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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. |
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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. |
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Storage Bin
- Mar 2007
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Feb 2007
If you want to know where the latest technological innovations are coming from, go to Europe. |
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Storage Bin
- Jan 2007
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Dec 2006
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Nov 2006
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? |
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Storage Bin
- Oct 2006
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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Storage Bin
- Sep 2006
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? |
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Storage Bin
- Sep 2006
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Aug 2006
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Jul 2006
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Jun 2006
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. |
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Storage Bin
- May 2006
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Apr 2006
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Mar 2006
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. |
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Storage bin
- Feb 2006
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Dec 2005
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Nov 2005
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Sep 2005
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Jan 2005
It boggles the mind to think that smart storage people still aren't demanding standards. |
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Storage Bin
- Aug 2004
There's many innovative smaller companies out there that are ready to topple the storage giants. |
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Storage Bin
- Jul 2004
Ignore the information lifecycle management hype--backup and restore are still the real problem in 95% of IT shops. |
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Storage bin
- May 2004
Disaster recovery for the masses may be a reality in the not-so-distant future. |
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Storage Bin
- Apr 2004
Storage vendors should have knocked EMC down when they had the chance. Now, it may be too late. |
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Storage Bin
- Mar 2004
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Feb 2004
Geeks and spies--not business people--are running storage security, and that's not a good thing. |
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Storage Bin
- Dec 2003
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Nov 2003
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Oct 2003
At the beginning of a budgeting cycle, poor IT people begin scrambling for a few bucks while they attempt to tackle monumental tasks. |
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Storage Bin
- Sep 2003
We may be keeping more data online than ever before, but we are also keeping more useless data online as well. |
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Storage Bin
- Aug 2003
Summer thoughts: There's more cool technology coming out over the next year than at any other time in storage history. |
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Storage Bin
- Jul 2003
Intelligence belongs in the network and on the switch, but it's not going to get there in a jiffy. |
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Storage Bin
- Jun 2003
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. |
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Storage Bin
- Mar 2003
Steve Duplessie gives out his first annual awards for the best and brightest in the storage industry. |
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Storage Bin
- Nov 2002
After all these years, it still comes down to good old backup and restore. |
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