WHITE PAPER - DBA's have always been faced with the difficult task of maintaining a successful database environment, but recently new trends have come along to further challenge them.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Performance Management Software | DB2 | High Availability | SQL | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Workload Automation

WEBCAST - This videocast discusses tiered storage strategies and also tips and tools on how to lower IT investments while optimizing storage efficiency. Download this informative videocast to learn more!
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Premiered: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | SMBs | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Tiered Storage

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Most companies allow far too much data to reside on expensive primary storage. In this presentation transcript, Anne Skamarock Research Director, FOCUS, discusses the most effective methods for reducing and managing the data footprint on primary storage -- including tools and techniques.
Posted: August 19, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Center Management | Data Management | Data Storage | Hardware | High Availability | Storage Appliances | Storage Capacity | Tiered Storage

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Thin provisioning is not new, but there is still confusion about how it works and how to best use it in the data center. In this presentation transcript, Jeff Byrne, Senior Analyst and Consultant, Taneja Group and Christine Taylor, Analyst, Tenaja Group, outline the various approaches and technologies behind thin provisioning.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Physical Security | Data Center Power Management | Data Management | Data Storage | Database Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Provisioning

CASE STUDY - Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A., a Columbia, South Carolina-based law firm with five locations throughout the state sought to consolidate legacy servers, improve availability for remote users, increase storage capacity and implement a new disaster recovery DR/BC strategy. In this case study you'll learn about their new Dell and VMware solutions.
Posted: August 17, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Disaster Recovery | Email Management Software | High Availability | Legal Services Industry | RPO | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3

EBOOK - Servers play a crucial role in daily enterprise operations. But even the most powerful and resilient servers are useless without adequate storage. Storage solutions contain the operating systems, applications and virtual images needed to operate every server. This eBook chapter will help you better understand your data center storage challenges.
Posted: August 11, 2009 | Published: August 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Construction | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disk Drives | RAID | SCSI Devices | Solid State Disks | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | Windows Server 2003

PRODUCT DEMO - Northern Storage Suite is a Storage Resource Management solution; a software solution that targets the costs and complexities of managing stored user-generated data. Download this free demo and see how it can go to work for you!
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: August 3, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Capacity Planning | Data Management Software | NAS | NAS Software | Network Performance | SAN | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

CASE STUDY - In this case study, we'll see why Brown & Brown Protector Plans turned to Mimecast's SaaS-based, "always available" enterprise email management in the cloud for their archiving, discovery, continuity, security and policy needs.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: August 6, 2009


Topics:  Anti-Spam Software | Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Cloud Computing | Data Security | Email Archiving | Email Management Services | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Virus Protection

WHITE PAPER - Infrastructures of potentially dozens of servers have built up around corporate email servers to provide better governance, reduced risk and improved legislative compliance - anti-virus, anti-spam, attachment handling, encryption, disclaimers, archiving and hot-standby mail servers to name a few.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: August 5, 2009


Topics:  Data Quality | Email Archiving | Email Management | Email Management Software | Email Security | Email Server Software | High Availability | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Capacity | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: August 5, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Email Archiving | Email Archiving Software | Email Management | Email Security | Knowledge Management | Messaging Security | Software as a Service | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

WHITE PAPER - This IDC Vendor Profile evaluates Mimecast, an emerging supplier of email archiving, security, and continuity solutions delivered in a software-as-a-service model. This document discusses the company's history, product offerings, and competitive position in the context of cloud-based storage and security infrastructure services.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: August 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Cloud Computing | Data Security | Email Archiving | Email Archiving Software | Email Management | Email Security | Regulatory Compliance | Software as a Service | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

VIDEO - This four-part webcast demonstrates the necessity for a proper storage management solution, such as Northern Storage Suite, in an organization's storage infrastructure. They'll review how NSS can reclaim wasted capacity, control user behavior, getting your end-users on-board with saving capacity and how to properly plan for future storage needs.
Posted: August 3, 2009 | Premiered: August 3, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Deduplication | Data Management | NAS | Network Performance | Reporting Software | SAN | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - The Northern Storage Suite is a management solution by Northern Parklife Inc. that will help reclaim, reduce and maximize your current infrastructure. This article provides four real-world examples dealing with reclaiming capacity, reducing data growth, maximizing storage resources, and involving users while minimizing administration.
Posted: August 3, 2009 | Published: August 3, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Data Management | NAS | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Resource Management | Tiered Storage

ANALYST REPORT - To evaluate the performance of its solutions, FalconStor commissioned Demartek to validate the performance of the FalconStor VTL solution and its deduplication solutions - as they come from the factory, without any special tuning adjustments. The sustained performance of these solutions is impressive and was measured using conservative data.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | RPO | RTO | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Replication | Virtual Tape Libraries

ANALYST REPORT - Rather than just physically adding solid state disk to its hardware offerings, Compellent has integrated SSD into its existing block-level tiered storage management system, overcoming the major challenge of solid state adoption: ensuring easy and optimum usage of the premium IO capabilities of SSD.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Flash Memory | Memory | Solid State Disks | Storage Appliances | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Systems