CASE STUDY - Because their data center was reaching its physical limits, Taco, Inc. found their backup and restore processes getting noticeably slower. With their exposure to IT disaster scenarios a distinct reality, they turned to Syncsort for their data protection needs.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

DATA SHEET - Fast backup. Instant recovery. Superior data protection for physical and virtual environments. BEX Delivers excellent value for the lowest total cost of ownership. Read this data sheet for the specifics and benefits of BEX 3.1.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


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

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Now more than ever, organizations are looking at re-architecting their backup strategy and are learning that deduplication is necessary to consider in ‘next generation’ backup architecture. This presentation transcript explores some deduplication tips and advice on how to streamline your storage costs.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Data Deduplication | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Managing storage has become one of the most important tasks for many companies. Often the volume of data and the complexity of the environment make it hard figure out where to start. This White Paper will help you understand where to find the things that matter in your environment.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Security | Storage Spending | Storage Standards | Storage Systems | Unstructured Data

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes an innovative, unified data protection model – developed by Syncsort – that not only supports each of these imperatives, but leverages them to provide actual return on your business investments.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Management | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - As data center resource consolidation gains traction, many organizations are missing the big picture. For reducing primary storage footprints, they're looking at virtualization in isolation; for reducing secondary backup storage, they're focusing on deduplication in isolation. To consolidate optimally, they must consider the full landscape.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Deduplication | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Informational applications have become one of the most critical areas of IT activity. How will these challenges be met? This report examines an option -– use of IBM DB2 9.7 as an alternative to Oracle 11g -– that represents a major new opportunity for organizations to meet escalating demand while reducing IT costs.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: August 20, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Storage Appliances | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

EGUIDE - In this e-guide, storage networking experts and technologists spotlight the advancements that will have the most significant impact in storage networking to help you prepare for the future.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Backup Server Hardware | Backup Software | Backups | NAS | NAS Software | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes how to create a virtualization strategy that improves mobility, flexibility, security, and compliance. It also introduces comprehensive desktop-virtualization solutions from Microsoft. Finally, it provides high-level guidance to help companies develop a desktop-virtualization strategy.
Posted: October 16, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Massive data growth and long retention periods of fixed-content data is changing the landscape of enterprise data storage and is challenging storage administrators to deliver a cost effective storage strategy. A Storage Resource Management [SRM] tool can help manage the flow/volume of data.
Posted: October 16, 2009 | Published: October 16, 2009


Topics:  Data Deduplication | Data Replication | Data Storage | Storage Best Practices | Storage Devices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Standards | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide explores server virtualization and its impacts on storage. Learn more about the dynamic nature of virtualized environments and the overall state of adoption, performance spectrum, benefits, and challenges.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Storage Management | Storage Replication | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Organizations are often challenged by the need for a “mixed” data protection strategy that includes VCB or esXpress, agent-based backups of VMs, and backups of non-VMware systems. Quantum provides a broad portfolio of highly scalable disk and tape solutions designed to meet the data protection needs of any VMware environment.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Disk Backups | Disk Drive Controllers | Disk Drives | Disk Mirroring | Disk Storage Systems | Disk-to-Disk Backup | Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Standards | Storage Systems | Tape Backups | VMware | VMware Disaster Recovery | VMware Server

TRIAL SOFTWARE - CA ARCserve Backup unites innovative data deduplication technology, powerful storage resource management (SRM) reporting and robust security measures — making it one of the market’s most secure, reliable and efficient methods of protecting the information residing on physical and virtual servers.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Data Deduplication | Data Mirroring | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Security | Storage Architectures | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Replication | Storage Resource Management | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Security

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the complementary benefits of combining features of VMware and 3PAR technologies to gain increased performance and avoid the cost of over-provisioning servers and storage in an IT infrastructure.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2006


Topics:  Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | VMware

CASE STUDY - Priceline.com purchased and deployed six 3PAR InServ S400 tiered storage arrays across multiple locations to consolidate and protect all mission-critical and SAN-resident data, including core demand collection and offer processing Oracle® databases.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  SAN | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management | TCO | Tiered Storage