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SEPTEMBER 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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Features |
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Bridging the gap
by Greg Schulz
Many disaster recovery and remote backup programs rely on an efficient, cost-effective WAN. Fiber-optic network technology is often required for long-distance data transmission, but you need to know what transport is best and the related implementation issues. |
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Storage for manufacturing
by Alan Radding
Manufacturing environments typically have different storage requirements than corporate apps, and have to deal with globally dispersed design teams as well as growing regulatory concerns. Here's how several prominent manufacturers have met the challenge. |
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New tools to classify data
by Brad O'Neill
Putting data on storage systems appropriate to its value requires the ability to classify data. An emerging category of applications, Information Classification and Management apps, can index enterprise information and execute precise actions based on its content. |
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Archiving unstructured data
by Jerome M. Wendt
It may no longer be enough to archive your files and e-mail to meet compliance regulations. You also need to provide a way to search archives and find related information based on specific criteria. |
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Tools, Trends & Analysis |
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Ask The Expert
Q: Is DVD, rather than CD-ROM, a viable optical format for long-term storage? |
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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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