. is chosen as one of the 10 hottest cloud computing startups. January 12, 2010: StorageNewsletter.com Victor Neeley VP of Sales for ParaScale ParaScale, Inc. announced that Victor Neeley has joined the company as vice president of sales. January 11, 2010: Cloud Computing Journal ParaScale Names Cloud Computing Sales Boss ParaScale announced on Monday that Victor Neeley has joined the company as vice president of sales. January 11, 2010: The WHIR ParaScale Names Vice President of Sales Cloud storage solutions provider ParaScale announced on Monday it has named Victor Neeley as vice president of sales. January 7, 2010: Search Storage Internal private cloud storage makes its way into larger enterprises ParaScale customer Gorilla Nation said: "To grow the internal cloud, we just add more nodes," Godelman explained. "The design of the system is also very simple—we just kind of use it. And it allows us to breathe some life into a huge existing investment, which means we created the system virtually for free." January 5, 2010: Search Storage Evolving cloud storage market has users weighing their enterprise data storage options "People are thinking of this today like a car you have to rent to drive," Krishnan said of the focus on service providers in defining cloud computing and cloud storage. "We're trying to get people to see they can also own the car." December 28, 2009: TMCNet ParaScale Unveils Predictions for Cloud Storage in 2010 Sajai Krishnan, CEO of ParaScale, said that 2010 promises to bring even more excitement and advances in cloud computing and storage than in 2009, when users were presented with a lot of choice, especially with cloud computing and cloud storage. December 17, 2009: SNS Europe ParaScale Announces Predictions for Cloud Storage 2010 2010 promises to bring with it even more excitement and advances in cloud computing and storage. December 15, 2009: SYS-CON Media ParaScale Cloud Computing Predictions for 2010 Virtualization will drive private cloud storage adoption in enterprises. December 8, 2009: VMBlog.com Cloud Storage Predictions for 2010 2010 promises to bring with it even more excitement and advances in cloud computing and storage. Sajai Krishnan, CEO of ParaScale, makes his predictions. December 7, 2009: InfoStor Cloud Storage Predictions for 2010 As cloud storage garners the attention of both large and small IT organizations, technological advances will come rapidly next year. I recently spoke to Sajai Krishnan, ParaScale’s CEO about what to look for in cloud storage in 2010. December 3, 2009: Virtual Strategy Magazine 2010 Predictions: Cameron Bahar, ParaScale Cameron Bahar, Founder and CTO, ParaScale, discusses where enterprise cloud storage is headed. December 1, 2009: Enterprise Systems Q&A: The Truth about Private Clouds Private clouds are catching on, but IT must carefully consider how to introduce them into an enterprise. ParaScale’s Sajai Krishnan explores the common mistakes and oversights IT makes when evaluating the technology, how to choose what data should reside on private clouds, and where this storage option is headed. November 30, 2009: Enterprise Systems ParaScale Introduces Open Private Cloud Storage Platform Software transforms commodity Linux servers into low-cost, scalable storage tier for enterprises, service providers. November 24, 2009: Web Host Industry Review Inside ParaScale’s Version 2.0 Open Cloud Storage “With 2.0 we’re focused on the backup and recovery of virtual machines and providing an alternative to having everything housed in the SAN environment,” says Norris. November 23, 2009: Nemertes Research Parascale 2.0 Underscores Need for Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery Unlike NAS appliances, Parascale’s software-only solution facilitates lower cost replication for Tier II file storage by using repurposed servers and commodity disks. November 18, 2009: Top Hosts.com Getting in the Cloud Hosting Game Web hosting and other service providers may share in the opportunity to bolster existing cloud offerings or even start out in this lucrative business sector. November 18, 2009: Enterprise Storage Forum Storage Vendors Cut Costs With Open Source Mike Maxey, the company's director of product management, cited ParaScale’s resilience, noting that one customer didn't even notice they had lost a server. "It's built to last," he said. November 18, 2009: The VAR Guy ParaScale: Will Cloud Storage 2.0 Connect with VARs? ParaScale claims that ParaScale is so CPU-lite that users can run hosted Exchange or anything else on the same cluster. November 17, 2009: Virtual Strategy Magazine Scaling Cloud Capacity and Performance Podcast with Cameron Bahar, Founder and CTO, ParaScale on Cloud Storage Software release 