<a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/lvlLuc2zhi39C/html5"></a>There is a lot of talk lately about how object storage is moving up the storage food chain with the help of artificial Intelligence (GPU chips and such) and front-end file systems. I’m happy to say that while <a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/stfc-benchmarking">we were the first object storage solution to replace a parallel file system in production</a>, we haven’t lost sight of where Caringo technology shines—as a solution for nearline, content distribution and on-demand archive workflows.
With Swarm 11, our stellar development team gave it “that extra push over the cliff” on all of these fronts. Most important to our customers and their users, we have exposed powerful new capabilities in our UI that take the custom programming usually required out of the equation.
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<h2>Caringo for M&E and Digital Video</h2>
With our move into the Media and Entertainment segment the last few years, we’ve spoken with hundreds of content-driven organizations. They are all challenged with reducing the amount of time it takes to protect and deliver an asset internally or externally. Swarm 11 solves these issues by creating an on-demand archive where the content or content segment needed is easy to find and streamable internally or externally.
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<h2>What’s New in Swarm 11?</h2>
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<h3>Reducing Time to Last Byte (TTLB) with Partial File Restore (PFR)</h3>
While there is still a place for cold archives (e.g., tape or Amazon Glacier), most organizations not only need a true active archive, they want to be able to retrieve data on demand, particularly when they want to edit digital video. With <a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm/partial-file-restore">Swarm’s new Partial File Restore feature</a>, we’ve reduced Time to Last Byte (aka TTLB) dramatically. The ability to quickly retrieve a large video file or pull a desired clip from that file means that editing, internal sharing and streaming all become not only easier, but almost instantaneous. Our API for integration into the M&E industry’s many Asset Management solutions has broad CODEC support and direct MP4-based clipping.
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<h3>Accelerating Time to Ingest with up to 5x Faster File Upload Speeds</h3>
Let’s face it, when it comes time to uploading files, faster is better. That is why we have designed an accelerated path to data ingest with up to 5x faster upload of any number of large, multi-GB files from any web browser. No clumsy gateways or software mounting points that could be incompatible with your workstation or that require an intermittent stop to a spooler to ensure all file segments are transferred. With bulk upload, we speed the process as data segments are written in parallel directly to the Swarm cluster.
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<h3>Simplified File Sharing</h3>
Given the complexity of storage technology and the wide swath of choices for transferring and delivering video, our team focuses on ways to simplify file sharing and eliminate the need to rely on external 3rd party services (e.g., Box or Vimeo), FTP Servers, expensive Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) or the risky and old-fashioned shipping of flash or hard drives. Swarm File Sharing empowers authorized users to generate a streamable URL for any file using the <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/using-swarm-object-storage-content-portal-ui">Swarm Content Portal</a>. That URL can then be transmitted via email or instant message for secure download or sharing, internally or externally.
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<h3>Offsite Data Protection to Public Cloud with Backup to S3</h3>
When it comes to offsite data protection, we like to play well with others. You can backup any Swarm domain or even an entire Swarm cluster to Amazon S3 or Amazon Glacier via S3 Lifecycle rules. You can backup to S3-compliant on-prem storage targets or 3rd-party S3-compliant services too. Want to tier data to an S3-compliant tape system or leverage an enterprise subscription cloud storage service (S3-compliant of course)? Not a problem with Swarm.
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<h2>Learn More about Swarm 11</h2>
Be sure to check out <a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm/whats-new">What’s New in Swarm 11</a> for more details and catch today’s webinar live at 11am PT/2pm ET or watch on demand afterwards. Director of Product Eric Dey and VP of Marketing Adrian Herrera team up to present <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11">Accelerating On-Demand Access to Video Archives with Swarm 11</a>.
<a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1" alt="accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11" width="640" height="360" class="aligncenter wp-image-14747 size-full" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?resize=320%2C180&ssl=1 320w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/accelerating-demand-access-video-archives-swarm-11.png?resize=480%2C270&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a>
Last but not least, I’d like to give a big “THANK YOU” to the entire Caringo team of developers, QA testers, and our professional services and training teams for pushing Swarm to new heights in its 11th version. With Swarm 11, we have delivered the most versatile, resilient and effective product in our 14-year history!

With Swarm 11, we gave “that extra push over the cliff” to accelerate access to video files with an on-demand archive.

Throughout his 30-year career, Tony Barbagallo has leveraged his extensive experience to establish and grow hardware, software and service organizations. He has held a mix of leadership roles at small and large companies, including VP of Marketing and Product Management at Skyera, WildPackets (now Savvius), and EVault, VP of Marketing and Sales at Dantz (acquired by EMC), and senior management positions at Microsoft, Mentor Graphics, Sun, and GE. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Syracuse University and has also completed the Stanford University Executive Program.

Tony Barbagallo

Caringo uses Amazon S3 protocol for seamless policy-based tiering of data from primary storage to private Swarm cloud to public cloud.

Amazon S3

Caringo Swarm Object Storage provides an active archive (limitless & seamless pool of data) with data protection, management and search capabilities.

Caringo History

With Caringo, rapidly leverage the benefits of object storage—scale, management, protection, search & access of data over a public or private network.

Caringo Products

Caringo Swarm Object Storage can be used as platform for building a scalable, reliable, high-performance Content Distribution Network (CDN).

Content Delivery Network

Content Distribution is a key capability for Media & Entertainment, Social Discovery and all sites that provide content to customers and end users.

Content Distribution

Caringo Swarm Object Storage protects digital assets, keeping them online & accessible for production workflows, active archive & on-demand streaming.

