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Teradata has become much more serious about working in the public clouds and Western Digital has an NVMe Express-bolstering present for its zoned QLC SSD initiative.

Legacy data warehouse Teradata has its head in the clouds in a seriously big way: AWS, Azure and GCP to be precise. Its pushing more features into its Vantage-as-a-service products on the Big 3 of cloud. Customers get:

There will be more to come over time.

The Amazon and Azure Vantage enhancements are available now. They will also apply to Vantage on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), which will begin limited availability in July 2020.

The NVMe Express consortium has ratified Western Digitals ZNS (Zoned Namespace) command set specification. WD has a pair of zoned storage initiatives aimed at host management of data placement in zones on storage drives.

For SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) HDDs:

For NVMe SSDs:

These are host-managed as opposed to the drives managing the zones themselves. That means system or application software changes. It also requires support by other manufacturers to avoid zoned disk or SSD supplier lock-in. This ratification helps make ZNS support by other SSD manufacturers more likely.

ZNS is applicable to QLC SSDs where data with similar access rates can be placed inseparate zones to reduce overall write amplification and so extend drive endurance. They can also provide improved I/O access latencies.

The ZNS specification is available for download under the Developers -> NVMe Specification section of thewww.nvmexpress.orgpublic web site, as an NVM Express 1.4 Ratified TP.

WD has been working with the open source community to ensure that NVMe ZNS devices are compatible with the Linux kernel zoned block device interface. It say this is a first step and modifications to well-known user applications and tools, such asRocksDB,Ceph, and the Flexible IO Tester (fio) performance benchmark tool, together with the newlibzbduser-space library, are also being released.

It claims public and private cloud vendors, all flash-array vendors, solid-state device vendors, and test and validation tool suppliers are adopting the ZNS standard but these are not named.

Blocks & Files thinks ZNS support by other SSD suppliers such as Samsung, Intel, and Micron will be essential before storage array manufacturers and SW suppliers adopt it with real enthusiasm.

WD claimed that, with a small set of changes to the software stack, users of host-managed SMR HDDs can deploy ZNS SSDs into their data centres. More from WD here.

Data warehouser Actian has announced GA of Vector for Hadoop. This is an upgraded SQL database with real-time and operational analytics not previously feasible on Hadoop. The SW uses patented vector processing and in-CPU cache optimisation technology to eliminate bottlenecks. Independentbenchmarksdemonstrated a more than 100X performance advantage with Vector for Hadoop over Apache Impala.

The Active Archive Alliance announced the download availability of a report: Active Archive and the State of the Industry 2020, which highlights the increased demand for new data management strategies as well as benefits and use cases for active archive solutions.

Backupper Assigra and virtual private storage array supplier Zadara announced that Sandz Solutions Philippines Inc. has deployed their the Cloud OpEX Backup Appliance to to defend its businesses against ransomware attacks on backup data.

AWS Snowcone uses a disk drive to provide its 8TB of usable storage, not an SSD.

Enterprise Information archiver Smarsh has Microsoft co-sell status and its Enterprise Archive offering is available on Azure for compliance and e-discovery initiatives. Enterprise Archive uses Microsoft Azure services for storage, compute, networking and security.

Taipei-based Chenbro has announced its RB133G13-U10; a custom barebones 1U chassis pre-fitted with dual Intel Xeon motherboard and ready to install two Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 28-cores, 165W TDP. There is a maximum of 2TB of DDR4 memory, 2X 10GbitE connectivity, 1X PCI-Ee Gen 3 x16 HH/HL expansion slot and support for up to 10X hot-swappable NVMe U.2 drives. It has Intel VROC, Apache Pass, and Redfish compliance.

France-based SIGMA Group, a digital services company specialising in software publishing,integration of tailor-made digital solutions, outsourcing and cloud solutions, has revealed it uses ExaGrid to store its own and customer backups, and replicate data from its primary site to its disaster recovery site.

