The great divide: mainframe and open-systems storage by Jeff Moad
If you'd like to use the same software to manage mainframe and open-systems storage, don't hold your breath. But there are more immediate ways that you can leverage mainframe best practices in the open-systems world.

Is storage certification worth it? by Susan J. Marks
If you're thinking about advancing your career by becoming certified in a particular storage skill, read this article to help you decide if certification is worth your time and money.

Are full backups dead? by W. Curtis Preston
Tape may not be dead, but the way you use it can change. Consider increasing your use of incremental backup, particularly if you're integrating disk into your backup process.

Remote DR: faster, farther and cheaper by Marc Staimer
Post-Sept. 11, you need to consider disaster sites that are geographically distant from your main data centers. Remote replication software, IP storage and new techniques for long-term storage are changing the DR distance equation.

Rein in e-mail storage by Jerome M. Wendt
With new government regulations and users' gigantic e-mail attachments, new approaches for storing e-mail are called for.

AttachStor reclaims e-mail storage by W. Curtis Preston
We review the AttachStor Suite, a new tool that promises to save money in Exchange and Domino environments by reducing the number of servers and the amount of storage that attachments use.