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  • Time Series Virtual Summit Speaker Spotlight: John Gleeson and Benjamin Sirb

    Time Series Virtual Summit Speaker Spotlight: John Gleeson and Benjamin Sirb

    The Time Series Virtual Summit will bring together InfluxData community members for a unique learning experience focused on the impact of time series data. Presented in a virtual reality environment, the event will take place on July 16, at 10 a.m. EDT.

    Benjamin Sirb
    John Gleeson

    John Gleeson and Benjamin Sirb of Storj Labs, will be at the Time Series Virtual Summit to discuss how the InfluxDB contributes to Stroj’s decentralized cloud storage platform.

    “Our team uses time series data to operate our decentralized cloud storage platform, which provides enterprise-grade object storage and is the largest of its kind,” said John Gleeson, vice president of operations at Storj Labs.

    Tardigrade, powered by Storj Labs, offers decentralized cloud storage that is automatically encrypted, easily implemented, highly performant, very economical and resilient. By equipping their customers with fast, secure and fully distributed storage, their users no longer need to manage their infrastructure. The Storj platform enables applications to store and share data across a distributed network with end-to-end encryption.

    In their talk, John and Ben will dive into:

    • Storj’s redefinition of a cloud object storage network.
    • How InfluxData fits into Storj’s Open Source Partner Program.
    • Collecting and managing high volume real-time telemetry data from a distributed network.

    “Attendees can expect a deep dive on how time series data allows for real-time analysis of a highly complex system, which operates in a low trust environment while maintaining industry standard SLA’s for data availability and durability,” said Benjamin Sirb, senior data scientist at Storj Labs.

    As vice president of operations, John is responsible for direct sales, partnerships, customer success, community, product management and data science as well as growing the international presence for the Storj decentralized and distributed cloud storage network. He is responsible for operationalizing core processes to ensure the business scales as the company and network grow.

    Ben joined Storj Labs in 2018, bringing six years of experience in academia, research and consulting to his role as senior data scientist. Drawing from his knowledge of probability theory, Ben has been instrumental in researching the theoretical foundations and practical applications of decentralized networks at Storj.

    If there is one thing they both would like the audience to keep in mind is that “the data science behind distributed and decentralized cloud storage is intense!”

    Join John and Ben to discover how InfluxDB is a component to Storj’s Tardigrade service and workflows.

    You can hear from Ben, John and more time series experts at the Time Series Virtual Summit. To check out the agenda, the full lineup of speakers and to register (for free), visit the Time Series Virtual Summit website.

  • MongoDB, Storj Labs Work to Reduce Data Security Costs

    MongoDB, Storj Labs Work to Reduce Data Security Costs

    MongoDB Inc. and Storj Labs announced today they have jointly created a backup service for the open source MongoDB database that leverages a global network for excess storage capacity.

    Storj Labs has created a Tardigrade Decentralized Cloud Storage Service based on an open source object storage system that is compatible with the S3 application programming interface (API) defined by Amazon Web Services (AWS). That object storage system distributes 80 slices of a file across a subset of thousands of nodes that each contain only a slice of the data required to reconstruct that file when needed. Only 29 of those slices are needed to reconstruct a file, which enables IT teams to secure data without having to manage encryption keys.

    Via a connector from Storj Labs, the Tardigrade Decentralized Cloud Storage Service now can be invoked via MongoDB DevOps Manager, which is made available in the commercially supported enterprise edition of the open source databases provided by MongoDB Inc.

    Storj Labs CEO Ben Golub said the Tardigrade Decentralized Cloud Storage Service provides a less expensive alternative to backup and recovery platforms based on the cloud, as excess capacity on devices ranging from servers to individual desktops is readily available, The challenge has been finding a way to marshal all that excess capacity in a way that makes it simple for IT organizations to consume, he said.

    IT organizations, Golub said, should expect Storj Labs to build additional connectors to databases and other platforms that require a less expensive approach to data protection. In the wake of the economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, he noted, more organizations than ever are open to innovative approaches to reducing storage costs.

    Of course, most IT teams are well-used to employing a range of data protection platforms to back up and recover data. The Tardigrade Decentralized Cloud Storage Service is likely to be viewed as one more option that might find traction at a time when the number and types of databases being deployed across the enterprise continue to expand rapidly. Developers are especially fond of adopting open source document databases that don’t require a database administrator (DBA) to get approval for a license from a central purchasing organization. It’s usually not too long, however, before developers look for help from central IT to manage all those databases, especially after an application is deployed in a production environment.

    Naturally, not all those applications are of equal value, so given the current economic climate, there might be a greater willingness to at the very least experiment with alternative approaches to data protection.

    Regardless of platform, however, the one thing that is clear is data protection alongside the rest of IT infrastructure is being driven more by APIs. As such, responsibility for data protection is also being pushed further left toward DevOps teams, who have the expertise required to continuously automate back up and recover using APIs. That might not always sit well with traditional IT administrators who have been using tools based on graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for decades. Nevertheless, IT times are clearly changing.