EMC Wants to Manage It All By Drew Robb -
Published August 25, 2008
The storage giant's first Forum 2008 highlighted flash drives, Clariion arrays, and Web 2.0 and cloud storage plans — along with an ambitious plan to unite all information under EMC management. [more Management News]
Storage Vendors Tout Green Credentials By Paul Shread -
Published August 4, 2008
A storage industry group has launched a service to validate energy-efficient storage products and help users obtain rebates from utilities for implementing them. [more Management News]
Backup Strategies for a Virtual World By Richard Adhikari -
Published July 28, 2008
Symantec says the growing use of server virtualization in enterprises means existing strategies for backup and recovery are inadequate and require an overhaul.
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VMware Gets Into Recovery By Paul Shread -
Published May 12, 2008
VMware Site Recovery Manager helps virtualized server environments recover from disasters, and storage vendors are lining up to support the new offering. [more Management News]
EMC Sees Gold in Network Management By Erin Joyce -
Published May 7, 2008
The storage vendor is looking to build more business in the network configuration space with new product releases. Memo to HP? [more Management News]
Storage Users See Green in 'Green' IT By Judy Mottl -
Published April 11, 2008
Green storage drew a lot of attention at this week's SNW conference, and with good reason — users are saving a bundle because of it.
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Closing the Green Storage Gap By Greg Schulz -
Published August 28, 2008
IT vendors are preaching 'green' technology, while users are focused on the other green — the bottom line. But the two sides are a lot closer than they realize. [more Management Features]
Solving the Storage Error Management Dilemma By Henry Newman -
Published August 18, 2008
Disk drives, tapes and storage networks can create inadvertent errors. What the storage industry needs is a comprehensive framework to discover them before they become a problem.
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NetApp's Virtual Storage Strategy Gets Real By Drew Robb -
Published August 14, 2008
Beyond quickly provisioning virtual volumes, NetApp aims to ease management while taking into account the high availability and disaster recovery complications that crop up when virtualization is thrown into the mix. [more Management Features]
Managing Storage in a Virtual World By Drew Robb -
Published March 20, 2008
Server and storage virtualization create greater efficiency and utilization, but they can also increase storage consumption and create their own management headaches. [more Management Features]
VMware's Storage Ambitions By Paul Rubens -
Published January 4, 2008
The server virtualization leader aims to manage everything in data centers — with help from storage vendors.
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Is There Life After ILM? By Drew Robb -
Published November 16, 2007
Information Lifecycle Management was once the hottest buzzword in the storage industry. Where is it now?
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Making Sense of VMware Storage Options By Greg Schulz -
Published September 25, 2007
Storage vendors have been rushing to market with products that support VMware. We give you some issues to consider as you take a closer look at them.
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Using Fear to Sell Storage By Henry Newman -
Published August 21, 2007
Storage vendors use your fear of data disaster to sell you their products. We give you three rules to follow to make sure you get beyond the hype and get what you need.
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'Green' Is Hot for Storage Managers By Marty Foltyn -
Published August 14, 2007
Soaring energy costs aren't the only reason for storage managers to be concerned about green issues. A growing number of environmental laws and regulations are targeting IT issues. [more Management Features]
Is There Intelligent Life in Storage? By Drew Robb -
Published July 31, 2007
Early signs of intelligence are finding their way into RAID data protection, switch platforms and disk arrays, with much more in the pipeline. Vendors and users are lining up, but do they see eye to eye?
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