Estonia-based Diaway has announced a strategic partnership withExceleroand the launch of a new product, DIAWAY KEILA powered by Excelero NVMesh. Component nodes use AMD EPYC processors, PCIe Gen 4.0, WD DC SN640 NVMe SSDs, and 100GbitE networking. Sounds like a hot, fast box set.

FalconStor can place ingested backup data on Hitachi Vantara HCP object storage systems. This means data ingested by FalconStor through its Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Long-Term Retention and Reinstatement and StorSafe offerings can be deduplicated and sent to an HCP target system. Physical tape can ingested by the VTL product and sent on to HCP for faster access archive storage.

Hitachi Vantara was cited as a Strong Performer in the Forrester Wave Enterprise Data Fabric, Q2 2020 evaluation. But Strong Performers are second to Leaders and the Leader suppliers were Oracle, Talend, Cambridge Semantics, SAP, Denodo Technologies, and IBM. Hitachi V was accompanied asa Strong Performer by DataRobot, Qlik, Cloudera, Syncsort, TIBCO Software, and Infoworks. Well done Hitachi V but no cigar.

Backupper HYCU has a Test Drive for Nutanix Mine with HYCU initiative. Customers can try out Nutanix Mine with HYCU at their own pace, with in-depth access and hands-on experience by launching a pre-configured software trial.

Data protector HubStor tells us it has revamped its company positioning as a SaaS-based unified backup and archive platform. Customer adoption remains strong and its adding one petabyte of data into the service each month as of recent months.

Chinas Inspur has gained the number 8 position in the SPC-1 benchmark rankings with an AS5500 G3 system scoring 3,300,292 SPC-1 IOPS, $295.73/SPC-1 KIOPS and an 0.387ms overall response time.

Seagates LaCie unit announced new 1big Dock SSD Pro (2TB and 4TB SSD capacities) and 1big Dock (4TB, 8TB, and 16TB HDD capacities) storage for creative professionals and prosumers. Both are designed by Neil Poulton to look good on your desktop. The 1big Dock SSD Pro is for editing data-intense 6K, 8K, super slow motion, uncompressed video, and VFX content. The 1big Dock has direct ingestion of content from SD cards, CompactFlash cards, and USB devices and serves as the hub of all peripherals, connecting to the workstation with a single cable.

Micron Solutions Engineering Lab recently completed a proof of concept using Weka to share a pool of Micron 7300 PRO with NVMe SSDs and obtained millions of IOPS from the file system. The testing used six nodes in a 4 + 2 (data + parity) erasure-coding configuration for data protection. Theres more information from Micron here.

Nutanix Foundation Central, Insights and Lifecycle Manager have been updated to enable Nutanix HCI Managers to do their work remotely.

Nutanix and HPE have pushed out some new deals with AMD-based systems offering better price/performance for OLTP and VDI workloads, ruggedised systems for harsh computing environments, certified SAP ERP systems, higher capacity storage for unstructured data, and turnkey data protection with popular backup software. More from Nutanix here.

Cloud data warehouser Snowflake, with an impending IPO, today announced general availability on Google Cloud in London. The UKs Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership is using Snowflake in London. This follows Snowflakes general availability on Google Cloud in the US and Netherlands earlier this year.

Storage Made Easy (SME)has signed an EMEA-wide distribution agreement with Spinnakar for its Enterprise File Fabric, a single platform that presents and secures data from multiple sources, be that on-premises, a data centre, or the Cloud. The EFF provides provides an end-to-end brandable product set that is storage agnostic, and currently supports more than 60 private and public data clouds. It supports file and object storage solutions, including CIFS/NAS/SAN, Amazon S3 and S3 compatible storage, Google Storage and Microsoft Azure.

StorageCraft announced an upgrade of ShadowXafe, its data and system backup and recovery software. Available immediately, ShadowXafe 4.0 gives users unified management with the OneXafe Solo plug-and-protect backup and recovery appliance. It also has Hyper-V, vCenter and ESXi support and consolidated automated licensing and billing on ConnectWise Manage and Automate business management platforms.