2.0. November 17, 2009: eChannelLine Daily ParaScale unveils open private cloud storage platform "It's all about our open private cloud platform," said Jack Norris, vice president of marketing and business development. "We are not using a cloud to perpetuate lock-in. It lets users use their own commodity hardware." November 17, 2009: The Register ParaScale ups its cloud storage game Parascale has integrated its private cloud NAS with virtual servers meaning you can boot backed-up VMs straight from the cloud. November 16, 2009: Channel Insider ParaScale Upgrades Cloud Storage Software for VARs “ParaScale is profitable for us and it offers a spectacular price for the customer,” said Seltzer. “Plus, it’s reliable and secure.” November 16, 2009: InfoStor ParaScale beefs up cloud storage platform ParaScale announced a new version of its ParaScale Cloud Storage software (PCS) today with added support for virtual server environments and new API support that streamlines the process of adding applications to the cloud November 16, 2009: SearchStorage.com ParaScale Cloud Storage clustered NAS serves applications, boots virtual servers An early adopter of ParaScale's software, Jon Greaves, chief technology officer at cloud service provider Carpathia Hosting in Ashburn, Va., said he's already set up applications such as antivirus and a content delivery network to run on his ParaScale cluster. November 16, 2009: VMBlog.com ParaScale Introduces Open Private Cloud Storage Platform November 16, 2009: Computer Technology Review ParaScale Introduces Open Private Cloud Storage Platform November 10, 2009: Bio-IT World Cloud Storage the ParaScale Way “The equivalent to VMware in the cloud storage space is ParaScale,” says Krishnan. November 1, 2009: SD Times Getting a Grip on Cloud Development Several experts agreed that the most economical uses for the cloud involve satisfying scenarios when organizations require hardware resources that are not regularly used during daily operations. October 19, 2009: The WHIR ParaScale Backs Cloud-based Storage Solutions From Moonwalk and Zmanda ParaScale has been key in the development of Zmanda's Disk-to-Cloud (or D2C) backup solution, and Moonwalk's integrated storage management solution October 19, 2009: SearchStorageChannel Cloud storage services: Startup costs, revenue potential SearchStorageChannel interviews ParaScale CEO, Sajai Krishnan, on the ParaScale cloud storage software solution. October 16, 2009: THE WHIR Web Host OC3 Uses ParaScale Cloud Solution OC3 Networks decided to select ParaScale as its cloud storage solution because it delivers a complete solution including access, a full storage repository and integration and manageability in the context of its existing systems. October 5, 2009: CIO Update When is a Cloud Really a Cloud? Sony Pictures Imageworks is an early tester of ParaScale’s Cloud storage offering October 5, 2009: IT Knowledge Exchange Private Cloud isn't a New Market Private cloud is a touchy subject these days. Proponents say it’s inevitable, detractors say it’s all marketing. September 30, 2009: WHIR TV WHIR tv Interviews Sajai Krishnan, CEO of ParaScale WHIR tv conducts an in-depth interview with Parascale CEO, Sajai Krishnan. Krishnan explains the benefits to the easy-to-operate cloud storage platform offered by Parascale. September 10, 2009: Web Hosting Industry Review.com ParaScale Powers Carpathia Cloud Storage ParaScale delivers a file system that can appear as a more standard piece of the OS, rather than require the use of an API, or any tinkering with applications. September 8, 2009: ChannelInsider.com Carpathia Hosting’s CTO Jon Greaves says ParaScale was the only company who could “deliver cloud storage in a form that was easy to consume from anyone. August 26, 2009: Host Review.com An interview with Cameron Bahar, Founder and CTO of ParaScale, a Cloud Storage Start-up HostReview had an opportunity to speak with Cameron Bahar, founder and CTO of cloud storage start-up ParaScale. In the interview, he discusses the market for cloud storage solutions, the current trends and the future of cloud computing, and much more. August 20, 2009: Top Hosts.com The ParaScale software platform is set up to help the hosting companies win as well. August 11, 2009: Government Technology Are Private Clouds the Answer to Public-Sector Concerns? It's easy to see why an IT leader would be attracted to cloud computing - a mode of computing where users subscribe to services, like data storage, applications and other operational functions that they access over the Internet. August 4, 2009: Storage Soup Storage Vendors Still Forecasting Heavy Cloud Cover Sajai Krishnan, CEO of cloud storage startup ParaScale, says service providers are heavyily