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Killing off infectious data: Storage Bin 2.0 - Jan 2009
Better start thinking about your data growth in deadly terms.

Storage Bin: 50 years of right is now very wrong - May 2007
A huge portion of the issues we face today in storage and throughout our infrastructure are caused by us trying to use the same systems, architectures and methodologies we're used to for data that has all new requirements.

Storage Bin: Duplessie's theory of evolution - Apr 2007
Evolutionary changes in the storage world have opened the door to scores of smaller companies. Some of these startups have seized the opportunity, taking advantage of the current market dynamics. Good for them; but it's even better for you, with more choice and innovation than we've seen in a long time.

We're in the midst of some seismic shifts in the storage world - Mar 2007
Storage Bin: Changes in the tech world can evolve subtly or may hinge on a big, revolutionary event. Either way, we're in the midst of some seismic shifts in the storage world, and both vendors and IT pros will have to adjust to a new world order.

Latest technological innovations coming from Europe - Feb 2007
Storage Bin: If you want to know where the latest technological innovations are coming from, go to Europe.

Storage virtualization technologies have been purchased and implemented successfully for years - Jan 2007
Storage Bin: Storage virtualization technologies have been purchased and implemented successfully for years. The rest of the IT infrastructure must try to catch up and, ultimately, the only thing not virtualized within the data center will be the last guy standing.

Recent storage company IPOs remind us that fast and loose spending isn't behind us - Dec 2006
Storage Bin: Just when we thought the fast and loose spending of the dot-com bubble was well behind us, a few recent storage company IPOs remind us that we really haven't gotten a lot smarter.

A new startup promises recordless e-mail - Nov 2006
Storage Bin: A new startup promises recordless e-mail. Is this a stroke of genius that will reward the company with billions of Internet bucks, or is it the end of the world as we know it?

Users don't care about storage and data, they only care about their own applications - Oct 2006
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.

What's scarier--not being able to recover your data or recovering a smoking gun or two? - Sep 2006
Storage Bin: What are you most afraid of? Not being able to successfully recover your data or finding out that you can get it all back--but that you also recovered a smoking gun or two?

Some small tech upstarts might play big roles - Sep 2006
Storage Bin: The big storage vendors are always trying to steal a piece of each other's pie. But some small tech upstarts might play big parts in determining who comes out on top.

More than 50% of the time electronic discovery requests aren't satisfied. - Aug 2006
Storage Bin: In the last year, 91% of large corporations have been through an electronic discovery request. Thirty-three percent of these companies go through one or more requests per month, while 66% of midmarket companies have the same issue. And more than 50% of the time, the requests aren't satisfied.

The storage show season is gearing up with lots of interesting vendor news - Jul 2006
Storage Bin: The storage show season is gearing up. With lots of interesting vendor news, legions of users attending and a juicy rumor or two, these storage soirees aren't just informative--they're fun, too.

Time to think outside the box when it comes to data protection - Jun 2006
Storage Bin: The concept of "That's the way we've always done it" isn't going to work anymore, and it sure won't help you build an efficient disaster recovery plan. It's time to think outside the box when it comes to data protection.

Vendors need to create products specifically for SMBs - May 2006
Storage Bin: All too often, storage vendors treat small- to medium-sized businesses as second-class citizens. SMBs have the same needs as enterprises, so rather than giving them hand-me-downs, vendors need to create products specifically for this group. Vendors just might find that those products have the features that enterprises want, too.

The winners of Storage magazine's Products of the Year were surprising - Apr 2006
Storage Bin: The winners of Storage magazine's Products of the Year were surprising, as so few of them were big-name storage vendors. Here's Steve Duplessie's take on the subject.

IT vendors have spent more time and money helping to inflate the tech bubble than on building successful products - Mar 2006
Storage Bin: For a few years, the IT vendor world spent more time and money helping to inflate the tech bubble than on building successful products. When the bubble burst, it put us in a hole that we're only now digging our way out of.

Marriott's lost tapes are just the latest in a string of high-profile storage snafus - Feb 2006
Storage bin: Marriott's lost tapes are just the latest in a string of high-profile storage snafus. But with plenty of viable security solutions available, there's simply no excuse for these very public blunders.

2005 was a remarkable and productive year in storage - Jan 2006
Storage Bin: 2005 was a remarkable and productive year in storage.

Storage market is a soap opera - Dec 2005
Storage Bin: The storage market is a soap opera filled with subplots and backstabbing. But trying to win business by lying about your competitor's product or service is a loser's maneuver.

How good is your disaster recovery plan - Nov 2005
Storage Bin: Just how good is your disaster recovery plan? That is, if you even have one. But even the best-laid plans may fail in the face of overwhelming disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and Sept. 11.

