According to analysis from Forrester, 68% of business buyers prefer to research on their own, online. But what if you’re trying to determine what an enterprise product will cost? Even if you ask a technology provider about the cost of their offering, you’ll likely hear silence followed by “well…it really depends”. Technology pricing is mostly […]
I’m happy to announce that Swift 2.20.0 is now available. This release includes many improvements, but the bulk of the updates are in three key areas: S3 compatibility, encryption, and performance/optimization. I’ve written about it on the OpenStack Superuser site, so please check that out. You can get the latest version of Swift in the […]
The goal of SwiftStack’s core storage is for apps to store and retrieve data without worrying about hard problems like durability, failure handling, bit rot detection, capacity scaling, and concurrent access. With SwiftStack, an app can write bytes into the storage system and later read them back out. No need to worry about anything else. […]
Last week I was privileged to attend the ZingTrain leadership training class sponsored by the OpenStack Foundation. There were two days of formal training and a third unstructured day for the group to discuss how the lessons apply in the OpenStack community. ZingTrain is one of the many businesses in the Zingermans Community of […]
We’ve come home from another great Swift midcycle hackathon. We’ve released 2.10.0. We’re getting ready for the OpenStack Summit in Barcelona. It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of the review queue and what our respective employers are building on, around, and with Swift. What’s the bigger picture, though? What can we expect […]
Last week I had the honor of attending and speaking at the Library of Congress as part of their “Designing Storage Architectures for Digital Collections”event. The two-day meeting was full of fascinating ideas and conversations, and I had a great time. I spoke on OpenStack Swift, the storage engine behind SwiftStack. As people store more […]
The OpenStack Summit in Austin is coming up quickly and there is so much to be excited about. Passes are available until April 24th, so be sure to register today! There are a number of can’t miss sessions to put on your calendar. We’d love to see you at the following Swift sessions: SwiftStack Sessions […]