committed to the cloud and others are coming around as they grasp its value. August 4, 2009: Web Host Industry Review Q&A With Cameron Bahar of Parascale In an email Q&A with the WHIR, Cameron Bahar, founder and CTO of cloud storage software firm ParaScale discusses the market for cloud storage solutions, and how hosting providers can generate revenue from offering cloud storage. July 28, 2009: eChannelLine USA ParaScale: Now is the time to jump into cloud storage services Cloud storage services offer channel partners a way to provide an affordable option to customers that may already have limited budgets due to the poor economy. July 27, 2009: Cloud Computing Journal Sajai Krishnan of ParaScale Live From New York City on SYS-CON.TV CEO discusses Cloud Storage with Cloud Computing Expo conference chair Jeremy Geelan July 13, 2009: Computerworld Early users find savings in cloud storage Moving to cloud-based services can save IT money, because cloud computing involves the use of a shared infrastructure and allows certain costs to shift from capital expenses to operating expenses. July 13, 2009: Computerworld Cloud storage is a lot further along than a science project. But is it right for part, or even all, of your organization's data? Here are answers to five key questions that will help you decide whether you should head for the cloud. July 13, 2009: Computerworld Managing data transfer to cloud storage IT managers grapple with moving large stores of data into the cloud. July 13, 2009: CNET news Storage heavyweights: Way big and not big enough Cloud storage 2.0 is big and growing, and again Tucci has proven himself to be on the mark. EMC is also actively developing and marketing a cloud storage platform. called Atmos. And even if Tucci doesn't see a need, his competitors will. The potential cloud storage acquisition targets … from cloud storage service plays like Nirvanix to cloud storage software plays like ParaScale. July/August 2009: genomeweb Stanford's Genome Technology Center, which can create more than 15 terabytes of sequence data per day, is using ParaScale's cloud storage solution as a scalable and cheap alternative to hardware storage.. June 29, 2009: ITBusinessEdge Putting Storage on the Private Cloud Because ParaScale uses an object-based cluster file system, adding capacity is a simple matter of hooking up another server, which has the added benefit of boosting I/O bandwdith due to the fact that all network nodes operate in parallel. June 22, 2009: Bio-ItWorld.com Cloud Storage Alternatives to Amazon and Google IT shops in the bio-pharma space or university research groups can easily deploy internal storage clouds in their environment, which can provide better performance than typical public cloud services like Amazon S3. These internal storage clouds can even be paired with the demanding compute environments that are often seen in these market sectors. Such clouds can start small, and scale as and when required. June 19, 2009: CMSWiRE Alfresco Partners to Provide Content as a Service The Alfresco, ParaScale partnership enables the Alfresco Enterprise CMS to reside on the same servers that support the cloud infrastructure. June 17, 2009: ByteandSwitch ParaScale and Alfresco Partner to Deliver Content-as-a-Service in the Cloud ".. significantly improves manageability and performance for ECM users, while lowering costs both by eliminating a layer of servers to run Alfresco as well by allowing the usage of commodity priced storage," said Sajai Krishnan, CEO, ParaScale. "ParaScale's storage nodes are standard Linux servers and it took zero effort for Alfresco to bring up their application directly on ParaScale's storage servers. June 17, 2009: eWeek.com Afresco, ParaScale Team Up for Content as a Service in the Cloud Cloud storage startup ParaScale and open-source content management provider Alfresco Software announced June 17 that they have teamed up to produce an integrated cloud-based enterprise content management package that utilizes both companies' software on the same hardware. June 12, 2009: StorageNewsletter.com ParaScale Unveils TCO Calculator ParaScale, Inc. announced availability of a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator. The calculator address the questions of many audiences, whether the cloud service provider is an internal IT group, a third-party that delivers storage services, or a combination of both. June 11, 2009: GIGAOM 5 Companies That Should Be on Dell's Shopping List "...software that allows companies to build their own storage clouds. This is another way Dell can create a low-touch services offering to customers...” June 09, 2009: EnterpriseSystems Calculator for CLoud Storage with Internet Scale-out Unveiled “Not all