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SSDs provide a dramatic increase in I/O compared to traditional magnetic disks. So it only makes sense that any investment in solid-state storage is accompanied by increased throughput on the interco... More >
The bad news is that consolidation and tight capital budgets resulting from the depression have forced many data centers to place higher data loads on aging machines. The good news is that a new gene... More >
Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) may have some mileage in it after all now that new generations of SAS technology make it possible to bring the devices into networked storage architectures. The writing ... More >
Reduce the Costs and Improve the Performance of Your Exchange-Based UC EnvironmentLearn why a strong UC reporting system is a critical part of maintaining and maximizing your messaging environment, and discover how to improve services levels, stay in compliance and save money.
Comprehensive SMB Data Protection — Simplifying the D2D2T ParadigmThis white paper looks at the problems confronting IT managers in the SMB segment, describes a number of data protection technologies, and suggests data protection strategies that are particularly suited for small and medium business.
This week, Mike Vizard at our CTO Edge site asks some key questions on the role of automation in the cloud. He notes that companies like CA, which have made healthy livings providing automation tools... More >
Every aspect of the data center environment can stand a little improvement. But if your backup capabilities are like most, they are in dire need of an upgrade. These 10 tips can help you get s... More >
Solid-state disks (SSDs) have made major inroads into enterprise storage over the past decade or so, boosting application performance and expanding overall capacity at a time when data requirements a... More >
Nobody has time for much of anything these days, least of all a mundane task like data backup and warehousing. So it's no surprise that more and more warehousing and B&R platforms are starting to... More >
Cloud services have gained a foothold in the enterprise mainly by virtue of their low cost and virtually unlimited scalability to meet ever-increasing data requirements. To date, most cloud deploymen... More >
Most enterprises have embraced virtualization primarily as a means to consolidate hardware. Cloud computing, converged networking, flexible data environments -- all of these goals are worthy, but the... More >
In the age of commodity servers, announcements of new devices hitting the channel have become somewhat tedious. New, more powerful chips are developed, servers gain improved processing and more memor... More >
InfiniBand has long been the eccentric uncle of the IT family -- brilliant, yes, but rather odd. He keeps to himself mostly, working on things the larger Ethernet world doesn't fully comprehend. But ... More >
Cloud computing is essentially the means to extend the benefits of virtualization outside the data center walls. So it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that a key component of that strat... More >
Is tape-based backup on the way out? Or is its role in the storage environment merely changing in light of new technologies? That question has been coming up more and more in professional circles as ... More >
Adding deduplication to the mainframe may seem like a no-brainer to some, so why has it taken so long for an integrated system to show up? IBM this week unveiled a new dedupe gateway, the TS7680 Pro... More >
Network convergence in the data center is all about consolidating physical resources -- on one level at least. But that consolidation will not be limited to blinking boxes or even software applicatio... More >
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