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Enterprise archiving has traditionally presented two major challenges: finding enough storage space to hold a staggering amount of data and implementing an effective discovery platform so you can fin... More >
Virtualization and cloud computing do wonders for streamlining data center infrastructure, but it comes with a conundrum: The more you consolidate resources at the end points, the more you need to re... More >
The top IT platform providers are feeling the pressure -- not from each other but from the cloud. That's the only conclusion I can draw from the rapid introduction of so-called converged infrastructu... More >
Could it be that building a cloud infrastructure is even easier than first imagined? Such a notion would seem to fly in the face of historical precedent, in which new technologies are often presented... More >
When you think of converged data center network, the first thing that pops into your mind is Fibre Channel over Ethernet. Since Ethernet is likely to form the backbone of your infrastructure, it only... More >
There's a classic Bloom County cartoon in which Opus is trapped in Binkley's Anxiety Closet with a pair of economists. In the span of four panels, each economist argues that a) the economy is getting... More >
Concurrent with the arrival of solid-state disk drives (SSDs) into enterprise settings is the increasing use of flash memory in high-end storage arrays. While in itself that might not be a big deal, ... More >
Just what will it take to provide the kind of interoperability that IT managers consistently say they need to begin shifting significant workloads onto the cloud? It's becoming more than an academic ... More >
The cloud is the answer to all our IT problems -- from poor performance to lack of scale to high energy costs. The cloud is a sucker's game that merely shifts responsibility for IT infrastructure to ... More >
Cloud-based storage may not be a convenient option for most enterprises in the very near future. It may be a necessity. That conclusion is rapidly coming to the forefront across the industry as both ... More >
It's hard not to be impressed by all the unified computing platforms hitting the channel from Cisco, Dell and others. After all, these are mammoth feats of engineering incorporating the latest techno... More >
Quick quiz: How important are energy costs to your organization's bottom line? And how many of you know how consumption will be affected by planned upgrades? The reason I ask is that new research is ... More >
There are many good reasons to shift storage over to the cloud, but the question remains whether large numbers of enterprises are ready to take the plunge just yet. After all, it's not easy to give u... More >
All indications are that 2010 will be a good year for the enterprise Ethernet industry. Coming off the doldrums of a year ago, just about any rise in switch and adapter deployments is good news. But ... More >
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