We run the rule over file, block and object storage from the big three public cloud providers: AWS, Azure and GCP. We look at what’s on offer and the use cases they are aimed at.

Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), a leading independent storage cloud platform, and CTERA, a leader in distributed cloud file storage for enterprises announce a partnership to make life easier for IT ...

The service is built on top of Windows server. So, it provides a fully compatible Windows file system, and we manage that fully for customers.

If you want more than the basic file storage offered by GCP, NetApp Cloud Volumes are also available. This is NFS and SMB-connected for Linux and Windows application workloads.

You’ll find SMB file storage on Azure, but elsewhere in the cloud file storage is much more likely to support NFS. Performance for cloud-based file storage is tricky.

Cloud file storage company Nasuni Corp. is stepping up its tight integration with Google Cloud today with a new migration service that it says will help companies to eliminate the headaches of ...

For cloud storage to be used for all unstructured data storage, it must provide flexibility, performance and productivity equivalent to enterprise storage systems.

For cloud storage to be useful for unstructured data storage, it needs to provide equivalent flexibility, performance and productivity as enterprise storage systems.

Also: Amazon's Cloud Cam finds the right balance for home security CNET In other words, Windows file systems matter. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is designed to work with EFS.

Built on SSD storage, Amazon FSx for Windows File Server delivers the throughput, IOPS, and consistent sub-millisecond performance that you (and your Windows applications) expect,” AWS’s Jeff ...