scale-out architectures are the same,” said Terri McClure, analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. “Selecting the underlying infrastructure is one of the most important decisions a cloud storage service provider will make, whether as a public cloud provider or as an IT shop transforming its storage infrastructure into a service-based model. Leveraging a tool like the ParaScale TCO calculator, users can make a much more educated decision regarding what that infrastructure should be.” May 20, 2009: TheRegister Atmos cloud wafts up at EMC World EMC is exposing Atmos "APIs …. contrasts with other cloud storage suppliers such as Parascale and Nirvanix and their use of industry standard access methods such as NFS and CIFS.” May 18, 2009: DigitalContent Producer.com/millimeter blogs “Our render farm, meanwhile, is a mixture of standard workstations from Dell, Verari, and IBM. But we haven’t been able to make that same sort of shift to commodity hardware in our storage servers. ParaScale allows us to choose commodity hardware and drive down our cost of storage.” ” says Nicholas Bali, Sony Pictures Imageworks senior systems engineer. May 18, 2009: CIO.com Cloud Computing: Pros and Cons “If you're a very large enterprise, you might find you can achieve better economy by doing your own cloud than going to an outsourced one.” May 11, 2009: Alfresco Fresh Talk... Host your own cloud storage array with ParaScale “A neat thing about Parascale is that it’s rather lightweight so that gave me the ability to install Alfresco on the one of the Linux boxes that also ran the storage services. This can be put to good use in a production environment as it allows enterprises to maximize their hardware investment by consolidating Alfresco and reliable storage.” April 18, 2009: Information Week The InformationWeek Startup 50: Business Technology Companies To Watch "The companies that made our list were assessed on the following criteria: innovation in technology or business model; value, delivered in lower costs, increased sales, higher productivity, or improved customer loyalty; and enterprise readiness, meaning a product that scales and is ready for deployment." April 6, 2009: SaaSDirectory Next Breakthrough in Cloud Storage Software by ParaScale According to Sajai Krishnan, CEO, ParaScale, "Beyond all the marketing around cloud computing and storage, ParaScale’s very pragmatic approach to data storage is transformational and will help IT managers address ballooning file storage costs as well as capacity growth." April 5, 2009: snsEUROPE ParaScale Delivers Next Breakthrough in Cloud Storage Software According to Jayavasanthan John, director of technology, Vembu Technologies, "ParaScale's unique cloud-based storage technology is one such leading innovation which lets businesses grow their storage incrementally 'on demand,' thus eliminating the need to make huge upfront capital investments. “ April 2, 2009: channelinsider.com ParaScale Intros Low-Cost Easy Cloud Storage "We believe this solution will appeal to the majority of our customers," says Jeanne Wilson, CEO of Condor Storage. "We have lots of clients with only 4 to 8TB of data that they’re managing, and now they can get the first 4TB free to test the solution before they commit to a full-scale rollout." April 1, 2009: betanews Cloud Expo: ParaScale unveils its Linux-based cloud software According to Michael Maxey, director of product management for ParaScale, ParaScale Cloud Software is geared not just to huge implementations with massive storage capacity and parallel throughput, but also to small deployments. "Customers can then scale upward as needed," April 1, 2009: ChannelWeb ParaScale: Scalable Software For Cloud-based Storage "Since customers have multiple copies of their data, they don't need dual RAID controllers, so that cuts costs dramatically. Plus it scales to whatever," says Jeanne Wilson, CEO of Condor Storage. March 31, 2009: INFOSTOR ParaScale offers cloud storage software "Ours is not the model that typically comes to mind when you think cloud," says Krishnan. "The ParaScale Cloud Software software offers immense scale-out without having any choke points and uses commodity hardware, making it affordable." March 31, 2009: ByteandSwitch.com ParaScale Showcases Customers of Cloud Storage Platform “Noemi Greyzdorf, a research manager at market researcher IDC, says even conservative storage managers looking for ways to reduce spending on disks will see the appeal of technology that can "unify multiple raw devices into a pool of storage. This can be a more efficient way to provision and provide storage." March 30, 2009: ZDNet.co.UK ParaScale builds storage clouds from Linux clusters "Apart from private cloud storage