Reeling in a bigger salary by Alan Radding
The results from the first official survey of storage jobs are out, and you'll want to check them before either your staff's or your own performance review.

Is there a need for more speed? by Jeff Moad
Fibre Channel switch and HBA vendors will be shipping 10Gb/s gear in early 2004. The Fibre Channel Industry Association has just backed a 4Gb/s standard, yet how necessary is this when some enterprises have only recently migrated from 1Gb/s to 2Gb/s?

Hot technologies in 2004 by Alan Radding
In 2004, flexible, affordable new technologies are beginning to emerge that will open the door for smaller companies and allow them to sample some advanced storage strategies.

The pitfalls of smart switches by Jerome M. Wendt
Do you want to centralize storage management, cut costs and make your life a whole lot easier? There are a number of storage vendors promising these very things by creating products that move intelligence into the fabric, but smart fabrics will have their own issue.

Starting the ILM process by Jerome M. Wendt
Information life cycle management (ILM) is the buzz right now. But too much emphasis is being put on products and not enough on understanding that ILM is really a process. Before you buy in, here's how to analyze what it means for you.