Media &amp; Entertainment

Object storage (object-based storage) is computer data storage architecture that manages data as objects, as opposed to file storage & block storage.

Object Storage

With Partial File Restore, Caringo Swarm lets you clip large video files for rapid turnaround of a specific portion directly from the archive layer.

Partial File Restore

Software-defined storage (SDS) is data storage software for policy-based provisioning and management of data, independent of underlying hardware. 

Software Defined Storage

Swarm Storage provides a complete S3-compliant platform for data protection, management, organization & search at massive scale for unstructured data.

Swarm Storage

Tape storage refers to storage medium that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape, typically for an inexpensive offline, archival data store. 

Tape Storage

Swarm Object Storage Now Goes to 11

Media & Entertainment

Our consumer frenzy climaxes on the day after Thanksgiving, generally referred to as “Black Friday” Although this tradition originated in the US, it is not just an American tradition. It has been adopted by 20+ countries. There are a number of resources that attempt to explain just how Black Friday came into being.
<h2>The Origin of the Term Black Friday</h2>
According to many sources, the term Black Friday was first used for the gold panic of September 24, 1869. However, in the 1950’s, the usage morphed to describe the biggest shopping and traffic day of the year. First used in Philadelphia, the term spread over the next couple of decades until it became commonplace throughout the US, and eventually crept into the vocabulary and traditions of other countries.
As in almost every aspect of life, technology has risen as a force in the retail industry. For those who abhor the crowds of Black Friday, there is now “Cyber Monday” where you can snag great deals online using any device that connects you to the Internet.
<h2>Technology Trends in Retail</h2>
Earlier this week, Forbe’s published an article by Bernard Marr about <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2019/11/25/the-top-10-technology-trends-in-retail-how-tech-will-transform-shopping-in-2020/">the top 10 technology trends in retail</a>. From extended reality and predictive analytics to robots and facial recognition, businesses have learned how to tap into our weaknesses, wants and needs.
<h2>Tracking of Shopping Habits</h2>
Ever feel like somebody is watching you? I do. My passion for luggage and boots must be well documented by a number of vendors, as I get reminders to go shop for them just about every day. Of course, it is no surprise to those who shop online that data about our buying habits and interests is being stored and used to push enticing ads into our Social Media and search engine streams.
If you question how much data is being collected about each of us, check out <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/in-the-age-of-ai/">Frontline: In the Age of AI</a>. This episode is described as an investigation into the “promise and perils of artificial intelligence, from fears about work and privacy to rivalry between the U.S. and China.”
<h2>Data Storage for 2020 & Beyond</h2>
With the escalating accumulation of data by retailers, social media platforms, private businesses and governmental organizations, how can data storage keep up? How long does this data need to be retained, and how can you best manage and store data without breaking the bank or having a long and tedious retrieval process?
Caringo was founded to help you solve these questions, regardless of how much data you have, how long you need to keep it and what applications need to access it. In 2006, we launched Caringo’s flagship product, <a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm">Swarm</a> (originally named CAStor). Swarm decouples data from applications and hardware, providing a foundation for continued data access and analysis. Now in its <a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm/whats-new">eleventh version</a>, this field-hardened platform has delivered on the original promise to change the economics of storage, and also provides <a href="https://www.caringo.com/whitepapers/protecting-data-cloud-age-caringo-swarm-object-storage">built-in data protection</a> and numerous compliance features (WORM, Legal Hold and Integrity Seals).
If your data storage needs updating, <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact">contact us</a>. Our object storage experts are happy to discuss your specific <a href="https://www.caringo.com/case-studies">use case</a> and help you determine if Swarm Object Storage is right for your data storage needs.

Black Friday, Cyber Monday...the post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy begins. How will your org stay competitive in today's connected world?

Sarah Cook is Caringo's Director of Marketing and brings deep expertise in Technical and Marketing Communications and Product Marketing. Sarah has worked for some of the biggest names in technology including Dell and Cisco. Sarah has a B.A. in English Composition with a minor in Music from the University of North Texas.

Sarah Cook

With Caringo Swarm Object Storage, you get continuous, built-in data protection along with exceptional resilience, recovery, and content integrity. 

Data Protection

Caringo revolutionized data storage and changed the economics of storage in 2006 by launching the first Object Storage product in the marketplace. 

Data Storage

Black Friday & Shopping in Our Connected World

<img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/New-In-Swarm.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1" alt="What’s New in Caringo Swarm?" width="300" height="169" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-9033" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/New-In-Swarm.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/New-In-Swarm.jpg?w=640&ssl=1 640w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" />Recently, we released updates to Swarm 9 with enhancements to improve the operation and ease of maintenance of your storage cluster. All customers with current support contracts can download the latest software from <a href="https://connect.caringo.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Caringo Connect</a>.
As the pioneer in object-based software-defined storage, we continue to evolve our technology to meet the emerging needs of our customers who span a diverse set of verticals from media & entertainment (M&E), to high-performance computing (HPC), to government, to managed service providers (MSP), just to name a few. Here are the highlights from our recent updates.
Metadata Typing Expanded
Those of you familiar with Caringo Swarm Object Storage understand the importance of our rich <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/medadata-for-business/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">metadata</a> capabilities and how these capabilities enable organizations to manage and use data at a massive scale. We have expanded the built-in searching capabilities with a multi-representational metadata typing. Now, in addition to indexing content metadata as strings, Swarm now supports alternative representations—such as numeric, time, and geo-location—for the same metadata. This provides applications with powerful query capabilities when performing searching operations.
S3 Multipart Listing Compatibility Improvements
Increasingly, <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/nfs-s3-interoperable/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">S3 interoperability</a> is a requirement for organizations. Contrary to AWS S3 API guidance, some S3 applications naively codify formatting validations for opaque response information in their multipart operations. In order to support these applications, the storage cluster now mimics the AWS formatting behavior of the S3 opaque response fields on multipart upload and listing operations. In addition, the Content Gateway includes additional improvements to support Amazon S3 compatibility.
Volume Upgrades and Management Simplification
Swarm volumes that hold mostly small objects and were formatted by Swarm 7.5 or earlier can now be automatically upgraded in place to better handle objects <100KB. This format upgrade allows the disk journal space to be correctly sized after-the-fact for existing deployments where small objects are the predominant storage and where the current journals are full. Additional management simplifications include improve handling for virtual machine volumes, encrypted volumes, and event reporting.
Want to learn more about what these enhancements mean and engage in live Q&A? Join me on June 21 for a live webcast. <a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13173/264117" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Register now</a> to watch live or view on-demand.
<a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13173/264117" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What’s New in Caringo Swarm Object Storage Webcast</a>

