31 July 2010
Saturday
Contrary to popular belief that the slowdown of the global economy in 2008 would also retard the process of information generation, the pace of digital information being created actually skyrocketed during this period. This includes information generated and transmitted over the Internet, phone networks and airwaves.
Organizations are experiencing a barrage of information being generated, which has impact on information infrastructure equipment and processes. Add to this the limitations on IT budgets and demand for better service levels, and legacy backup environments are starting to feel the weight.
Data deduplication is one of the hottest storage technologies of 2009. But its adoption is limited by five persistent myths that senior IT manager adhere to. P K Gupta, BURA director at EMC Asia Pacific Japan, debunks these myths and offers relevant insight into how data deduplication can save a company money while improving business performance.
Despite studies showing organizations grappling with rapid increases in amounts of digital data, there are opportunities for companies to stop buying storage.
Amid the exponential growth of digital content, enterprises need a storage strategy that enables not only sustainable data growth but also easy access to relevant content. Such a strategy may encompass one or more evolving technologies.
EMC won its bidding war against NetApp to acquire data dedupe specialist Data Domain for $2.1 billion, but faces integration challenges. Meanwhile, NetApp ponders its Plan B.
Acronis Backup & Recover 10 combines data deduplication, enhanced support for virtual environments, and centralized management.
Looking to outbid rival NetApp, EMC boosts its offer for data deduplication vendor Data Domain to US$2.1 billion, or $33.50 per share.
The cost of managing storage and the amount of storage enterprises have to manage continue to balloon. But the reality is that data decays in value over time. Yet, much of these data is retained -- often on expensive primary storage -- due to business and compliance policies or plain neglect.
End-to-end unified data management solutions that extend across all tiers of storage but run on a common platform are helping enterprises save storage cost, increase operational efficiencies and meet compliance requirements.
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Knowledge Central
This statement of direction describes the SAP vision, strategy, development, and commitment for enterprise performance management solutions and their future roles and positions within the overall SAP® solution portfolio by laying out a three-year road map.
Protecting corporate data requires much more than backing up data to secondary storage. Eliminating duplicate data and keeping data archives compact is key.
This case study features a top-ranked hospital for patient safety & clinical excellence, and how it ensures patient data security while lowering storage and administrative costs by up to 75 percent.
QLogic Fibre Channel stackable switches are providing the backbone for the International Broadcast Center's storage area network at the 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa.
