Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
Access "A whole new ballgame?"
This article is part of the Vol. 5 No. 8 October 2006 issue of What you need to know about data storage provisioning
A whole new ballgame? As you read this, a great American tradition is taking place as the best of both baseball leagues duke it out in the annual "fall classic." At the same time, on playing fields (that look suspiciously like data centers) across the country, another age-old rite is enduring as storage vendors square off and try to bash the daylights out of each other. Just like ball clubs that reach into the minor leagues for fresh bats and arms, storage vendors are letting loose their speeds 'n feeds spiels, brushing back the competition with borderline pitches and padding their lineups with new products. But in the storage big leagues, this isn't the culmination of a long season, it's only the beginning. Just when it looked like EMC was going to run away from the competition, all of a sudden it looks like a race again. EMC must be looking over its shoulder at a revitalized Hewlett-Packard (HP), which once again looms as a serious contender. It's an impressive turnaround for HP, but it needs to keep an eye on the rest of the pack, as there are ominous ... Access >>>
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- M&A stirs up standards
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Snapshot: Reducing tape use in backup
Is tape in your future?
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The right way to provision storage
Provisioning storage is still mostly a manual job, but solid planning, including the right interested parties and some improved tools, can help ease the chore. Follow these provisioning best practices to gain greater performance and higher disk utilization.
- Instant messaging shouldn't strain storage
- Virtual I/O aims to streamline network traffic
- Vendors debate different XAM strategies
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How to manage encryption keys
Encryption is an effective way to secure data. But managing encryption keys can be a major undertaking. While there are no encompassing key management tools available yet, some apps can help you keep track of proliferating encryption keys.
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- School expels outsourced backup, enrolls CDP
- Survey Says: Users name their 10GbE price
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Long-term archiving
With some legislative requirements mandating data be kept for as long as 70 years, your organization needs an archiving plan that defines what data needs to be kept and why. But don't overlook how you'll restore old data when it needs to be accessed.
- New Ethernet protocols could challenge iSCSI
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Case Study: Moving from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange
Hyperion Solutions Corp. decided it could no longer cope with having two separate e-mail apps. Storage considerations were among the many hurdles the firm had to overcome. Here's how they did it.
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What storage managers are buying and why
The second installment of the 2006 edition of Storage magazine's exclusive Purchasing Intentions Survey reveals key storage technology purchasing decisions by storage managers across all industries.
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Untangling the encryption chain
by Stephen Foskett
In many companies, data that should be safeguarded against loss or theft isn't getting encrypted. The main reason why so many storage managers are shying away from encryption is that they don't understand how it functions within the storage infrastructure.
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Outsourcing email archiving: the pros and cons
Outsourcing your e-mail archiving is a good alternative if you want to avoid the hassle of implementing archiving yourself. But right now, service providers are falling short and need to expand their product portfolios to meet user demands.
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Users don't care about storage and data, they only care about their own applications
Storage Bin: Users don't care about storage and data, they only care about their own applications, so it's essential to deliver IT as a transparent service.
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A whole new ballgame?
A whole new ballgame?
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Untangling the encryption chain
by Stephen Foskett
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