WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this white paper is to describe the benefits of a clustered architecture in comparison with traditional controller-based architectures, and to discuss the technology that makes HP LeftHand SANs better by design.
Posted: August 14, 2009 | Published: August 12, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | SAN | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Standards | Storage Systems

CASE STUDY - An aging, proprietary enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at Kelly Tractor limited the company's ability to integrate information from separate departments and build new, innovative sales and services tools. Read how the company benefited from Dell and VMware virtualization.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - This paper is for decision makers that are familiar with and interested in VMware View as a desktop replacement strategy. An understanding of networking and fibre channel infrastructure and how they interact with HP Virtual Connect technologies, virtualization benefits and techniques, VMware software, and datacenter practices is recommended.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | Network Best Practices | Rack Servers | Server Management | Server Virtualization | VMware

EZINE - A trend in storage product messaging these days is the theme of self-healing storage - the ability of a system to detect and repair hard disk problems automatically. In this month's cover story, independent storage expert Marc Staimer explains how and how well they work. This electronic issue also includes features on storage efficiency...
Posted: May 28, 2009 | Published: May 28, 2009


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Data Deduplication | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | Fibre Channel | iSCSI SAN | RAID | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Media

WHITE PAPER - This analysis looks at the positive business impact of networked storage virtualisation solutions that improve storage asset utilisation, reduce the administrative costs of provisioning new storage systems, and improve application availability.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: February 19, 2009


Topics:  SAN | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware | VMware Server

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

EGUIDE - Solid-state storage will eventually nudge spinning disks out of our data centers, but right now it's still mostly for wellheeled shops with power-hungry applications. But with new technology developments addressing some of solid state's shortcomings and larger-scale manufacturing, solid-state storage could come down to earth soon.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Solid State Disks | Storage Appliances | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Industry | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Systems

EGUIDE - Solid-state storage will eventually nudge spinning disks out of our data centers, but right now it's still mostly for well-heeled shops with power-hungry applications. But with new technology developments addressing some of solid state's shortcomings and larger-scale manufacturing, solid-state storage could come down to earth soon.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Solid State Disks | Storage Appliances | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Industry | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Systems

CASE STUDY - Mosaic Technology sought to partner with a larger company to obtain sales, marketing and technical support, thereby extending its reach into the server and storage virtualization market.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  IT Asset Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Spending | Server Hardware | Storage Hardware | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This Presentation Transcript breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject. Find out more today.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: August 13, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Clustering | Fibre Channel | iSCSI Protocol | NAS | Storage Management

ANALYST NEWS - This IDC Flash analyzes 3PAR's announcement of the InServ F-Class storage server product line, a solution that 3PAR is positioning as a more scalable, efficient, and flexible midrange storage platform. This Flash also examines the major IT developments that are driving future midrange storage developments.
Posted: June 24, 2009 | Published: April 6, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Fibre Channel | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Media | Web 2.0

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of data deduplication is to increase the amount of information that can be stored on disk arrays and to increase the effective amount of data that can be transmitted over networks. Read this white paper to learn more about data deduplication as well as Quantum Dxi-Series disk-based backup solutions.
Posted: June 10, 2009 | Published: June 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Deduplication | Data Recovery | Data Replication | NAS | RAID | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - Together HP and Oracle offer a comprehensive suite of information management tools to help efficiently capture, manage, retain, and deliver information over time. This yields a highly integrated hardware and software infrastructure, leveraging storage tiers with differing performance and availability characteristics. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: March 16, 2009 | Published: February 8, 2008


Topics:  Data Storage | Grid Computing | Oracle (Product) | Storage Architectures | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Systems

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

WEBCAST - This Webcast breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject. Find out more today.
Posted: August 13, 2009 | Premiered: August 13, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | Data Management | Fibre Channel SAN | Grid Computing | iSCSI SAN | NAS | Social Networking | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Web 2.0

PODCAST - This Podcast breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject. Find out more today.
Posted: August 14, 2009 | Premiered: August 13, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | Data Management | Fibre Channel SAN | Grid Computing | iSCSI SAN | NAS | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management

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

PODCAST - Join Brian Babineau, Senior Analyst with ESG, as he explores high-speed, power-efficient deduplication with industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor who have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Premiered: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Management | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | ROI | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups

WEBCAST - Industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Premiered: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Management | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | ROI | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups