“…[Eric] Burgener cites Ocarina Networks as "the most application-specific player on the primary side," with, as of late September, 112 different algorithms — or 112 different file types that its Ocarina ECO System could identify, including TIFF, MPEG, Word, and PPT files.
"Now for the twist: … Ocarina Networks, two competing compression vendors, have rejiggered the LZ algorithm so that compression technology can be used in "those scenarios where performance matters," says [Arun] Taneja [founder and consulting analyst at the Taneja Group] not just for backup data.
“As we keep more and more of our valuable content online, do we need a new type of storage? A crop of venture-backed companies — among them Storwize and Ocarina Networks to Gear6 — certainly seems to think so.
“Despite all this secrecy, Ocarina nonetheless appears to be gaining some traction…the startup's early adopters include seven of the top 10 online photo sites and three of the top five social networking sites.” - James Rogers Read the entire article.
“Ocarina Networks has come out of stealth with an appliance that it claims can reduce file size on primary NAS storage, as well as the size of files that have already been compressed using industry-standard algorithms.” – Beth Pariseau Read the entire article.
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