How to store huge amounts of data in a smaller box - Sep 2005
Storage Bin: We've finally discovered how to store huge amounts of data in a smaller box. Now we just have to figure out how to find it all.

Storage Bin: Speak plainly, please - Feb 2005
For the new year, let's translate erroneous and misleading vendor babble into plain, simple English.

Smart storage people still aren't demanding standards - Jan 2005
Storage Bin: It boggles the mind to think that smart storage people still aren't demanding standards.

IBM takes a step forward - Dec 2004
Storage Bin: IBM takes a step forward

Storage bin: A business with a heart - Nov 2004

Storage Bin: Einstein was an awful shortstop - Oct 2004
Einstein was an awful shortstop

Storage Bin: Cool summer storage news - Sep 2004
End-of-summer storage news.

Innovative smaller companies are ready to topple the storage giants - Aug 2004
Storage Bin: There's many innovative smaller companies out there that are ready to topple the storage giants.

Ignore the information lifecycle management hype - Jul 2004
Storage Bin: Ignore the information lifecycle management hype--backup and restore are still the real problem in 95% of IT shops.

Give startups a chance. - Jun 2004
Storage bin: All Steve is saying is give startups a chance.

Disaster recovery for the masses - May 2004
Storage bin: Disaster recovery for the masses may be a reality in the not-so-distant future.

Storage vendors should have knocked EMC down when they had the chance - Apr 2004
Storage Bin: Storage vendors should have knocked EMC down when they had the chance. Now, it may be too late.

Companies are doing interesting things with object-based storage that might make ILM useful. - Mar 2004
Storage Bin: So far, all of the ILM talk has been fluff. But there are some companies that are doing interesting--and potentially revolutionary--things with object-based storage that might make ILM useful.

Geeks and spies are running storage security - Feb 2004
Storage Bin: Geeks and spies--not business people--are running storage security, and that's not a good thing.

Best and worst list for 2003 - Jan 2004
Storage Bin: Steve Duplessie's best and worst list for 2003.

EMC and NetApp still think they're competitors - Dec 2003
Storage Bin: EMC and NetApp still think they're competitors; they spend time and money planning defense strategies. Maybe if they paused to think for a minute, they'd see that they're two successful companies growing in vastly different directions.

Money machine for storage startups heating up again - Nov 2003
Storage Bin: Amazing but true: The money machine for storage startups is heating up again, but there doesn't seem to be too much correspondence between funding and potentially useful products.

IT people scrambling for a few bucks while they attempt to tackle monumental tasks - Oct 2003
Storage Bin: At the beginning of a budgeting cycle, poor IT people begin scrambling for a few bucks while they attempt to tackle monumental tasks.

Keeping more useless data online - Sep 2003
Storage Bin: We may be keeping more data online than ever before, but we are also keeping more useless data online as well.

More cool technology coming out over the next year than at any other time in storage history - Aug 2003
Storage Bin: Summer thoughts: There's more cool technology coming out over the next year than at any other time in storage history.

Intelligence belongs in the network and on the switch - Jul 2003
Storage Bin: Intelligence belongs in the network and on the switch, but it's not going to get there in a jiffy.

Compliance with government regulations for data retention become a real requirement for storage. - Jun 2003
Storage Bin: Your life might be getting more complicated. Make that will be getting more complicated, as compliance with government regulations for data retention become a real requirement for storage.

The world of storage is healthier than ever - May 2003
Storage Bin: Ignore the doomsayers.The world of storage is healthier than ever.

Why won't EMC let us time the DMX against the competition - Apr 2003
Storage Bin: Why won't EMC let us time the DMX against the competition?

Annual awards for the best and brightest in the storage industry - Mar 2003
Storage Bin: Steve Duplessie gives out his first annual awards for the best and brightest in the storage industry.

The iSCSI rollout--it's about time. - Feb 2003
Storage Bin: The iSCSI rollout--it's about time.

LTO might not be long for this world. - Jan 2003
Storage Bin: LTO might not be long for this world.

Don't let vendor doublespeak prevent you from innovating - Dec 2002
Storage Bin: Don't let vendor doublespeak prevent you from innovating.

It still comes down to good old backup and restore - Nov 2002
Storage Bin: After all these years, it still comes down to good old backup and restore.

It's not all gloom and doom for the storage industry. - Oct 2002
Storage Bin: It's not all gloom and doom for the storage industry.

Andiamo: Now you see it, now you don't - Sep 2002
Storage Bin - Andiamo: Now you see it, now you don't

Where in the world is iSCSI? - Aug 2002
Storage Bin: Where in the world is iSCSI?

Give the people what they want - better automation - Jul 2002
Storage Bin: Give the people what they want - better automation.

Security - from a storage perspective - Jun 2002
Storage Bin - Security - from a storage perspective.

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