Shopzilla has been a customer of the IBM Real-time Compression technology for over 2 years. Here they describe the benefits of the technology.

IBM's Ed Walsh, Director of Storage Efficiency sits down with Steve Duplessie, Founder of ESG to talk about how IBM Real-time Compression sets the bar for doing storage optimization in NAS. At the end of the day, if you can do compression in real time, without sacrificing performance and the transparency of the implementation, then why wouldn't you - given the savings you can get over traditional compression.

We all know compression is not… Read more »

As with any new technology there is a hurdle to get over before putting it into production, but once in, it can add a TON of value.

Trident Micro mentioned on runningDATA with Steve and Dave

Amit Bar-On, Manager of IT at Polycom in Israel shares his story with us about not only does IBM Real-time Compression save him storage space, that space can actually now be used for people instead of equipment. As Polycom continues it success in the telepresence business, they have grown in the last five years to having over 120 developers in Israel. Office space anywhere is expensive, in Tel-Aviv it is VERY expensive. Polycom is… Read more »

It still baffles me when there is so much information available for people to learn about any topic and it is not used. Many times people just tend to rely on the information provided by their employer (which in many cases is just competitive FUD). This video was the result of reading an email between IBM and one of their key partners on the competitive knowledge of each others products.