solutions, where companies can build clouds inside their firewall, the ParaScale Cloud Software can also be beneficial for those who want to offer public cloud storage services. The combination of the ParaScale software and standard servers is flexible enough to build different types of both public and private clouds." March 30, 2009: InfoWorld ParaScale cloud storage software hits general availability "Stanford Genome Technology Center did a trial run with ParaScale Cloud Software to improve the efficiency of managing huge volumes of data related to genomic research." March 30, 2009: CIO.com Cloud Storage Software From ParaScale Debuts "As a software-only solution that can be downloaded from the Web and applied to any standard Linux platform, ParaScale Cloud Software enables hundreds of commodity servers to be clustered together to act as a file repository with massive capacity and parallel throughput." March 30, 2009: ComputerWorld.com ParaScale launches cloud storage software “Nick Bali, a senior systems engineer at the Sony Pictures Entertainment unit, said the company recently cut costs by replacing proprietary hardware with commodity servers, and it now plans to do the same with the storage infrastructure." March 30, 2009: InformationWeek.com Storage Startup Turns Many Servers Into One Storage Pool “ParaScale positions itself as a cloud vendor. To me, ParaScale sounds like a cluster or grid solution. However, whatever ParaScale decides to call itself, the company bears watching.” March 30, 2009: SearchStorage.com ParaScale makes its cloud live "It's a very clever piece of technology," said Jon Greaves, chief technology officer at Carpathia, of PCS. "We have to blend a physical piece of infrastructure with a virtual infrastructure running the cloud. ParaScale is the storage bus for us. It allows me to mount a file system on a Unix box, and it has the same file system exposed on the cloud to virtual machines running on VMware or whatever the customer wants to use." March 30, 2009: CNET News.com ParaScale software clusters servers into enterprise cloud storage "The combination of the ParaScale software and standard servers is flexible enough to build different types of both public and private (storage) clouds” March 30, 2009: The Register.com Build your own ParaScale cloud storage “Users can now download ParaScale's scale-out cloud storage software and turn Linux servers into a scale-out, loosely-clustered, cloud storage utility.” February 20, 2009: SearchStorage Storage industry argues about cloud API “Proponents of drafting a standard now say it will boost customer adoption to the cloud. Opponents say attempts to standardize an "on ramp" to the cloud this early might stifle innovation.” February 10, 2009: ByteandSwitch.com The Value of Buzzwords
“While some will argue that it can't be a cloud it if doesn't travel over the Internet, I don't agree with that definition. It seems that the cloud buzzword is quickly evolving to mean anything that is offered as a service.” February 7, 2009: Gigaom.com How HP Can Fight Cisco And Win “ HP should acquire companies focused on helping enterprises reach storage and compute power in the cloud in a scalable manner…allow enterprises to build internal storage clouds by buying Parascale.” February 4, 2009: CloudComputingJournal Cloud Storage: How Can Enterprises Build Secure Private Clouds? ”At ParaScale our early customers are excited about cloud storage and dreaming up use cases we haven't considered. We are on the cusp of the next wave of computing and at ParaScale, surf's up.” February 3, 2009: InformationWeek.com The Economics of Private Storage Clouds ”The economics are such that the cost of a petabyte of storage, once the domain of only the largest organizations, is coming within reach of more companies.” January 26, 2009: DrunkenData.com Things I am Watching Right Now ”As with ASPs, cloud storage architecture may be eminently more practical to deliver inside the company than it can be sourced from third party vendors.” January 25, 2009: CIOZone.com Private Cloud Computing ” The idea is that a private cloud, while not operating on the same galactic scale as those public Internet services, mirrors the architectural concepts large Internet vendors have embraced in order to build huge information services that can be operated economically on commodity hardware.” January 22, 2009:Cloud Computing Journal Real-World Use Cases: Cloud Storage Workloads ”In this article Michael Maxey discusses workloads and file creation patterns that are best suited for cloud storage, focusing on private clouds.” January 20, 2009: CIO.com Battle Brewing Over Next-Generation Private Clouds "So far the nascent private cloud arena has been dominated by smaller