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OCTOBER 2009 |
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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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E-mail: It's worse than you think
by Eric Knorr
According to a 2003 study by Meta Group, 80% of businesspeople say e-mail is more essential than the telephone. However, storage managers are struggling to keep pace with the growth in message volume and retention requirements. however. |
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Why consolidate?
Organizations trying to consolidate storage often find themselves creating SAN islands that perpetuate traditional stovepipes. Does this solve the problem? |
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Grid computing will change storage
by Marc Staimer
Often described as the Internet on steroids, grid computing has the buzz as the next big thing to change the world of computing as we know it. Here's how storage management will change in the grid world. |
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Can tools streamline provisioning?
by Jerome M. Wendt
Virtualization was last year's buzz word, and it looks like provisioning may be this year's. We dissect what these tools actually do and how to choose which ones that are likely to actually be useful in your environment. |
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Tools, Trends & Analysis |
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Early Adopters Unequivocally Up About iSCSI Arrays
After years of listening to iSCSI hype, some IT professionals are embracing a new generation of IP-based storage subsystems, a group that includes the PeerStorage Array 100E, an iSCSI array from Nashua, NH-based EqualLogic. |
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SRM Vendors Set Sights on Secondary Storage
Storage resource management (SRM) has become a standard offering for primary storage from all of the major SAN management vendors. Now, a number of startups and established backup software makers have taken the features of SRM and aimed them at secondary storage. |
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Diagnostic Tool Shines Light on SDLT
Quantum is shipping a suite of drive and media diagnostic tools that the company says will help IT managers more easily manage their tape resources. |
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Behind the Firewall
Telcos make switch choices ...Why the FBI was at EMC ... Startups to watch ... Tape shows surprising strength. |
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