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JUNE 2008 |
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FEATURES |
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TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS |
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Find out more about this month's Storage Magazine advertisers by clicking on the company names below to contact them and request more information on their products and services. |
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December 2005 |
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Behind the Firewall
Hewlett-Packard eyes Brocade .... Is StoreAge headed for London's merry-old stock exchange? ... Rainfinity brings stormy days to EMC. |
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Hot Spots
by Jon Oltsik
Part one of Jon Oltsik's predictions for the top storage trends of 2006 are revealed. Keep an eye on smart storage networks, iSCSI and security. |
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Best Practices
by Stephen Foskett
ILM product initiatives today generally amount to little more than repackaging old products with new names, says Stephen Foskett. But you can still get ready for real ILM with tiered storage, consolidation and a service-oriented approach. |
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Storage Bin
by Steve Duplessie
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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November 2005 |
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Behind the Firewall
Quantum working on encryption ... Who's IBM's mysterious development partner for Virtualization Engine TS7510? ... Symantec/Veritas sales execs close deals to quell Wall Street critics. |
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Hot Spots
by Jon Oltsik
Storage professionals are finally beginning to pay attention to security, but they need to consider risk from a business perspective and include people, processes and technologies in their assessments. |
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Best Practices
by Jim Damoulakis
Continuous data protection (CDP) applications are quickly becoming a force in the backup market. In fact, CDP is poised to replace traditional backup methods. |
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Snapshot
How many backup apps do you have? |
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Storage Bin
by Steve Duplessie
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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October 2005 |
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Behind the firewall
Has Invista fallen behind schedule? ... Tacit hooks up remote users ... Intel wants you—in Bangalore ... Symantec fixes its sales compensation plan. |
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Hot Spots
by Jon Oltsik
A new survey indicates that recent high-visibility security breaches have caused storage managers to take storage security seriously. |
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Best Practices
by Stephen Foskett
There's a tug-of-war going on over the storage network. Network people want to manage it, and so does the storage staff. But who should control the SAN? |
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Storage Bin: Behind the scenes
by Steve Duplessie
Some small startups are smart, and they're responsible for much of today's storage innovation. But the storage giants might be even smarter—they're selling the startups' products. |
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September 2005 |
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September 2005 |
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Hot Spots
Data Protection Manager--a new product from Microsoft--proves once again that Microsoft should be taken seriously when it comes to storage. |
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Best Practices
Regulatory compliance isn't just about data retention. To ensure your compliance plan can stand up to an audit, consider these vital steps for creating an effective compliance strategy. |
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Storage Bin
by Steve Duplessie
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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Behind the firewall
EMC acquires Rainfinity in fire sale ... VoIP and SATA arrays inflate storage archives ... Who won the bid for HP's new midrange tape library? |
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Snapshot
How often do you do full backups? |
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August 2005 |
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Best Practices
by Stephen Foskett
It's time to take Windows' storage features seriously. Two key technologies-Multipath I/O and the Volume Shadow Copy Service-demonstrate why Windows is much more storage-friendly than people think. |
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Behind the firewall
Engenio turning NetApp business away ... EMC's Invista meets Maranti's CoreStor switch ... Intel and LeftHand bond. |
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Hot Spots
by Jon Oltsik
Times have changed. Storage resource management tools--once dismissed as hype--are becoming more and more useful. |
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Storage Bin
by Steve Duplessie
A handful of big companies dominate much of the storage market, but some of the smaller guys have proven that they can innovate and have caught the eye of savvy storage managers. |
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July 2005 |
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Behind the firewall
Invista: What's in a name? ... Apple slicing up its business ... Can you spare $500,000 for a Magic Quandrant? |
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Hot Spots
by Jon Oltsik
Is your firm focusing on performance and availability instead of security? Do you consider security "someone else's job"? If you answered "Yes" to these questions, you need a storage security wake-up call. |
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June 2005 |
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Behind the firewall
StorageTek for sale? ... Cisco still bypassing disk ... Iron Mountain or Sandy Slope? ... Centera's space issue. |
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Best Practices
by Stephen Foskett
Metrics can improve your organization's service and user satisfaction. Here are some key performance indicators that will help you hone your storage environment. |
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May 2005 |
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Behind the Firewall
Making the switch to QLogic ... IBM-Network Appliance licensing deal ... Nexsan pulling in petabytes. |
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Hot Spots
by Jon Oltsik
The benefits of disk-based backup are appealing, but moving from tape to disk takes planning. These six tips will help you build a solid game plan to ease your transition. |
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April 2005 |
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Behind the Firewall
EMC auditioning for the tape encryption bandwagon ... Veritas Backup Exec: Get out your crystal ball ... Has Adaptec bailed on its iSCSI business? |
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Hot Spots
by Jon Oltsik
If you think host security is more than adequate to protect your storage, think again. Your backup and tape rotation practices could be putting your data at risk. |
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Best Practices
by Stephen Foskett
Windows often gets a bad rap when it comes to storage, but you can tap into Windows' hidden resources to make it more enterprise-worthy. |
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Snapshot
How do you manage remote office storage? |
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March 2005 |
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Behind the Firewall
HP's search for a new CEO ... Xiotech explores its customers' IP storage and ILM needs ... VMware defending its turf? |
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Hot Spots
by Jon Oltsik
Smart storage managers will keep an eye on the emerging consumer market for NAS appliances. The developments there are likely to bubble up to SMBs and enterprises. |
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Best Practices
Replicating data using storage controller-based and network-based products may be the most popular options, but don't overlook host-based replication. Here's why. |
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Snapshot
Why did you make your last storage purchase? |
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February 2005 |
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