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JULY 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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Tame e-mail storage - before it eats you alive
by David Braue
E-mail is high on the list of applications driving storage growth at most enterprises. A lot of that growth could be avoided with proper management. Fortunately, for major packages such as Exchange and Notes, help may be on the way. |
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Analyzers bulk up for storage
by Michael Movalli
On today's high-speed Fibre Channel networks, analyzers need more memory, disk and speed than ever before. |
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Pay the right price for storage
by Tony Prigmore
You can spend too much for storage, but you can also underspend. Here's how to figure what you should pay. |
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Tools, Trends & Analysis |
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Cisco Joins FC Switch Club
By the end of the year, Cisco will begin shipping the fruits of its Andiamo acquisition, the MDS 9000 series fabric switch and director products. |
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HIPAA Prompts Hospitals to Reconsider Storage
With the deadline to comply with HIPAA lurking in the not-so-distant future, the healthcare industry's IT professionals are revamping their storage infrastructures to fulfill the law's security and patient record accessibility requirements. |
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Book Review
by Kit Pitroda
Storage Area Network Fundamentals |
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Ask the Expert
by Marc Farley
Can you do a LAN-free data transfer by giving an IP address to a FC adapter? Does it decrease the speed of data transfers to LAN speeds? |
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Storage Industry Index
The mild run-up at the end of July proved temporary, as the Index yo-yoed along with the S&P 500 all throughout August |
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Columns |
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Behind the firewall
Legato still waiting for buyer ... McData joining the midrange switch game? ... Microsoft sacks StorageNetworks. |
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Snapshot
How much of your data is block-based? |
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