Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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This article is part of the Vol. 6 No. 11 January 2008 issue of A report on storage standards: SMI-S, XAM, encryption key management and FAIS
With digital video on the rise in enterprises, storage teams will play a key role in accommodating the petabytes of data that can be generated by video surveillance systems. With the high cost of digital video surveillance systems falling, organizations can now buy additional IP video technology and do much more with video surveillance data. In addition to combating fraud and crime, companies are applying analytics to video data to aid merchandising, operations and customer service. "The advent of IP video is one of the key things that changed surveillance video from a sleepy technology backwater to something that IT needs to get involved in," says Steven Norall, senior analyst and consultant at Taneja Group, Hopkinton, MA. Industry researcher Frost & Sullivan, Palo Alto, CA, sees IP as the next phase for the surveillance industry and one that will have a far-reaching impact on storage. According to company research, "the most important advantage in an IP surveillance network is the capability of storing large quantities of video footage in a relatively ... Access >>>
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- Ediscovery gets XML lift by Ellen O'Brien
- Snapshot: Some users skeptical about data dedupe
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Unlimited storage
Clemson University has big plans as it upgrades its data center—and those plans call for lots and lots of storage. Their new IT infrastructure is being built along the lines of the National Science Foundation's Cyberinfrastructure initiative. Clemson expects its new world-class facility to attract a new crop of young faculty who will find the storage, bandwidth and CPU resources needed to support their research efforts.
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- Vendors set sights on SMBs
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Video focuses on storage
by Alan Radding
In the not-so-distant past, IT barely noticed conventional video surveillance. But with digital video on the rise in enterprises, storage teams will need to play a key role in accommodating the petabytes of data generated by video surveillance systems.
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- High-performance systems boost backup
- 8Gb/sec Fibre Channel widens lane for SAN traffic
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Taming storage virtualization
Where storage virtualization should reside and how it should be applied depends on the size of the storage infrastructure, the type of applications running in it, and the levels of control and visibility required by administrators. We look at the leading storage virtualization products and help you decide which technology may be best for your storage shop.
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Storage standards: A progress report
by Rick Cook
The Storage Management Initiative-Specification (SMI-S), eXtensible Access Method (XAM), encryption key management and the Fabric Application Interface Standard (FAIS) are four standards that could radically change the way you manage storage systems and protect data. We look at the status of each of these standards and where they're headed.
- Log data deluge
- Survey says: Bonuses vary widely
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Columns
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Editorial: Welcome to archiving hell
Welcome to archiving hell
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Hot Spots: New Year's resolution: Get my storage organized
by Bob Laliberte
Storage resource management (SRM) software can be one of the most effective ways to optimize your storage environment. But when it comes to SRM, you'd better look before you leap.
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Best Practices: Unraveling tape encryption
With the emergence of new generations of tape drives featuring onboard hardware encryption, companies are revisiting their tape security practices in the hope that this new technology will solve security concerns at an affordable price.
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Storage Bin 2.0: Ringing in a new storage market
by Tony Asaro
The world of storage is complicated and diverse. But sophisticated users, armed with better research and networking tools than ever before, are finding they don't need one-stop shopping for storage technology.
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Editorial: Welcome to archiving hell
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