Panzura Global File System — Disrupting the Storage Industry

Hybrid cloud storage is fast becoming the preferred storage architecture of enterprises. It combines the speed of local storage with the durability and availability of cloud storage. I recently encountered Panzura when I was helping an enterprise customer evaluate hybrid cloud storage offerings. Though storage gateways and appliances have been around for a while, Panzura’s unique approach caught my attention.

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Scientists Find Strength In Numbers

It takes a village to raise a research paper. These days, that village is looking more like a small city. Due to the complexity of current research and the trend toward “open innovation,” whereby research institutions and private sector companies routinely collaborate to develop new studies, the number of contributing authors for most academic papers is growing steadily.

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Project Fi users can get a one-time $100 replacement of their Nexus 6

Project Fi is one of Google’s latest experiments that turns the company into an MVNO. Currently, the only phone available through Fi is Google’s own Nexus 6. The program has had its perks, but Google is adding another one that’s quite significant. If you purchased your Nexus 6 through Project Fi, the company is offering a one-time $100 replacement within one year of purchase in case you damage your phone in some way.

While Google may not be offering a free replacement, $100 is a very reasonable price to replace a phone that, say, has a cracked screen or fell into some water. The best part is that you’re not required to pay any sort of monthly insurance fee to get the benefit. It simply comes with the fact that you’re a Project Fi user who purchased your Nexus 6 through the program.

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Market Forces Declare ‘War On Coal’ While Political Candidates Fan The Flames

With the U.S. presidential debates already underway so too are the advertising campaigns — especially in coal country, where the anti-Obama sentiment is in full stride among nearly all declared candidates. Their message: an unabated ‘War on Coal’ continues, which fails, however, to tell the whole story.

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