age silo) rather that eliminating storage silos.
4. Integrated search is also critical, with cus-
tomizable metadata stored with the object.
Be wary of solutions that require a meta-
data database. Ask any application developer
with a large database about administration
and protection of a database and they will
undoubtedly have some horror story to share.
There is a reason DBAs are hard to find.
As the pioneer in the field of object storage, the
Caringo team has been doing this for over 12
years, and the M&E field is a topic that I blog on
regularly.
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Adrian “AJ” Herrera has over
20 years of experience bringing
innovative storage, cloud and
media software and services to
market. With an MBA from San
Diego State University and a
BS in Information Systems from
Chapman University, AJ serves
as Caringo’s VP of Marketing.