Recently, we released Swarm 9.2 with enhancements to improve the operation and ease of maintenance of your storage cluster.

Eric Dey, Caringo Director of Product, is our expert on Cloud Storage Infrastructure, and was one of the early developers on the Swarm Object Storage product. With a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California Davis, Eric has extensive experience with cloud services, Linux open-systems, and applications. When Eric is not working on cloud storage solutions, he is often flying an airplane through the clouds as an active member of Austin Mooney Flyers, LLC.

Eric Dey

Metadata is "data about data" and can be descriptive, structural, administrative, reference or statistical metadata that is auto- or user-generated.

Metadata

What’s New in Caringo Swarm?

<img src="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Vertical-Markets-01.png?resize=300%2C279&ssl=1" alt="Vertical-Markets" class="alignright wp-image-11738 size-medium" width="300" height="279" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Vertical-Markets-01.png?resize=300%2C279&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Vertical-Markets-01.png?resize=768%2C713&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Vertical-Markets-01.png?resize=1024%2C951&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Vertical-Markets-01.png?w=2000&ssl=1 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" />As the data deluge continues to escalate, retaining, protecting and accessing data for organizations and businesses becomes more and more of a time-consuming, budget-busting, headache-causing “albatross around the neck.” Unfortunately, this proverbial albatross is not limited to just certain endeavors. It tends to be a horizontal issue that resonates across all vertical market segments.
Caringo Swarm hassle-free, limitless storage was designed to be an “open” way of storing content, accessible via a RESTful interface over HTTP. (See our <a href="https://www.caringo.com/swarm-technology/">Swarm Technology overview page</a>.) In 2006, Swarm (originally called CAStor) was ahead of its time. So, when other companies were jumping on the bandwagon, Caringo engineering had field-hardened the product, built a vault of IP, gained expertise with many use cases and developed best practices for integration, deployment and data management. Over the past dozen years, we have helped numerous customers store, organize and access massive amounts of unstructured data. 
Here’s a breakdown of some of the vertical market segments where Caringo object storage flourishes, the benefits Swarm provides in these types of use cases, and a link for additional information.
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<th width="40%">Swarm Benefits</th>
<th width="30%">More Info</th>
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<td>M&E (VoD, Streaming, Active Archive, Digital and Media Asset Management, pre/post-production)</td>
<td>Secure content delivery and distribution with hassle-free scalability on any mix of standard hardware, bringing the operational benefits of a secure cloud to your data center.</td>
<td><a href="https://www.caringo.com/solutions/media-entertainment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">M&E solution page</a>
<a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/solution-briefs/me-digital-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">M&E solution brief</a></td>
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<td>HPC (Machine-generated data and multi-protocol storage and research)</td>
<td>Provides massively scalable multi-protocol access that supports both traditional and new applications. Rapid search of billions of files with customizable metadata and robust multi-tenancy enables metered and monitored collaboration. Facilitates shared access to large datasets with integrated NoSQL search and programmatic or web-based metadata customization.</td>
<td><a href="https://www.caringo.com/solutions/hpc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HPC solution page</a>
<a href="https://www.caringo.com/case-studies/ttus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Texas Tech case study</a>
<a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13173/327817" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">July 17 Tech Tuesday webinar: Object Storage for HPC Register Now</a>
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<td>Enterprise IT (Tier to Public Cloud and Windows Server & NetApp optimization)</td>
<td><a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/whitepaper-ending-storage-silos" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eliminates data silos</a>, reduces (and often eliminates) the need for backup and supports the new paradigm of storage while still maximizing investment in existing infrastructure.</td>
<td><a href="https://www.caringo.com/solutions/enterprise-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Enterprise IT solution page</a>
<a href="https://www.caringo.com/solutions/cloud-storage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cloud Storage solution page</a>
<a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/techgenix-filefly-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TechGenix Review of Filefly</a></td>
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<td>Federal, Government & Law (Intelligence & evidence, video surveillance, geospatial data) </td>
<td>Ensures that <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/object-storage-digital-evidence-security/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=website&utm_content=Text%20Link%20-%20evidence" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">evidence has not been tampered with</a> using compliance features such as WORM, Legal Hold, Integrity Seals and the ability to audit access logs.</td>
<td><a href="https://www.caringo.com/case-studies/city-of-austin-nabs-a-caringo-object-storage-system-for-business-critical-architecture/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">City of Austin case study</a>
<a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/facilitating-information-governance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facilitating Information Governance webinar</a></td>
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<td>Healthcare/Medical</td>
<td>Integrates with popular PACs, including Acuo and Dejarnette, and protects from accidental medical image deletion via WORM. Disassociates filename or patient-identifiable information (enabling HIPAA compliance).</td>
<td><a href="https://www.caringo.com/solutions/medical/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Medical solution page</a>
Solution Briefs:
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<li><a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/solution-briefs/caringo-storage-medical-imaging/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Medical Imaging</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/solution-briefs/swarm-for-healthcare/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Healthcare</a></li>
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</table>
Would your organization benefit from adding an object storage solution? <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=website&utm_content=Text%20Link%20-%20contact%20us">Contact us</a> and we’d be happy to discuss your specific requirements and help you determine if Swarm object storage is right for you.

Is the data deluge causing storage to be an “albatross around the neck” of your organization? Object storage may be just the solution you need to archive, organize and access massive amounts of unstructured data.

Caringo Swarm solves Healthcare IT issues with a highly automated storage platform, delivering a secure & accessible unified medical archive for data.

Healthcare

HPC data sets are exploding. Swarm Object Storage streamlines data management/access & reduces storage TCO up to 75% with continuous data protection.

High Performance Computing

Caringo Swarm Object Storage stores digital medical images, reports & medical records while helping meet HIPAA, state & local healthcare regulations.

Medical

Scaling from small to 100s of PBs is one of the hallmarks of the Swarm pure object storage approach and a testament to our longstanding installations.

Scalability

Scale-out storage allows for expansion of data capacity through addition of devices that can be plugged in and configured as the need arises. 

Scale-Out Storage

Data trapped in SAN, NAS and Tape Storage silos? Move your data into Swarm Object Storage to eliminate storage silos and create an active archive.

Storage Silos

WORM (write once read many) is used in some data storage solutions (e.g., Caringo Swarm Object Storage) to ensure that information cannot be modified.

WORM

Object Storage Solves Data Retention and Access Issues

This article was originally published on <a href="https://ideamensch.com/jonathan-ring/">IdeaMensch</a>.
<img class="size-full alignright" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/JRing2copy.jpg?resize=300%2C199&ssl=1" alt="Jonathan Ring" width="300" height="199" data-recalc-dims="1" />Where did the idea for Caringo come from? 
Two people, I worked with in the past, Paul Carpentier and Mark Goros, came to me with the idea of changing the economics of storage. We looked at the state of the industry a decade ago and realized that data growth was outpacing the rate of storage innovation and that data had to remain accessible over the internet for long periods of time.
What was needed was storage software that installed on standard servers, that could support the continuous evolution of hardware generations, and that was open, eliminating vendor lock-in. Above all, the software had to make the infrastructure and data stored on it simple to manage and access. This was important when organizations were storing tens of terabytes, and it’s a necessity now that they’re storing and accessing petabytes of data.
We invented a new storage paradigm, object storage, based on HTTP — the protocol of the web. Providing object storage as a service is now called cloud storage (though we didn’t call it that at the time). Amazon Simple Storage Service was announced at almost the same time as we announced our first product. Amazon S3 is also HTTP-based, which supported our approach and solidified the pseudo-standard interface for cloud storage.
What does your typical day look like, and how do you make it productive? 
I like to get an early start on my day and scan email to see whether there’s anything that needs to be addressed immediately. Then, I sit down with my management team every morning to discuss wins, metrics from the previous day, and what priorities we have for the coming day that will drive our business forward.
I typically spend the rest of the day talking to managers, board members, customers, and partners. But if I find myself in an important conversation, I ignore everything else. Relationships, communication, and a commitment to our customers are the keys to running a business.
One of my primary tasks as CEO is to reduce interference throughout the organization so we can capitalize on the opportunities we have. I’m constantly looking for things that can cause us to diverge, and I work with my team to resolve those issues quickly so we can take the business a bit further every day. I believe in being action-oriented and always thinking ahead. It’s better to do something 20 percent wrong because it will still be 80 percent right.
To stay productive, I also try to work in exercise, good food, quality time with the people I care about, good movies, a little guitar-playing, and great conversations over a beer.
How do you bring ideas to life? 
First, you have to have some vision of what you want the idea to be. It’s helpful to sketch it on a whiteboard or have a conversation about it. I look at an idea from every angle and get feedback from the team so we get multiple perspectives. What’s the market saying about the idea? Where do I see it going? You have to be able to see it clearly enough that it goes beyond an intellectual thought and becomes something you’re passionate about.
If it’s a good idea and destined to be brought to life, you’ll want to keep doing the next step. Ideas are eventually about execution, and execution is just a step-by-step process. You have to believe in the direction, have patience while developing it, and have a team that has faith in and can implement the idea. Bottom line: You can have all the ideas you want, but they’re nothing without execution and teamwork.
What’s one trend that really excites you? 
I love the idea of organizing and extracting value from data at scale. By replacing databases with metadata, you could completely change the way the application world works and create a major shift in every industry. Data is far more valuable than we make it out to be — it can do everything from cure cancer to make cars that drive by themselves.
What is one habit of yours that makes you more productive as an entrepreneur? 
