VIDEO - Welcome to Virtual View, a feature of Xiotech’s Icon Manager that dramatically improves storage management for VMware. Virtual View reduces storage provisioning from dozens of steps to three, enables management from one console instead of three, provisions storage in minutes instead of hours, and reduces time, required expertise, and risk.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Premiered: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Downtime | SAN | Storage Management | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | VMware

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

PODCAST - As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Premiered: November 17, 2009


Topics:  NAS | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups | Tape Libraries

VIDEO - Learn how you can reduce your storage costs by 50% or more using intelligent file virtualization to optimize storage tiering. The basic idea of storage tiering is to match the business value of each chunk of data with the cost of storing that data. Watch Renny Shen of F5 Networks explain how virtualizing storage management can save up to 70%.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Premiered: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Provisioning | Storage Spending | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage

PODCAST - In this FAQ with Jeff Boles, Jeff discusses the ins and outs of file virtualization. He tells users the benefits and drawbacks of file virtualization, which file virtualization products are on the market and how they might work in specific IT shops, as well as how file virtualization affects replication or migration of files.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Premiered: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Continuous Data Protection | Data Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Strategic Planning

PODCAST - Tune into this podcast for a cloud computing disaster recovery (DR) checklist. Learn about various DR approaches for your cloud computing environment. Find out how to secure your data and how to get your DR objectives met by your cloud provider.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Premiered: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Storage Management | Storage Media | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WEBCAST - Boston Medical Center details its decision process and successful implementation of Data Domain deduplication storage as well as the economic benefits received by going tapeless for backup and disaster recovery. Brad Blake, IT Director at Boston Medical Center, presented to an audience at Gartner's Data Center Conference.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Premiered: October 23, 2009


Topics:  SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Provisioning | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware

VIRTUAL TRADESHOW - The Storage Decisions Virtual Seminar, "Backing Up Virtual Machines" addresses the challenges in backing up and recovering virtual machines residing in a virtual infrastructure
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Premiered: November 12, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Continuous Data Protection | Disk Backups | Storage Virtualization

VIRTUAL TRADESHOW - The Storage Decisions Virtual Seminar, "Backing Up Virtual Machines" addresses the challenges in backing up and recovering virtual machines residing in a virtual infrastructure.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Premiered: November 10, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Continuous Data Protection | Disk Backups | Storage Virtualization

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to learn how to ensure application security and availability in your VMware environment. Discover how to provide quick recovery of applications and how to use automation for server application protection.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Premiered: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Security | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | iSCSI SAN | IT Infrastructure | Microsoft Exchange | SCSI Devices | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VMware

PODCAST - In this podcast, industry expert Mike Karp addresses how virtualization is increasingly being used within midmarket organizations and discusses the major pros and cons of relying on a virtual environment for backup.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Premiered: July 6, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Best Practices | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Storage | Disaster Recovery | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization

WEBCAST - This webinar will explain Dell's virtualization approach and discuss Dell's virtualization optimized technologies; explaining the methodologies and approaches taken to help you work with customers to bundle more solutions and services when selling virtualization solutions.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Premiered: June 23, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Customer Service | Data Center Management | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Hardware | Storage Virtualization

PODCAST - Virtualization has become one of the latest trends in helping to drive efficiencies in the data center -- from management to energy costs, server virtualization may be able to help you optimize your IT environment. Listen to Tom Ready, IBM vice president as he describes the latest trends and benefits of server virtualization.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Premiered: October 2, 2009


Topics:  Energy Efficiency | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to gain insight into how data center virtualization technologies are contributing to dramatic increases in efficiency and reduced capital and operational expenses. Discover current trends driving the virtualized data center.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Premiered: September 24, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization