ANALYST BRIEF - Virtualization is among the technologies that have become increasingly attractive in the current economic climate, with good reason. Organizations are implementing virtualization solutions to obtain several functional benefits. But achieving these can be challenging.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: July 23, 2009


Topics:  Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - Thinking of making the move to “total enterprise virtualization?" Here are some interesting points of view about virtualization you should know coming from the vantage point of a storage virtualization pioneer, DataCore Software.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

CASE STUDY - Does a transition to virtualized tiered storage deliver true value, a fast return on investment (ROI), and verifiable cost savings? This case study documents the specific business and economic value realized by one enterprise company after its first year using new storage architecture built on Hitachi tiered storage.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: June 21, 2007


Topics:  ROI | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Tiered Storage | Virtual Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - While energy consumption of overall data center operations and server-related equipment is generally understood, the story is quite different when it comes to storage systems. This paper offers practical advice on how to measure storage system efficiency and compares the efficiency numbers of several common storage solutions.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Databases | Disaster Recovery | Green Data Center | Green Storage | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Tape Libraries | UPS

WHITE PAPER - There are six technologies and strategies for economizing your storage in this ebook. Together they can transform your data center into an economically superior storage environment.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Management Software | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - Implementing different tiers of storage is very common. But mplementing an Intelligent Tiered Storage environment is still the exception than the rule. Hitachi Data Systems provides best-in-class Intelligent Tiered Storage through its storage management software, storage virtualization solutions, digital archiving, NAS, and VTL offerings.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: October 23, 2008


Topics:  NAS | NAS Software | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Tiered Storage | Virtual Tape Libraries

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This transcript documents a presentation featuring Brad Blake, Director, IT at Boston Medical Center. Mr. Blake will discuss how he initially started working with Data Domain as part of a VMware project. The meat of his presentation focuses on architecting deduplication and virtualisation for best of breed data protection.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Deduplication | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices | Storage Virtualization

CASE STUDY - When Conseco IT management needed to consolidate their hundreds of different servers into a more streamlined hardware and software environment, they chose the IBM 3850 M2 server and the Intel Xeon processor 7300 series with four cores per processor. Read this paper and find out why.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - Small and midsize companies with strapped IT budgets and limited IT resources do not have to be limited to inflexible, inefficient IT infrastructures that offer unreliable IT services. Instead, smaller companies can empower their IT environments through virtualization, optimizing assets and realizing new opportunities for efficiency.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management Software | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Virtualization Security | VMware

ANALYST BRIEF - Consolidating servers with VMware Infrastructure can deliver significant benefits, including: reduced capital and operating costs, infrastructure costs, faster IT response to business demands, improved IT service levels, and more consistent business operations.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware | VMware Server

VIDEO - In this very funny though obvious over-dramatization of the weakness of tape as a backup solution, see how tape can end the life of an IT administrator and a 30-minute fix that could be lifesaving.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Premiered: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Tape Backups | Tape Libraries | Virtual Tape Libraries

VIDEO - Get expert insights on the key benefits of VTL technology in a TSM environment. Understand how VTL technology can improve TSM operations and enhance the existing disk pool.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Premiered: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Storage Management | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Virtual Tape Libraries

DATA SHEET - This data sheet details DeltaStor® software, SEPATON’s data deduplication application for SEPATON S2100®-ES2 virtual tape libraries (VTLs).
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Virtual Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - SEPATON S2100-ES2 is architected to efficiently support backup and recovery for demanding enterprise-grade sites. Its DeltaScale scale-out architecture enables expansion in performance or capacity by simply adding a processing node or additional disk capacity.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: August 13, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Storage Management | Storage Replication | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization are pre-configured, easy to order, bundled solutions that include Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware vSphere™. This white paper provides a detailed reference architecture for the Business Ready Configurations.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Construction | Data Center Design | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Hardware | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3