”[Ocarina] has developed an appliance that first decompresses all the files that have been compressed using a storage vendor's algorithm and then compresses them again using an algorithm developed by Ocarina to store those files more efficiently on the existing storage arrays. As part of the effort, the Ocarina software can also detect similarities in, for example PowerPoint presentations, so it needs to save fewer versions of the various PowerPoint presentations because in actual reality the different versions have only minor differences that Ocarina can detect.” – Michael Vizard
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