Today, Violin Systems signed an agreement to acquire X-IO Storage.  This is big.  Here is why we are doing it.

Today we announced a really cool new product called the XVS 8. In a nutshell, we made the fastest enterprise storage in the world – faster. Speed, and by speed, I mean ultra-low latency, can do some amazing things. It does the obvious, it lets your....

I was having coffee with a friend of mine a few weeks ago and he was talking about some new phone coming out that would be 5G ready.  Now, I’m not a big “phone” guy and my friend is not in any a “Technology” guy, at least not that he realizes. As a....

In many cultures around the world, there is a reverent respect for the life experience achieved by elders. In industry, those of us who have been around long enough eventually reach “veteran” status and if we’re lucky carry some sway with our views....

  OK, I am sorry. I couldn’t resist the play on words. This definitely is not a political post.

Greetings. Since accepting the role of CEO many folks have asked why I decided to join the Violin Systems team. Over my long career, I have held a wide variety of roles within the storage and enterprise software industries (it feels as though I’ve....

Most companies today that host their own data storage systems are buying flash storage.  As a long-time storage manager, I often wondered how data was going to continue to grow and storage systems grow to support those needs without over-burdening....

General data, virtualization, and the enterprise services we know, and love are merging. Consolidation is the name of the game and it’s happening on a scale we’ve yet to see in the enterprise. The enabling technology (NAND Flash and associated....

During the Latency Matters series of blog articles, Violin demonstrated how anyone can Be Instrumental by sharing how lowering latency with all flash storage helps to win championships for their organization.