The latest version of the Nirvanix Java SDK provides an interface to upload input streams directly to Nirvanix. If you are getting your data from a source that does not derive from a file this is a quick way to get the data up to Nirvanix. With this release...

Nirvanix provides a web based API to interact with your Cloud File System. This means that we rely on third-party certificates for secure SSL connections. And as we all know, these certificates expire and need to be renewed. Now is the time to replace...

The changes to the Java SDK allow for significant improvements to the way uploads are performed. The new upload implementation will allow for streams and the ability to try and control the state of your upload. The feedback the uploader returns allows...

The new API documentation contains quite a few new additions and areas that were reworded. Along with these changes a new CodeSamples file has been added that gives simple examples in three different SDKs available on our developer site. This should help...

Not all cloud storage is equal , but it's even difficult to talk about those that are more comparable. Does an API make it a platform ? Are all APIs the same? Setting these questions aside temporarily, we come to a more fundamental question: What...

CNET's Gordon Haff wrote a great piece on the shortcomings of the exchange model for cloud computing. His prognosis is right there in his title: " Why cloud exchanges won't work ." I've done some thinking and writing on the topic...

Since cloud storage is not backup in and of itself, anyone wanting to use cloud for backup needs additional software smarts. One of the smartest data protection and archiving suites out there is CommVault's Simpana. Mixing their intelligent software...

Go read that headline again: W. Curtis "Mr. Backup" Preston points out on his blog that replication is not backup , and we can't disagree. Keeping alternative copies of data in multiple locations is a great idea , reducing the risk of data...

Verifying the files you have stored on our servers is an important part of data integrity. To calculate the MD5 we store on our servers in Perl the quick solution would be to use the built in b64digest output which is part of the Digest::MD5 class. For...

My youngest daughter used to have trouble with her animals. Whenever she saw a giraffe, she would say "zebra" and whenever she saw a zebra she would say "giraffe!" Although an adult would never make that mistake, one can understand...