StorOne has launched its Optane flash array, branding it S1:AFAn (All-Flash Array.Next) claiming its the highest-performing, most cost-effective storage system on the market today and a logical upgrade to ageing All-Flash Arrays. CompuTech International (CTI) is the distributor of StorONEs S1:AFAn. Use TRU price to run cost comparisons.

Europe-based SW-defined storage biz StorPool has claimed over40 per cent y-o-y growth in H1 2020 and a 73 per cent NPS score. New customers included a global public IT Services and consulting company, a leading UK MSP, one of Indonesias largest hosting companies, one of Netherlands top data centres, and a fast-growing public cloud provider in the UK. StorPool is profitable and hasnt had any funding rounds since 2015.

TeamGroup announced the launch of the T-FORCE CARDEA II TUF Gaming Alliance M.2 Solid State Drive (512GB, 1TB) and T-FORCE DELTA TUF Gaming Alliance RGB Gaming Solid State Drive (5V) (500GB, 1TB), both certified and tested by the TUF Gaming Alliance.

Frighteningly fast filesystem supplier WekaIO said it has been assigned a patent (10684799) for Flash registry with write levelling, and has forty more patents pending. Forty? Yes, forty.

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Shared hosting is a cheaper option, so many online retailers tend to start their business with this type of hosting. But as their business grows, they are likely to run into resource constraints, and that negatively impacts their store performance.

It is at this juncture; the online retailer needs to decide whether to continue with the shared hosting or switch over to the cloud hosting.

Unmanaged hosting is not beneficial for the long run, so you need to consider a managed hosting that offers you significant benefits. It also enables you to focus more on your business and make efforts to grow it.

Despite the shared hosting being the most economical option available, it is, however, only for the ones who can manage all the technicalities related to their online store. Or else, it becomes an expensive affair due to a slew of factors popping up. It is not advantageous in the long run.

You also need to manage the server. If you are not tech-savvy, you need to invest in hiring a system administrator for the job. Also, it is your responsibility to add Apache, NGINX, PHP stack, cache, database management, etc.

Unmanaged hosting is not a very good option for online retail stores due to:

You can get rid of all these problems by switching over to the managed Magento hosting. It enables you to free yourself from managing the server, and so you will get ample time to focus on your online store and grow your business.

Managed Magento hosting gives you the following advantages:

Magento is a complex eCommerce platform that is developed on a sophisticated architecture. It calls for a complex mixture of components in the running server, like managed cloud hosting, among others. With managed cloud hosting, you get the flexibility to upgrade as well as downgrade the size of the server anytime. And for online retailers, this feature becomes extremely useful, especially in the holiday period when there is an abrupt rise in the traffic. We recommend you to start your Magento store with a 4GB plan, which is the best option for starters.

Managed Magento hosting is endowed with high security. It provides maximum protection due to the deployment of multiple layers of Intrusion Detection System (IDS), which gives protection against any malicious activity, DDoS attacks, policy violations, etc. And in the event of any security issues, the technical support team springs into action in very little time.

A managed Magento hosting has the latest technology that consists of the latest web server software along with a powerful caching system. As such, it entails faster page loading time as compared to shared hosting. And it is a crucial aspect for all online merchants as their growth in revenues depends upon it. At the same time, a managed Magento hosting provides maximum uptime, and that is a critical component in search engine results pages (SERP) as it gives faith to search engines.

You can get the technical support you need quite often when you opt for managed Magento hosting. The support team gives you round the clock support to fix any issue that might pop up anytime. An expert system administrator is the core member of the support team. He and his team manage all the technical issues of the server to offer you technical support. He manages things, such as domain registration, server launch and website migration.

You cannot put your website off-line when you want to test new changes. So you need to test all updates, plugins or new changes on a development mode rather than the live website.

