'If cloud existed decades ago, backups wouldn't have been developed'

QuoTW This week saw the industry freak out over an SSL bug, while Canada's border patrol cuffed a man who wouldn't allow his phone to be searched and Mars was found to be well and truly soaked.

Here are some of the best quotes from the past week:

Microsoft, which just so happens to be running a massive cloud operation, wanted to make sure everyone knew that on-premise storage was a dead end. The software giant said:

If cloud storage had existed decades ago, it’s unlikely that the industry would have developed the backup processes that are commonly used today.

Not everyone is so keen to go into the cloud, though. SanDisk turned heads this week when it released a giant storage box for big data operations. Among those pleased with the product was IDC storage practice researcher, Eric Burgener, who offered up the following:

Big Data Flash solutions consistently deliver sub-millisecond latencies, scale to hundreds of PBs, exhibit enterprise class reliability, availability, and serviceability, and bring the secondary economic benefits of flash deployment at scale to big data applications.

If you're banking on a server boom in Europe any time soon, Gartner has some bad news for you. The analyst house found that the market was pretty much flat over the last quarter. According to industry watcher, Errol Rasit:

The region saw growth prospects related to installed-base refresh, big data projects and cloud computing expansion; however, political and economic instability, combined with the US dollar strength, dampened market demand in EMEA.

You might not want to bank on a job with SAP either. The German IT giant has shed 2,000 employees It said of the worker cull:

We continue to invest in growth areas while implementing required changes in other areas, to ensure they are lean and efficient for the future.

So you see, that is in no way a bad sign. Well, unless you were one of the couple o' thousand people left without a paycheck.

Life is also getting a bit tougher for cybercrooks. This week saw Britain's NCA bust 57 hackers. Cifas CEO Simon Dukes gloated over the cuffings, promising more was to come:

This strike by the NCA sends a positive message that the UK is not a safe place for online criminals to operate. But these arrests are just the first step.

On the other side of the pond, Wall Street found itself dumping Ma Bell for some guys named Steve. The Dow Jones stock index announced that it would be removing AT&T from its list and appointing Apple in its place. David Blitzer, managing director of the Dow Index Committee, explained:

As the largest corporation in the world and a leader in technology, Apple is the clear choice for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the most recognised stock market measure.

Things are poised to get even brighter for Apple next week, when CEO Tim Cook takes the stage in a San Francisco mystery event presumed to include an update on the release of the Apple Watch. Naturally, El Reg will be here in the city by the bay covering the event. ®

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