August 20, 2010 - (Free Research) Download this e-guide to learn more about storage tiering and VDI solutions that streamline the provisioning of new or upgraded desktops, while reducing the cost and complexity of backup and recovery.
March 03, 2010 - (Free Research) Because SSD storage is expensive, organizations want to be sure of its benefits before making an investment. Read this article to learn if SSD storage and automated tiering are right for you.
January 29, 2010 - (Free Research) Rising energy costs and growing volumes of information mean is a sign to increase the efficiency of storage systems and reduce power consumption. Employing capabilities such as disk drive spin-down, virtual provisioning, and tiered storage design in Dell/EMC CX4 Series storage arrays helps IT organizations keep energy costs under control.
July 09, 2010 - (Free Research) During this webcast, Microsoft and EMC experts will explain how you can reduce costs by moving content from primary storage to a more cost effective tier of storage, improve SharePoint performance by reducing the workload on SQL servers, and "clean-house" prior to migration to SharePoint 2010 to avoid unnecessary data transfer.
January 15, 2010 - (Free Research) Freudenberg IT hasn’t always been satisfied with the performance and efficiency of its own storage environment. The 3PAR® InServ® E200 Storage Server was the perfect solution for FIT’s requirements for more performance, reliability, scalability, and efficiency and fit the company’s overall strategy of using and developing innovative technologies.
September 08, 2009 - (Free Research) In an increasingly digital world, it's clear that business continuity is no longer an option. Keeping systems running 24x7 and ensuring that data reaches its intended destination — precisely when it's needed — is the heart and soul of a business. This paper discusses Business-Continuity (BC) initiatives on a tight budget and with limited resources.
February 09, 2010 - (Free Research) Implementing automated storage tiering with F5 ARX as part of its broader virtualization strategy has enabled Clackamas County to reduce storage costs, lighten the management burden on the IT team, and maximize the value of its existing iSCSI investment.
June 01, 2010 - (Free Research) This Technical Report describes the concepts and benefits of tiered storage, and describes how to take advantage of storage pools and other features of EqualLogic PS Series Firmware to implement tiered storage in a PS Series SAN.
July 21, 2010 - (Free Research) This brief e-guide will walk you through the purchasing considerations of choosing a deduplication product. Read on to learn how to calculate the costs and measure the benefits associated with deploying a deduplication project.
February 25, 2009 - (Free Research) IBM recognizes the need to not only consolidate data center storage, but also to reduce the amount of array capacity required to store multiple copies of business-critical information. Read this article for information on how data center storage issues can be addressed using innovations such as data deduplication.
August 24, 2010 - (Free Research) Check out this webcast to learn how SAN tiering can improve both performance and efficiency and how Dell's PS Series' intelligent, virtualized storage technologies can help simplify tiering design, implementation and management.
January 01, 2010 - (Free Research) This IDC Vendor Profile focuses on 3PAR, a leading provider of utility storage solutions. IDC will examine how 3PAR has redefined data storage for the emerging era of storage virtualization and the product strategy behind 3PAR’s extensive utility storage solutions.
April 30, 2010 - (Free Research) Bob Laliberte, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, discusses EMC's new Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) technology. Learn why FAST is one of the most important innovations in IT today.
March 25, 2009 - (Free Research) Storage consolidation brings many applications together to a single storage pool. It improves storage utilization, simplifies management, and increases reliability in well implemented SANs. While consolidation makes it easier to manage, provision, and backup your data, how do you manage different application service level requirements?
June 18, 2010 - (Free Research) The Dell™ EqualLogic™ family of virtualized iSCSI SANs provide responsive, reliable support to end users while increasing efficiency and decreasing the cost of data management. The PS6000XVS and PS6010XVS are two high-performance offerings in the PS6000 family created to support the data availability requirements of tiered applications.
December 15, 2009 - (Free Research) This Gartner research paper indicates which storage considerations need to be taken into account by an IT manager when starting server virtualization projects or improving the productivity of existing server-virtualized environments. It also highlights what can and cannot be achieved with today's storage technologies and solutions.
March 01, 2009 - (Free Research) Unified storage is one of the technologies that IT managers are using to improve their storage efficiency as well as to improve business flexibility and lower the total cost of storage. Read this IDC report to learn about the features and business benefits of unified storage as well as the EMC Celerra unified storage platform.
March 05, 2010 - (Free Research) Deduplicatoin is a technology that not only aids in accelerating storage efficiency by reducing cost but also alleviates physically constrained data centers. This white paper covers the basics of deduplication and lists considerations for evaluating deduplication technology.
March 16, 2010 - (Free Research) This SearchDisasterRecovery.com presentation transcript will give you a crash course on how to implement a cost-efficient disaster recovery plan. You'll hear an overview of disaster recovery and recieve some general advice to get you started on the business and technology considerations that are going to be crucial to you.
September 17, 2009 - (Free Research) Use this calculator to determine the potential storage cost savings your company could realize by implementing the F5 ARX solution. Just answer a few simple questions about your environment to get a three-year savings analysis. Make sure you review the Case Studies to learn how other companies have reduced their storage costs by 50% or more.
August 05, 2009 - (Free Research) According to industry analysts, email volume in organizations is growing by more than 30% annually, and the average user receives 7MB of data per day via email. In this whitepaper, we'll discuss four reasons that drive organizations to seek an archiving solution and 11 considerations for controlling your email environment.
February 23, 2010 - (Free Research) Since the cost comparison between tape and disk is obviously far more complex than the media itself, this brief outlines all the considerations necessary for a more complete understanding of the benefit and true cost comparison between tape and disk to help IT professionals choose and justify their backup environment.