A fundamental of file systems since their inception has been their locking mechanisms. These exist so that different users and applications working on the same file (or region of a file) ...

Hybrid cloud has had a boost recently with the emergence of file/object environments that allow customers to operate a single namespace between on-premise and public cloud locations. One of the ...

The current perception of cloud storage begins and ends as a cheap repository for bits, but cloud storage is much more than that. This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to ...