companies, including Elastra, 3Tera, Cassatt and ParaScale." January 19, 2009: MarketWatch.com ParaScale CEO Sees Increasing "Storage Cloudiness", Both Public and Private "The economic downturn and the addition of private cloud solutions to complement public offerings are creating an environment that enables incremental adoption of cloud storage on a very broad scale." January 13, 2009: eWEEK.com Data Storage 2009: It's All About Efficiency "There is a lot of interest in cloud storage in all its forms, but when you step back, it's still the year of early adoption." January 1, 2009: Inc.com Technology: When the Forecast Calls for Clouds "...companies, including ParaScale, have cropped up to help companies make the switch (to the cloud). Having one's head in the clouds is looking smarter every day." December 23, 2008: ITProPortal.com Cloud Storage - Does It Only Make Sense at Uber-Scale Like Google or Amazon? There is nothing in the technology that says cloud has to be monstrous. Though for sure, clouds have been designed from the start to scale to 100s of nodes and petabytes. December 23, 2008: InformationWeek.com Cloud Storage is About Dispersion “Cloud Storage is destined to be one of the hottest markets next year. It is one of those technologies that is actually aided by a down economy. ParaScale's Cloud Storage Software is starting to address real customer needs in Cloud Storage, making it more than just cheap connected storage.." December 22, 2008: SmallBusinessComputing.com A Year For Smarter Phones, Crowded Clouds Storage In the Cloud, and for the Little Guy. ParaScale's software turns commodity Linux servers into online storage node. December 22, 2008: SearchStorageChannel.com Parallel NAS FAQ ParaScale's channel-focused model is noteworthy for its margin: Resellers can gain margin on the base software and then tack on margin on hardware. December 17, 2008: vmblog.com.com "A peek thru the clouds"-Cloud Storage in 2009 "In 2009 we will see two driving trends: the arrival of private cloud storage options and... a rapid proliferation of public cloud storage services." December 12, 2008: Processor.com An Action Plan for Cloud Computing “Storage applications that produce huge data sets, require longevity of file access, and need low-cost deployments are good candidates for private clouds. A public cloud can be a good DR option." December 10, 2008: EnterpriseStorageForum.com The Cloud Offers Promise for Storage Users “private clouds can serve as community storage pools for enterprise backup and archival data. Cloud storage can also be a viable option for static data resulting from applications such as digital content and distribution, video surveillance, or streaming media." December 8, 2008: ITWORLD Gartner: Private cloud networks the future of corporate IT "Our belief is the future of internal IT is very much a private cloud," says Gartner analyst Thomas Bittman.” December 3, 2008: ITProPortal.com Defining Cloud Storage: Three Key Characteristics “Essentially, a storage cloud is as easy to manage as if it is a single storage appliance. Regardless of the claims of legacy storage vendors, this is true ease of management.” November 24, 2008: Forbes.com Where Venture Capital is Still Flowing In this economy, this sector is even more attractive because of the possibilities for large cost cuts. Attractive, indeed. Cupertino, Calif.-based Parascale, which raised $11.4 million in June, provides cloud-based storage for media-rich Web applications. November 21, 2008: eWeek Channel Insider Storage Solutions Head for the On Demand Cloud “Cloud storage is generating a lot of buzz among solution providers looking to on demand storage. The technology can offer cost savings, incredible scalability, high availability and the flexibility of on-demand capacity.“ CUPERTINO, CA – November 13, 2008 ParaScale CEO to Discuss How to Architect Cloud Storage Solutions for Massive Scalability at Sys-Con’s Cloud Computing Conference and Expo ParaScale, Inc., a startup company developing cloud storage solutions for deep content archives and rich-media content in traffic-intense applications, announced today that the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Sajai Krishnan, will speak to attendees of Sys-Con’s Cloud Computing Conference and Expo about how to build a cloud storage architecture on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 5:20 pm at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California. Nov. 4, 2008: eWEEK.com Private Cloud Storage: Facts You Need to Know "Cloud storage is not just about sending your files off into the Internet. Renting cloud storage (public cloud) or buying cloud storage (private cloud inside your firewall) is a choice, not unlike buying