2013: The Data Defined Storage Era Begins*

Details: Written by Shahbaz Ali

CEO Newsletter December 2013

Data Defined Storage fuels big data projects, eliminating capacity concerns and refocusing efforts on supporting the bottom line, monetizing information assets. Tarmin’s devotion to endlessly introducing, familiarizing and endorsing Data Defined Storage is for the benefit of organizations overwhelmed by their unstructured data flows. As 2013 nears its end, the emergent market category has provoked a global movement towards data centricity that will continue far into and beyond 2014. We would like to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to those who have showed overwhelming support, encouragement, and endorsement of Data Defined Storage. Because of your belief in the data centric methodology, we are succeeding in our mission to bring innovation to the future of data management. Thank you again, we wish you every happiness this holiday season and throughout the coming year.

Take a look at the recent successes of Data Defined Storage and Tarmin GridBank below:

Tarmin Transforms Data Defined Storage with GridBank 4.0 Release

Tarmin is pleased to announce the release of GridBank 4.0 the industry’s first Data Defined Storage solution, dramatically improved. The new upgraded version of GridBank offers extensive new features including Support for Enterprise Linux, Accelerated Enterprise Object Storage, and Enhanced Data Governance including Social Streams and Value- Added Search and Analytics. The enriched platform establishes Data Defined Storage as the gold standard for unstructured data.

Tarmin Awarded ‘Storage Company of the Year’

Tarmin received the coveted ‘Storage Company of the Year’ award at the recent SVC Awards in London. Tarmin, voted for by end-users, beat out major players including Dell, and Quantum, to win the prestigious honor for its innovative approach with Data Defined Storage and GridBank. This recognition demonstrates the support and progress of Data Defined Storage in the marketplace.

Data Defined Storage Capability Is Top Storage Trend for 2013

The Enterprise Storage Forum identified the Top Ten Storage Trends of 2013 and included the main capability of Data Defined Storage, extracting value on the list. Stating that delivering reduced storage cost remains important but it may not be enough anymore, which reinforces the notion of Data Defined Storage, suggesting that organizations must now turn their data from a cost center into a strategic business enabler to reduce TCO, minimize corporate risk, increase business agility and revenue growth to achieve a competitive advantage.

Technology Analysts: Data Defined Storage an Ideal Infrastructure

In a recent Technology Brief from the Teneja Group, Tarmin has been cited as creating a significant evolution in how businesses can manage their most important information assets with GridBank. Tarmin is changing the meaning of data storage with Data Defined Storage, focusing on extracting business value from data, and not merely serving as a dead-end data dump. GridBank’s broad and deep functionality makes it unique to the industry, it has changed the way organizations think about what data storage is, how it work and what they can expect from their storage.

ESG States Data Defined Storage is Raising the Bar

Data Defined Storage is the blueprint for a new breed of software as mentioned by ESG Senior Analyst, Mark Peters in his latest brief on Data Defined Storage and Data Optimization. The key to overcoming traditional storage, access and management obstacles associated with massive data growth is attributed to taking a data centric approach. GridBank continues to blossom and solidify its position as the pioneer of next generation Data Defined Storage technologies raising the bar with unparalleled data optimization.

Data Defined Storage Resonates at Powering the Cloud

Concluding the Powering the Cloud event renowned industry veteran, Manek Dubash, featured Tarmin in his latest blog post. Cited for our end-to-end approach to the challenges of gaining value from data, Dubash goes on to highlight how GridBank’s key differentiators are the transparency and independence of data from media. Organizations can opt out of an archiving and management solution and instead rely on the powers of GridBank.

Data Defined Storage Ripe for Wider Markets

Tarmin’s holistic approach to data management, gained the praise of analysts across EMEA in a recent press tour. Tarmin goes beyond object oriented data storage, bringing added value for companies and providing a business solution rather than just a technology. The Data Defined Storage ecosystem enables organizations to benefit from file system virtualization, archive, replication, search big data analytics and a common platform for object storage. With this coverage in the well-regarded German publication, LanLine.de, Tarmin is gaining traction across the wider EMEA market, delivering IT infrastructure transformation for modern business needs.

Data Defined Storage Surfaces in Blogs Post Powering the Cloud Event

Concluding the Powering the Cloud event in Frankfurt, Tarmin was featured in the Italian vInfrastructure Blog for its Data Defined Storage solution and revolutionary approach to storage and data management. Tarmin president and CEO, Shahbaz Ali and VP of Marketing, Joseph Lynn introduced analysts to the innovative world of Data Defined Storage and data centricity, delivered by Tarmin GridBank.

Data Defined Storage Converts Volume to Value

Innovators seize opportunity with Data Defined Storage in the banking and financial services sector. In a recent article featured in Global Banking & Finance Review, Tarmin is recognized as providing FSO’s the ability to monetize unstructured data, mining the net worth of their data and providing enhanced manageability through data-in-place dashboarding and analytics. Tarmin continues to improve and automate data management processes by implementing a data centric infrastructure that turns an organizations volume into value. .

The Financial Industry Lets Data Define Their Storage

Tarmin President and CEO, Shahbaz Ali was recently featured in an article by Retail Banker International, addressing the battle between the Financial Industry and Big Data, citing many of the complexities of storing and managing data. Shahbaz goes on to discuss how Data Defined Storage offers significant opportunities for banks to redefine how they store their data to gain greater insights about customers and to align with their needs.

IBM Joins the Data Defined Storage Evolution

The combined power of Tarmin and IBM is addressing the emerging business needs of organizations enabling them to become smarter, stronger, faster and more agile through Data Defined Storage technologies. This partnership exudes innovation at the core of data management strategies, focusing on gaining real value from data, rather than the size, media or location of the data.

Ingram Micro Cultivates Breakthrough with Data Defined Storage

Tarmin strengthens Data Defined Storage by signing the world’s largest wholesale technology distributor, Ingram Micro. We are eager to see the expansion of Data Defined Storage as GridBank becomes the preeminent solution for Ingram Micro end-users to address complex data management challenges. This partnership garners enormous global opportunity to expand our market presence and provide an unparalleled solution to customers.

Tech Trailblazers Awards Finalist

Tarmin has recently been shortlisted in the Storage category for the Tech Trailblazers Awards. The Tech Trailblazer Awards honors the startups with the most promising technologies across nine categories: Big Data, Cloud, Emerging Markets, Infosecurity, Mobile, Networking, Storage, Sustainable IT and Virtualization. Voting for finalists will go live in early December, be sure to check back and vote for Tarmin!

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