Everyone is aware of the explosive growth of data as a result of social networks, web and mobile device monitoring technologies, and file sharing among increasingly dispersed co-workers. The best news about ‘Big Data’ is that it has taken centerstage at the same time that a new generation of Cloud services has emerged perfectly suited to address age-old data and storage management challenges. Click here to read my views about how various players are redefining data and storage management in the Cloud in a new online publication called Data and Storage Management Report.