But with unmanaged hosting testing website changes is a time-consuming process. Managed hosting enables you to do away with the cumbersome process by providing single-click staging features that are developed for testing the changes without putting the website off-line.

Staging allows you to get a clone of your website with a click on a button. You can access the cloned website through a test URL using FTP, SSH or phpMyAdmin.

Single-click installation is a crucial feature of managed magento hosting that is an important time saving and server management feature. It provides you with j-toggle, and the platform itself takes care of everything. Single-click features include Magento-app installation, enabling/disabling services, migration, domain mapping, backup, SSL certificates, among others.

With managed Magento hosting, you can get backups of your website whenever you want. You can schedule automatic backup by clicking on the buttons for the purpose.

You now have an understanding of the difference between managed and unmanaged hosting. At the same time, you also came to know why you should choose the managed Magento hosting. Therefore, if you are starting an online store, you should choose the managed Magento hosting for the reasons outlined above.

Last Updated on June 24, 2020

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In the IT career field, hands on experience goes a long way in showing that you have the chops to do the job you are applying for; however, in order to stand out and get paid, IT certifications are what you need.There has been a long standing argument that experience trumps certifications, and I think for most positions, that argument is true.However in the cleared space, IT certifications are a must to meet the requirements for specific contracts.In the case of contracts that require DoD 8570 compliance, experience alone doesnt cut it.

There are many individuals in the IT career field that are paper certified meaning they just crammed for the exam and dont actually have any real world experience.There are also many in the career field that have been doing the work for a long time and have a decade or more of real experience but no certifications.While we dont need to argue thepros and cons of experience versus certifications, adding certain certifications to your resume will enhance your chances of landing a dream job or even boosting your salary.

Three out of the top five certifications in this list are cloud related.The cloud is here, and it is here to stay. If you dont have a cloud certification, it is imperative that you get one ASAP! Every year, more organizations adopt the cloud hosted model for their infrastructure.Right now, the leader of the pack seems to be Amazon Web Services (AWS). The AWS Certified Solutions Architect certificate validates your ability to architect, design, implement and scale large AWS cloud infrastructures.

According to the AWS website, The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate examination is intended for individuals who perform a solutions architect role and have one or more years of hands-on experience designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS. The exam consists of multiple choice questions with a 130 minute time limit. The exam will cost you $150 and you have the option of purchasing a $20 practice exam created by AWS.

Average salary: $149,446

You cant preach enough security to clients these days. As the attacks get more sophisticated and elegant, so should the customers security posture. Security professionals are in high demand and there is a low supply, which is good if you want a career in security.Having at least a year or two of direct security work experience and an entry level certification like CompTIAs Security+ will set you up for success with the CISSP exam. The CISSP cert validates your ability to implement and maintain complete security systems for large enterprises.

According to ISC2s website, the CISSP, proves you have what it takes to effectively design, implement and manage a best-in-class cybersecurity program. With a CISSP, you validate your expertise and become an (ISC) member, unlocking a broad array of exclusive resources, educational tools, and peer-to-peer networking opportunities.

Average salary:$141,452

Virtualization is a given in todays datacenter. There arent many customers left who dont employ some form of virtualization in their infrastructure. VMware has been the market leader since their inception in 1998. With demand so high for qualified and skilled virtualization engineers, VMwares certification program helps candidates stand out in the crowd. There are three tracks to take, Professional, Advanced Professional, and Design Expert. Both the VCP and the VCAP are on this list because they prove that you have knowledge of the VMware concepts (VCP) and that you are capable of doing hands on work (VCAP).

There are many VCP certification tracks such as Datacenter Virtualization, Cloud Management and Automation, Network Virtualization, and Desktop and Mobility. The VCP exams consist of 85 multiple choice questions and cost $250 per voucher. The VCAP exams are much more extensive, consisting of up to 34 scenarios in a live lab-based environment where youre required to fix any issues and configure certain features.The VCAP exams cost $450 per voucher.

