Cloud storage to use inside your cloud service: Azure Files represents another step towards blending the concepts of Platform and Infrastructure as a Service for a very pragmatic approach to cloud.

Azure File Storage is a cloud-based file sharing service based on the SMB 3.0 protocol that was introduced on Azure late last year.

On Azure, things are different. Instead of having to manage data at an operating-system level, Azure’s object file system leaves everything up to your code.

Azure Blob Storage now supports the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), allowing customers to use SFTP for file access, transfer, and management on the object storage service. The new option is ...

Zone redundant storage is now generally available for Azure Files premium tier, in additional to LRS. Currently being offered in the West Europe region, coverage will soon be expanded.

Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer is a free tool that helps you conveniently manage your Azure cloud storage resources from your desktop.

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.

In reality, the world of cloud storage has many facets to consider. Each of the three major public IaaS cloud vendors – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform – have a ...

Much of what developers do with storage is focused on working with unstructured binary data. Azure’s blob storage is one way of handling this without the overhead of a file system.

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 ...