A great idea can come from anywhere. I read a lot — especially books and journals about science across all fields. I’m on the lookout for patterns in how people behave. I prefer to look into the future and contemplate how things can develop rather than get mired in the noise of today. I also give myself a 5- to- 10-minute transition between activities to let the brain rest because I need to let go of one context to move into another.
I trust in the process of taking in a complex problem and letting the brain work on it over a few days, knowing that the conscious and subconscious processes of the brain are at work.
What was the worst job you ever had, and what did you learn from it? 
I’ve never had a “worst” job, but if I did, it would be one in which I wasn’t productive. I either do the job at 130 percent, or I don’t do it at all.
If you were to start again, what would you do differently? 
At Caringo, we were ahead of our time. As a result, we should’ve focused more on integrating with traditional storage interfaces from day one to make the process of understanding and using object storage less confusing.
If you make a big leap conceptually, make it easy for your users to transition to the new technology. Just because you understand it doesn’t mean everyone else does.
As an entrepreneur, what is the one thing you do over and over and recommend everyone else do? 
Keep coming up with ideas — don’t ever stop the creative process. Consume a ton of ideas and information, and don’t be afraid to combine a bunch of ideas into one.
Also, compartmentalize. There are times for ideas, and there are times for execution. Don’t let either stop, but keep moving forward with an execution in a focused and driven way.
What is one strategy that has helped you grow your business? 
At the corporate level, we’re methodical in our planning. We have everything from strategic and quarterly goals to metrics, budgets, and rules for communication. Creating a clear understanding and constant communication of where we’re going together as a team has been vital in growing our business.
What is one failure you had as an entrepreneur, and how did you overcome it? 
Failure to execute an idea. In the pre-internet days, I worked on what was to become the web and recognized the need for a portal — an interactive “yellow pages” of the internet that eventually became the Yahoo! portal. I didn’t act on my vision and missed an opportunity, so now, I make sure I follow through on ideas that resonate.
What is one business idea that you’re willing to give away to our readers? 
Take the way we’re allowing you to store and manage data and use it to solve a problem for a vertical issue. For example, legal documents are structured in a predictable way. You could process the data as you’re putting it in and extract important metadata. Then, humans wouldn’t have to manually input because preprocessing programs would extract the knowledge so people could work on how it should be visualized instead. Information such as where police video is being taken could be broken down by map, car, officer, etc., and decoupled so you can independently build visual views of this information that can be updated dynamically.
What is the best $100 you recently spent? 
For a personal expense, I got my bike tuned up for $75. I use my bike a lot to exercise and give my brain a break. I also enjoy the great trails available in Austin!
What is the one book that you recommend our community should read? 
I recommend that people read as much as they can about the subjects that interest them and give them the most fulfillment. This includes articles, blogs, papers, and books. I read the general news, The New York Times, Phys.org, and articles about technology around data storage and management. I read a lot of articles and go in depth on varied topics to be well-rounded. The world is a cross-discipline, so we need cross-discipline thinking to solve today’s problems.
If I had to pick, it would be two books: “<a href="http://geni.us/1ID3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom</a>” by Don Miguel Ruiz and “<a href="http://geni.us/3QK7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People</a>” by Stephen Covey. Both books are timeless.
What people have influenced your thinking and might be of interest to others? 
Many people have been influencers in my life. Here are some of them:
<ul>
<li>Leonardo da Vinci fearlessly explored beyond the boundaries of current knowledge in so many fields.</li>
<li>Physics legend Richard Feynman was a great thinker who had a fantastic life outlook and a deep curiosity that made him a lifelong learner.</li>
<li>Albert Einstein brought deep social thinking to his field, showing more than one-dimensional genius.</li>
<li>Buddha taught about balance in life and nature.</li>
<li>Last but not least, Sir Arthur C. Clarke brought science and imagination together.</li>
</ul>
From these people, I learned that we are holistic, that lifelong learning is necessary, that we should refuse to be limited by the current boundaries of thinking and science, and that we can impact people and society with everything we create and bring to life.

"Ideas are eventually about execution, and execution is just a step-by-step process." Hear more from Jonathan Ring in this interview with IdeaMensch.

With a rare understanding of technology, customers and business, Jonathan Ring brings over 33 years of experience to Caringo. Prior to founding Caringo, Jonathan was an active angel investor and VC investing and advising in a broad range of companies. Jonathan has run multinational distributed development groups, small R&amp;D teams and huge divisions at industry giants.

Jonathan Ring

Object-based storage (e.g., Amazon S3-compliant Caringo Swarm Object Storage) is the basis for all Cloud Storage⏤private, public or hybrid).