Average Salary: $130-$150,000

Microsoft has become a trusted cloud provider for both the private and public sector. They are challenging the big players like Amazon and Google for market share and becoming more than just a niche player. Due to the increased adoption of Microsoft Azure products, such as Azure AD and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), there is a need for skilled and certified individuals to manage and maintain them. The Azure Administrator Associate certification validates your ability to manage, implement, and monitor your organizations Microsoft Azure environment.

Average Salary: $125,993

Next to AWS, Google is the next best certification you could invest in. The Google Cloud Professional certification is a highly valued certification in the cloud space. The recommended prerequisites to taking the GCP exam are fairly hefty. First, Google recommends a minimum of three years experience with cloud solutions, and secondly a year of designing and managing solutions with Google Cloud Platform. The payoff is amazing though as this cert is the highest paid on the list, coming in at just over $175k annually. The exam consists of multiple choice questions and a 2 hour time limit. A voucher for the exam is $200.

Average salary: $175,761

This is a very common question, and it can be hard to decide where to start. A good rule of thumb would be to start with your current skillsets. If you have a lot of experience with VMware virtualization, get your VCP and then work towards getting a VCAP certification. From there, figure out where you would like to branch out. If you find that you are doing a lot of VMware work, maybe focusing on Amazon or Azure as a secondary certification track would help because many customers are hosting their VMware infrastructure in the cloud lately. What matters is you first do what your job role requires and then focus on where you want to go. Figure out the path that is best for you, get certified, and get paid! Many areas provide opportunities to put your experience and certifications to work right away.

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NEW YORK, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p05916581/?utm_source=PRN

The report predicts the global personal cloud market to grow with a healthy CAGR over the forecast period from 2020-2026. The study on personal cloud market covers the analysis of the leading geographies such as North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW for the period of 2018 to 2026.

The report on personal cloud market is a comprehensive study and presentation of drivers, restraints, opportunities, demand factors, market size, forecasts, and trends in the global personal cloud market over the period of 2018 to 2026. Moreover, the report is a collective presentation of primary and secondary research findings.

Porter's five forces model in the report provides insights into the competitive rivalry, supplier and buyer positions in the market and opportunities for the new entrants in the global personal cloud market over the period of 2018 to 2026. Further, IGR- Growth Matrix gave in the report brings an insight into the investment areas that existing or new market players can consider.

Report Findings1) Drivers Upsurge in the number of social media sites Increase in smartphone and broadband connections2) Restraints Data privacy and security concern3) Opportunities Technological innovations

Research Methodology

A) Primary ResearchOur primary research involves extensive interviews and analysis of the opinions provided by the primary respondents. The primary research starts with identifying and approaching the primary respondents, the primary respondents are approached include1. Key Opinion Leaders2. Internal and External subject matter experts3. Professionals and participants from the industry

Our primary research respondents typically include1. Executives working with leading companies in the market under review2. Product/brand/marketing managers3. CXO level executives4. Regional/zonal/ country managers5. Vice President level executives.

B) Secondary ResearchSecondary research involves extensive exploring through the secondary sources of information available in both the public domain and paid sources.Each research study is based on over 500 hours of secondary research accompanied by primary research. The information obtained through the secondary sources is validated through the crosscheck on various data sources.

The secondary sources of the data typically include1. Company reports and publications2. Government/institutional publications3. Trade and associations journals4. Databases such as WTO, OECD, World Bank, and among others.5. Websites and publications by research agencies

Segment CoveredThe global personal cloud market is segmented on the basis of revenue type, hosting type, and end user.

