One problem holding back general purpose cloud storage has been the lack of a “standard” way to get data in and out of the cloud.  Most cloud storage providers supply a REST interface, an object file interface or other proprietary ways to use their facilities.  The problem with this is that they all require some [...]

I was talking with a cloud storage vendor the other day and they made an interesting comment, cloud storage doesn’t need to backup data?! They told me that they and most cloud storage providers replicate customer file data so that there is always at least two (or more) copies of customer data residing in the [...]