Cloud Storage

IdeaMensch Interview with Jonathan Ring

<img class="size-medium wp-image-6484 alignleft" style="width: 300px; max-width: 100%;" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/swarmnfs-blog-img.jpg?w=300&ssl=1" alt="SwarmNFS" data-recalc-dims="1" />Twelve years ago, we recognized the trend towards an exponential growth of data. This inspired us to start Caringo in 2005, with the intent to change the economics of storage. Over the past decade, we’ve matured our product line and helped hundreds of customers solve what seemed like insurmountable challenges associated with storing, protecting and accessing rapidly scaling data sets. In the past few years—as the Caringo product matured and the rate of data growth accelerated rapidly, it became clear that it was not just about storing data, but solving the problem of managing data at scale and increasing the strategic value of that data.
While other vendors focused on cheap and deep, at Caringo, we expanded our worldview to include “data management at scale.” As a result, we integrated foundational technologies for organization and access (such as search) and developed new ways of organizing data through metadata while allowing universal access through a broad variety of protocols. We also realized that for object storage to be fully utilized, the ability to deploy it for both legacy interfaces and leverage the new paradigm of RESTful interfaces (HTTP) in a seamless fashion was critical.
As a first step to bringing file and object closer together, we focused on integrating existing NAS infrastructure with object storage—without impacting the end-user or administrator experience. Through <a href="https://www.caringo.com/filefly/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FileFly</a>, we allow users to transparently offload their primary NAS storage to scale-out object storage and facilitate search and extraction of value from that data—while eliminating backup and enabling a multi-site, distributed, thin-provisioned NAS infrastructure, all at a quarter of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of legacy primary storage.
The next step for Caringo: provide a global address space that can be read and written from any of our supported protocols (NFSv4, S3, HDFS, and SCSP/HTTP) and allow automatic distribution and unlimited NFSv4 mount points across multiple globally deployed object storage clouds—all capable of sharing the same global name space. True distributed file, accessible anytime, anywhere. Meaning you can store it through HTTP, read it through NFS, store it through NFS, read it through HTTP, and essentially use any combination of supported protocols. Legacy file interface integration with the full power of scale-out object storage. SwarmNFS has done just that. It doesn’t just meet our customers’ requests for a global file namespace with universal access (anywhere, anytime) and automated multi-site distribution, it exceeds their requests. <a href="https://www.caringo.com/SwarmNFS" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SwarmNFS</a> is the first lightweight file converter to bring the benefits of Swarm scale-out object storage to NFSv4.
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While most object storage vendors have a file protocol (NFS or SMB/CIFS), their solutions tend to be gateway products that try to mimic or emulate traditional file systems. They are often based on open source software like FUSE or Samba and require local disk caching that must be protected and, in many instances, lacks high availability (HA). This is a transient technology at best: expensive and complex to deploy, maintain, protect and scale. With SwarmNFS, we provide native NFSv4 throughput and a true universal address space that eliminates all caching and spooling for the most cost- and resource-efficient way to enable economical data distribution, management and universal access at scale for organizations.
If you’ve been following our Caringo blog, you know that there are many <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/search-organization-data-management-cloud-age/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">benefits to using object storage</a>. And now, SwarmNFS enables all of those benefits to be accessible by any organization directly from their NFSv4-based applications, without any custom development. So, your users reap the benefits of a limitless pool of scale-out storage with built-in data protection, high availability, easy distribution, dynamic search, multi-protocol access and the ability to organize data in a variety of ways (including using traditional hierarchy, buckets, or leveraging metadata using common attributes or properties).
Benefits of SwarmNFS include:
<ul>
<li>Improved productivity with data portability between NFSv4, S3, HDFS, and SCSP/HTTP protocols</li>
<li>80% less resource usage (compared to gateway and connector solutions) with no single point of failure</li>
<li>Bringing the organizational <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/power-of-metadata/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">power of metadata</a> to files, eliminating the need for metadata databases</li>
<li>Lower TCO of data distribution at scale with the benefits of Swarm object storage</li>
<li>Leverage the HA nature of Swarm to eliminate local disk caching and the clustering required to protect the local disk cache</li>
<li>Rapid elastic scale-out of NFSv4 via VM or your hardware of choice; grow and shrink to meet demand</li>
</ul>
If you are interested in learning more, join Caringo Product Manager Glen Olsen for the <a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/5583/219693?utm_source=caringo&utm_medium=caringo&utm_term=webinar3&utm_campaign=caringo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What Your Object Storage Vendor Isn’t Telling You About NFS Support</a> webcast today, August 23, at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET.
<a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/5583/219693?utm_source=caringo&utm_medium=caringo&utm_term=webinar3&utm_campaign=caringo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-6463" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Webinar-04.png?resize=401%2C61&ssl=1" alt="Register for NFS Webcast" width="401" height="61" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Webinar-04.png?w=1204&ssl=1 1204w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Webinar-04.png?resize=300%2C46&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Webinar-04.png?resize=768%2C117&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Webinar-04.png?resize=1024%2C156&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a>
Glen will also be presenting <a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13173/218811" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Evolution of File</a> webcast this Thursday, August 25, at 7 AM PT/10 AM ET.
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Announced today, SwarmNFS is the first lightweight file converter to bring the benefits of scale-out object storage to NFS.

Swarm Object Storage continuously monitors data to ensure multiple copies are available at any given time, so you always have a back-up copy.

Backup &amp; Recovery

Caringo FileFly provides complete, automated lifecycle management for unstructured data—from creation to preservation, on premises and in the cloud.

