Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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This article is part of the Vol. 5 No. 8 October 2006 issue of What you need to know about data storage provisioning
Hyperion Solutions found that having coexisting e-mail apps wasn't manageable. Here's how the firm standardized on Microsoft Exchange and adjusted its environment to accommodate the changes. Hyperion Solutions Corp. began as a Lotus Notes shop, but acquired companies that used Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000. Initially, the Santa Clara, CA–based business intelligence software company--with major offices in North America, Europe and Asia--pursued a coexistence strategy that allowed the various units to use their preferred e-mail platform while working behind the scenes to deliver what usually appeared to be seamless communications. But by the fall of 2003, coexistence had grown to be more trouble than it was worth. "The coexistence approach was costly in terms of operational expenses and was subject to frequent failures," says Lou Tiseo, Hyperion's director of network architecture and engineering. Hyperion had to dedicate one full-time person to monitoring the e-mail environment to keep it running smoothly. Although it appeared to be a convenient way... 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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