Take advantage of Azure Files in your .Net applications to access managed, secure, SMB file shares in the Microsoft Azure cloud Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform provides interoperable cloud ...

Microsoft Azure has many data storage options, so how do you choose what to use? This guide explains the options Choosing the right cloud storage option is never as straightforward as you think it ...

Cloud storage is increasingly sophisticated and flexible. The initial appeal of storing data in the cloud was flexibility and cost, and to achieve that, the majority of cloud services based their ...

Microsoft has announced the general availability of vaulted backup support for Azure Files Premium SSD shares. The feature extends Azure Backup’s enterprise protection to high-performance SMB file ...

In June, Microsoft announced the general availability of a new premium tier for its Azure Files service. The new tier, available in 19 regions globally, offers a higher level of performance and ...

When you have a local network, you can have network storage — an SMB share on a file server, or a Network Attached Storage (NAS) box that everything on the network can access. Inside a cloud service, ...

Storage is key to cloud operations, but offerings differ between the main players in the market. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and IBM Softlayer all bring similar ...

Each cloud vendor offers an object storage service, and they include Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3), Azure’s Blob Store, and Google’s Cloud Storage. Think of object storage systems like a file ...