FileFly

data management

data portability

NFSv4

Unlock the Value of Your Data with SwarmNFS

Backup & Recovery

<img class=" wp-image-8788 alignright" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dell-EMC.jpg?resize=341%2C272&ssl=1" alt="Caringo at Dell EMC" width="341" height="272" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dell-EMC.jpg?w=778&ssl=1 778w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dell-EMC.jpg?resize=300%2C240&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dell-EMC.jpg?resize=768%2C614&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px" data-recalc-dims="1" />Caringo will be at <a href="https://www.caringo.com/dellemc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dell EMC World</a> in Las Vegas, May 8–11. Dell EMC World is all about helping you realize Digital Transformation with opportunities to enhance your skills, expand your network and give you practical knowledge to achieve your IT and business objectives.
Caringo, the company widely known as the pioneer in object storage software, has partnered with Dell since the early days of the company. With hundreds of successful deployments of <a href="https://www.caringo.com/swarm-overview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Swarm</a> software on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, we know they deliver a proven architecture with price and performance ideal for a broad range of <a href="https://www.caringo.com/use-cases/index" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">use cases</a>—including bulk storage, analytics, archiving, backup, cloud storage and content distribution.
In the past 12 years, the team at Caringo has helped hundreds of organizations worldwide radically simplify the way they manage, store, distribute, and deliver data. We do this through proven software-defined storage that is securely accessible over the web with revolutionary content management and data protection built in.
Our partners and customers asked for a fully integrated cloud and object storage solution that delivers all the benefits of Caringo’s unified <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/unlock-data-swarmnfs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NFS</a>, S3 and native object storage. The Swarm Server Solution includes an all-in-one Swarm Management Server coupled with Swarm Storage Servers fulfilled and supported through Dell EMC.
Patience may be a virtue, but it is something many of us do not possess, and more importantly, something your organization or business may not have time for. While there are other object storage systems, many require tremendous patience and development resources, and others just cannot scale to keep up with exponential data growth. <a href="https://www.caringo.com/swarm-servers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Caringo Swarm Servers</a> fast track to implementation gives you a complete hardware and software solution for scale-out storage that scales from 288 Terabytes to Petabytes and beyond. Swarm Servers scale linearly in 96TB increments giving you pay-as-you-grow economics. (Watch this on-demand <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/fast-track-leveraging-object-storage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">webcast</a> to learn more.)
We’ve been partners with Dell since our early days, and we are pleased to continue that partnership as we expand our delivery model. Each Swarm cluster utilizes one or more M-Series Management Servers, which are 1U rack-mountable appliances based on the Dell EMC PowerEdge R630.The Swarm S-Series Storage Servers are based on the Dell EMC PowerEdge R730xd, a 2U rack-mountable server with 96TB of NL-SAS capacity along with corresponding CPU, memory and network horsepower. By adding more S-Series Storage Servers, performance scales with capacity—so you can handle whatever challenges arise with agility and pay-as-you-grow economics.
The Caringo Swarm Server Solution is also used in our FileFly Secondary Storage Platform to help <a href="https://www.caringo.com/solutions/microsoft-server-optimization/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">optimize</a> Windows Storage Servers. The FileFly Secondary Storage Platform identifies data ideal for secondary storage and automatically tiers it based on business requirements to a continuously protected storage repository—all at a fraction of the cost of expanding primary storage.
Visit us at <a href="https://www.caringo.com/dellemc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dell EMC World</a> booth 1300 to see how we can bring the technology that enables all major cloud service providers to you, secure in your data center. We will be hosting a happy hour Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m.

Visit us at Dell EMC World to see how we can bring the technology that enables all major cloud service providers to you, secure in your data center.

Law enforcement (those who enforce laws, investigate crimes and make arrests), can use Object Storage to store and protect video surveillance data.

Law Enforcement

NFS is a distributed network file system protocol. Caringo SwarmNFS lightweight file protocol converter seamlessly integrates files & object storage.

NFSv4 is a distributed network file system protocol. Caringo SwarmNFS file protocol converter seamlessly integrates files & object storage.

Caringo® SwarmNFS lightweight file protocol converter brings S3-compliant object storage benefits to NFS & SMB, seamlessly integrating file & object.

SwarmNFS

With Caringo FileFly & Swarm Object Storage, get a complete solution to solve issues with Microsoft® Windows® Servers bloated with unstructured data.

Windows

cloud service providers

Dell EMC PowerEdge Server

Swarm Server

Visit Caringo at Dell EMC World 2017

<figure id="attachment_10900" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-10900" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/caringo-turns-13/happy-13-birthday/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/13.jpg?resize=300%2C233&ssl=1" alt="Caringo 13th Birthday" width="300" height="233" class="wp-image-10900 size-medium" title="Caringo 13th Birthday" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/13.jpg?resize=300%2C233&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/13.jpg?resize=768%2C597&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/13.jpg?resize=1024%2C795&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/13.jpg?w=1030&ssl=1 1030w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-10900" class="wp-caption-text">Happy 13th Birthday Caringo, Inc.</figcaption></figure>
When I co-founded Caringo with Paul Carpentier and Mark Goros 13 years ago, the IT landscape was different. In storage, you had large monolithic devices purpose built for very specific applications. Innovation was measured in cost and speed (IOPS) and the primary interface to these devices was based on standards (NFS and CIFS). Many systems were closed, RESTful interfaces did not exist (we were grateful when Amazon announced S3, so we had company) and IT infrastructure was sold as a package with hardware and software combined, but digital content was growing.
<h3>Here is what the world looked like in 2005:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Caringo was launched with the vision to change the economics of storage</li>
<li>Raw storage was around $0.70/GB with hard-drive sizes in the 250-400 GB range</li>
<li>Amazon AWS was not officially launched and Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud were still years away (launched in 2008)</li>
<li>Facebook was only <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Facebook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 year old with about 1 million users</a> and closed it’s initial round of financing</li>
<li><a href="https://media.netflix.com/en/about-netflix" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Netflix had 4.2M subscribers</a> to it’s DVD delivery service, streaming was still 2 years away</li>
<li>Twitter didn’t exist and YouTube had just launched.</li>
</ul>
What we saw was enterprise storage requirements evolving from specific application needs to content driven needs. Capacity growth, file growth and over the web access requirements were straining file systems. We saw the need to disconnect storage software from hardware so that organizations can take advantage of the advancements in standard x86 servers and protect data without RAID. We also saw the need for the native interface for content focused storage to be based on HTTP, the language of the Web.
<h3>Fast forward 13 years to 2018:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Caringo has enabled hundreds of organizations worldwide to store billions of objects</li>
<li>A 3TB drive is $75 or $0.02/ GB and you can get a 12TB hard drive</li>
<li>AWS generated $17.4B in revenue for Amazon, on track for $20B in 2018</li>
<li>Facebook has <a href="https://mashable.com/2018/01/31/facebook-earnings-2017-50-million-hours-per-day-traffic/#NbFQoofJLqqh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4B active users daily and 2.13B</a> active users per month</li>
<li><a href="https://www.recode.net/2018/1/22/16920150/netflix-q4-2017-earnings-subscribers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Netflix has 118M subscribers</a>, is about to <a href="http://observer.com/2017/12/netflix-subscribers-vs-cable-subscribers-streaming-bigger-than-tv-info-details/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overtake Cable Subscribers</a> and has an $8B content budget</li>
<li>Twitter has 1.3B accounts and 500M tweets are sent out daily, that’s 6K tweets every second</li>
<li>Every day on <a href="https://fortunelords.com/youtube-statistics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube 300 hours of video are uploaded and 5B videos</a> are watched</li>
</ul>
It’s exciting to see the fire we started in 2005 taking hold; it is changing the whole storage industry for the better. Object storage has become a part of everyday vocabulary, HTTP as a storage protocol is now an accepted practice, large volumes of data can be stored cost effectively, and enterprises can leverage new generations of hardware without expensive migrations. We have achieved much of what we set out to do.
The next phase is for the industry to not only see Software-Defined Object Storage as cheap and deep, but as a new way of managing data and solving problems. There is untapped potential in metadata-driven applications replacing databases and leveraging big data and search engine technology to build applications more rapidly and cost effectively. Using Swarm pure Object Storage, data can now be self describing, portable, and live forever separate from the hardware on which it resides. This has wide ranging ramifications for the deluge of data coming from IoT and the ability to leverage existing data sets across the enterprise. As companies wake up to the new possibilities and let go of the old model—managing the metadata in databases and storage being dumb files systems—they will reap the benefits of object storage as a data management platform and create competitive advantages for themselves while reducing costs.

