31 July 2010
Saturday
Craig McKeena is a certified consulting IT storage specialist for IBM. He describes the state of storage provisioning and how thin provisioning is built around the principles of virtualization for storage. He believes that many vendors have a thin provisioning solution and suggests enterprise test the solution before buying it. (duration: 4min 11sec)
Deleting or formating a hard drive does not mean successfully destroying data. Yeong Chee Wai, marketing director for Acronis Asia, discusses some of the common misconceptions surrounding how to destroy data securely.
Successful IT Departments are distinguished by their ability to put the right information in front of the right decision-makers at the right time, while not allowing that information to be lost. This whitepaper looks at Commvault's unified software architecture, Simpana, that increases flexibility, scalability and security, allowing IT to regain control and focus on meeting business needs.
Natural calamities, terrorism, wars, and labor strikes. These are just some of the commonly recurring events across many Asian countries. Having a business continuity is a requisite of doing business in Asia. But many think that having a disaster recovery plan is the same as a BC plan. Sathish Murthy, technical consultant at NetApp, discusses some of the latest trends surrounding storage technology as it relates to BC/DR.
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.
In the eGuide, sponsored by Bakbone, industry experts share their views on the advantages and disadvantages of each, and discuss topics ranging from disk-based backup to outsourcing of this vital procedure.
Classifying data for tiered storage may sound simple, but it's not. Learn best practices for effective tiered storage, including capacity planning and data archiving technology.
EMC Ionix IT management software helps users accelerate the migration from physical IT to virtual IT to cloud infrastructures.
This paper looks at some of the issues facing small and medium-size enterprises and provides an overview of typical storage consolidation methodologies. It also points out some tips on what SMES can look for as effective consolidation strategies.
Best practices for email archiving start with setting email retention policies -- and then sticking to them -- to help your company respond to legal discovery requests and lessen the burden on data storage systems.
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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.