or renting a car." Nov. 4, 2008: eWEEK.com Private Cloud Computing Takes Shape "Security is Reason No. 1 that an enterprise, if sold on the cloud computing concept to begin with, will consider constructing its own private cloud formation." Oct 31, 2008: SOA World Magazine ParaScale CEO to Present at SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Conference & Expo November 19-21 in San Jose, CA "Cloud storage requires a new approach to scalable NAS and file serving. The concepts are relevant to enterprise IT managers looking to build a private cloud for their consumption, or for service providers looking to build public clouds to offer storage as a service." "The keys to doing cloud storage right are automating your storage provisioning in the cloud, so you can add new stoarge nodes seamlessly." Oct 21, 2008: ByteandSwitch Five Opportunities - & Three Rules - for Cloud Storage"..not all cloud storage offerings are created equal in terms of enterprise-class capabilities. One distinction is between private and public storage clouds." Oct 19, 2008: Tech.Blorge Nirvanix and ParaScale set sights on enterprise cloud storage "With enterprises under severe economic pressure to innovate and cut costs, the cloud storage alternative is one that seems to make sense. Offerings from Nirvanix and ParaScale may just be the tip of the iceberg as startups and established storage vendors see the profit possibilities in clearly conceived, secure cloud storage technologies. The path to secure, convenient, and available offsite storage has never been more clear." Oct 18, 2008: InformationWeek Upstart Cloud Providers Challenge Status Quo ParaScale sells the type of software that's the magic behind many of the consumer and enterprise file storage offerings on the market today Oct 14, 2008: SYS-CON Media Public or Private? How to choose cloud storage "This article by Mike Maxey reviews the choices a user faces when choosing a private versus public cloud storage offering" Sep 22, 2008: TRADINGMARKETS.com "Hear from leading experts on topics such as cloud storage with Arados Consulting, BT, GlassHouse, Parascale and SNIA Europe." Sep 20, 2008: Information Week 20 Cloud Computing Startups You Should Know “Young companies are emerging as software and service providers in the cloud. These newcomers can help you deploy and manage IT resources in new ways. ParaScale's eye-opening claims illustrate how startups get potential customers to take a look.“ Sep 9, 2008: ByteandSwitch ParaScale pushes Cloud Software “We’re a software provider that enables private or public clouds,” says Mike Maxey, Parascale’s director of product management. “As you add or remove nodes to and from the cloud, it will balance capacity.” Sep 8, 2008: Search Storage.com Parallel NAS Startup looks to beat EMC, HP to the clouds Illuminata analyst John Webster said ParaScale offers individual users and smaller companies "hardware defined by what's already out there as a commodity, using the economies of scale already available in the wider marketplace" "more IT people will come to conclude, 'whatever the cloud guys know, we need to know, too.' " Sep 8, 2008: DCIG ParaScale Brings Cloud Storage Inside Corporate Firewalls But are Companies Ready for Their Own Clouds? ParaScale provides an intriguing, new approach to cloud storage and gives many companies for the first time the option to experience the benefits of cloud computing. Sep 8, 2008: NETWORKWORLD Start-up ParaScale launches cloud-storage beta trial Storage start-up ParaScale is opening a beta trial for software that will let IT shops build internal storage "clouds" and give service providers the ability to build cloud storage services similar to Amazon's S3. Sep 8, 2008: TechCrunch ParaScale Promises Data Center Heaven: Private Cloud Storage At About $1 A Gig Monday, a startup called ParaScale is launching a private beta of a commercial-grade storage software that uses a similar approach to Google's own in-house system. (ParaScale nearly made it into TechCrunch50 this year, but was just shy of making the cut, largely because it was no longer in stealth mode). Sep 8, 2008: Press Release ParaScale announces Trial Availability of Its Highly Scalable, Self-Managing Clustered File System to Enable Cloud Storage with Massive Capacity and Parallel Throughput CUPERTINO, CA - Sep 8, 2008 - ParaScale, Inc., a startup offering software solutions enabling cloud storage, announced today that its ParaScale Cloud Storage (PCS) software has entered broad customer trials. Sep 8, 2008: CNET news Private cloud storage at about $1 per GB This approach obviously bodes well for enterprises needing to scale data storage as well as internet companies that have large amounts of assets to manage. |