As we celebrate Caringo's 13th birthday, Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Ring talks about the origin of Caringo and the past, present and future landscape of the storage industry.

HTTP

RESTful interfaces

Caringo Turns 13

<img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Genesis.jpg?w=300&ssl=1" alt="Genesis of Tech Tuesday" class="alignright size-full wp-image-11022" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Genesis.jpg?w=1050&ssl=1 1050w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Genesis.jpg?resize=300%2C167&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Genesis.jpg?resize=768%2C427&ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Genesis.jpg?resize=1024%2C570&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" data-recalc-dims="1" />Now in my 7th year at Caringo, I’ve observed a surge of interest in object storage. With Caringo as the leading pioneer in the field, I’ve had the opportunity to work with many established experts. Given my focus on the design, implementation and management of object storage solutions, I’d like to share what we’ve learned at Caringo from our many installations.
I’m passionate about helping our customers and regularly see the benefit that our technology brings to them. From providing massive scale and protocol compatibility with a true global namespace to <a href="https://www.caringo.com/whitepapers/protecting-data-cloud-age-caringo-swarm-object-storage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continuous data protection</a>, our hassle-free storage eliminates concerns about losing valuable data or experiencing expensive downtime to restore systems after failure. The “pay-as-you-grow” pricing model also helps avoid a large total cost of acquisition (TCA) while enabling a lower storage TCO (total cost of ownership). In addition, the searchability, data management features and organizational <a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/whitepaper-ending-storage-silos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">benefits of eliminating storage silos</a> enables compliance adherence and helps organizations mine the long-tail value of their data.
Caringo’s most frequently accessed content on our website is educational in nature, ranging from webinars (like <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/a-deeper-dive-into-object-storage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Deeper Dive into Object Storage</a> and <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/power-metadata-object-storage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Power of Metadata</a>) to blogs (such as <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/back-basics-object-storage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Back to Basics: What is Object Storage</a> and <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/object-storage-basics-2018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Object Storage Basics for 2018</a>) and eBooks (our most popular being <a href="https://www.caringo.com/whitepapers/nas-vs-object/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NAS vs. Object—Which is Best for Your Data Center?</a>). This was the inspiration for our Tech Tuesday webinar series, where we present a new topic monthly that dives into the details of adding object storage into your IT solutions.
In January, we started with <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/how-does-object-storage-fit-your-infra/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How Does Object Storage Fit into Your IT Infrastructure?</a> and in February we continued with <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/hardware-selection-criteria-object-storage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hardware Selection Criteria for Object Storage</a>. Now, we are gearing up for our third webinar in the series: <a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13173/297081" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Capacity Planning and Scaling for Object Storage</a>, Join us live on March 27, or watch on demand after the event.
<a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13173/297081" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Register-Now-04.png?w=248&ssl=1" alt="Register Now for Webinar Graphic Link" class="alignnone wp-image-1973 size-full" data-recalc-dims="1"></a>
In the meantime, if you have questions about how object storage can be used in a specific use case, <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contact us</a>. We would be happy to answer your questions and schedule a demo with you.

Hear from Sr. Consultant John Bell who specializes in the design, implementation and management of object storage solutions about the origin of Caringo's Tech Tuesday webinar series and then register for our March 20 presentation.

John Bell has been with Caringo for 7 years and is our Senior Consultant on the design, implementation and management of object storage. John has worked with many of our largest customers to transform their storage infrastructure with highly efficient and cost-effective object storage solutions. John has a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in Computer Science from Indiana State University.

John Bell

Network attached storage (NAS) is a high-performance file-level data storage device connected to a computer network that provides data access.

The Topic