The Global Personal Cloud Market by Revenue Type Direct Indirect

The Global Personal Cloud Market by Hosting Type Service Providers Consumers

The Global Personal Cloud Market by End User Individuals Enterprises

Company Profiles GoogleLLC MicrosoftCorporation AppleInc Dropbox, Inc. Amazon Web Services Box, Inc. Seagate Technology PLC Western Digital Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. Egnyte

What does this report deliver?1. Comprehensive analysis of the global as well as regional markets of the personal cloud market.2. Complete coverage of all the segments in the personal cloud market to analyze the trends, developments in the global market and forecast of market size up to 2026.3. Comprehensive analysis of the companies operating in the global personal cloud market. The company profile includes analysis of product portfolio, revenue, SWOT analysis and latest developments of the company.4. IGR- Growth Matrix presents an analysis of the product segments and geographies that market players should focus to invest, consolidate, expand and/or diversify.

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WILMINGTON, Del., June 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Uploadcare became one of the three best cloud solutions at Nanjing Tech Week 2020 Competition. This is one of the biggest tech festival and contest in the world, uniting innovative companies from all countries and industries. The winners can develop business at the Chinese Market.

Uploadcare is a global end-to-end cloud platform designed to help businesses turn visual-first customer experience into revenue. This PaaS is featured with one of the world's fastest file uploader, an automated storage, an AI-driven image transformations engine, and flexible content delivery solutions. This customer experience suit facilitates the complete media pipeline: from uploading files to delivering them adapted to the end-user context.

On 25th of June, 2020 Uploadcare took second place at Nanjing Tech Week Cloud Competition. In 2019 Uploadcare raised a $1.7 million seed round led by Runa Capital and Vendep Capital, with existing investors Vaizra Capital and LVL1 Group participating, as well.

"The deep understanding of developers, startups, and enterprises needs allows Uploadcare to offer its clients an all-in-one platform for online content optimization, delivering the proven business results," notes Jupe Arala, General Partner at Vendep Capital.

"With differentiated technology and a strong leadership team, we believe that Uploadcare is well-positioned to accelerate its growth and further solidify its leadership in the content delivery market," says Dmitry Chikhachev, General Partner at Runa Capital.

Uploadcare aims to grow together with actively enhancing digital industries, including e-commerce and e-learning. As the number of users increases, the pressure on these online platforms grows. The shortest delay in content delivery may turn into an increased bounce rate and significant revenue losses. So business owners have to successfully manage this traffic tidal wave while keeping customer experience satisfying.

New Uploadcare media pipeline help online platforms ensure fast and reliable digital learning experience while saving up to 92% on traffic and related costs. Modern file upload widget and Image CDN capable of image management and transformation help to easily handle content and automatically adapt it to user devices. On top of that, they can quickly scale their infrastructure according to the traffic load.

Uploadcare cloud platform driven by intelligence and featured with image uploader, CDN and optimizer can reduce the total image size by 80% due to smart image transformations. Such e-commerce CDN management reduced image hosting costs by 86% without any technical complications. Moreover, Uploadcare's technology and backend support cut the development process by 3 months and made it $200,000 cheaper.

Uploadcare technology reduces not only image sizes, hosting costs, and development time, providing efficient file upload API and CDN image hosting. The company's world's fastest image resizing algorithm can save, roughly, 21.1 MWh energy annually, if it will replace every image resizing code on the planet.

"Our platform, featured with the fastest cloud uploader and the best image CDN, helps reduce tech costs and time spent on image optimization and manipulation. But at the end of the day, it helps turn the crisis into development," says Igor Debatur, CEO at Uploadcare.

About Uploadcare

Uploadcare is a global end-to-end cloud platform that covers the complete media pipeline, using one of the world's fastest File Uploader, an automated Smart and Secure Storage, a supreme AI-driven Image Transformations Engine, Visual Intelligence Algorithms, and unique content delivery solutions.

Founded in 2011, Uploadcare became a technological partner in e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS, and healthcare industries for thousands of clients like Mozilla, L'Oreal, Sundance Institute, Paperless, Totango. In 2019 Uploadcare raised a $1.7 million seed round led by Runa Capital and Vendep Capital, with existing investors Vaizra Capital and LVL1 Group.

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