WHITE PAPER - Read this document to find out how your company can take advantage of iSCSI storage.
Posted: November 25, 2008 | Published: November 25, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel | SAN | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Systems | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This paper shows a simple and effective way to develop a capacity plan for a data center or network room.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Management | Storage Systems | TCO | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - An understanding of the 9 types of cooling systems and their attributes can be used to develop guidelines for when each type should be used, and such guidelines are provided in this paper for both raised floor and hard floor applications.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Managers | LAN | Storage Systems | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - In this session, you'll learn what every storage pro needs to know about how new legal requirements regarding electronically stored information affect the storage systems they manage.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Electronic Discovery | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Systems | Tape Backups

WHITE PAPER - Primary Storage Optimization (PSO) technologies keep storage capacity requirements as low as possible and guarantee zero impact on application performance.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Hardware | ROI | SSO | Storage Capacity | Storage Management Services | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes how Sun is leading the open storage revolution, combining open-source software with industry-standard system components to reduce storage costs by up to 90 percent.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  High Performance Computing | Linux | Open Source Software | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Hardware | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | VMware | Windows

WHITE PAPER - HP and VMware have the technology and services you need to put virtualization to work to consolidate your IT environment in a manner that reduces costs, simplifies your IT environment and increases business agility.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 18, 2008


Topics:  IT Service Management | Networking | SAN | Storage Systems | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper presents the power consumption characteristics of several types of modern disk-based data storage systems in large data centers.
Posted: November 14, 2008 | Published: November 13, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Data Storage | Disk Drives | SAN | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - Ocarina Optimizer and Reader addresses the need to store data more efficiently. It is an appliance that runs the optimization algorithms. The technology and approach is not about deduplication or compression, which will be explained in this IDC profile.
Posted: November 13, 2008 | Published: November 13, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Warehouses | NAS | SAN | Storage Systems | Tape Backups | Tape Drives

WHITE PAPER - Organizations tend to create a great amount of similar data and deduplication makes it easier to manage this data when they do. Read this white paper to learn about deduplication and how you can use it as a fundamental tool in your storage architecture.
Posted: November 6, 2008 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  Backups | Data Management | Data Protection | Databases | Email Archiving | NAS | Storage | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - Learn how Dot Hill has developed a provider for the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) which can greatly improve backup management processes for Microsoft Exchange environments.
Posted: October 21, 2008 | Published: October 21, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | Microsoft Exchange | Server Virtualization | Storage Systems | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes how Thin Provisioning works and what benefits it delivers as well as the facts that need to be taken into account for a successful implementation.
Posted: October 14, 2008 | Published: October 14, 2008


Topics:  Databases | NAS | ROI | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Systems | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses how Mimosa NearPoint can reduce Exchange storage and keep email accessible to end users, without requiring stub files in Exchange.
Posted: October 7, 2008 | Published: October 3, 2008


Topics:  Email Archiving | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Outlook | Server Management | Storage Management | Storage Systems | User Experience | Web Browsers

WHITE PAPER - Symantec Data Loss Prevention delivers a unified solution to discover, monitor, and protect confidential data wherever it is stored or used.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Published: September 24, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Endpoint Security | Identity Theft | Information Security | Lotus Notes | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines how data archiving has evolved form simply saving data to making sure information is readily available. It examines new technologies that are optimized for both data retention, as well as accessibility.
Posted: September 23, 2008 | Published: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Data Recovery | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Electronic Discovery | Email Archiving | Email Archiving Software | HIPAA Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores SAS -- a relatively new entry into the disk drive market -- as a very viable replacement for Fibre Channel based (FC) disk drives.
Posted: September 10, 2008 | Published: September 9, 2008


Topics:  Disk Drives | Fibre Channel | IT Managers | SAN | Storage Management | Storage Security | Storage Spending | Storage Systems | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This paper summarizes the benefits and challenges of traditional virtualization strategies, the advantages of Sun's approach, and the core capabilities of the Sun xVM portfolio.
Posted: September 8, 2008 | Published: September 8, 2008


Topics:  Authentication | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | Interoperability | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - In this paper learn about how the CA Automated Storage Optimization Mainframe Suite is flexible and modular so there is no need to "rip and replace" as processes, applications and users are added while the value of information evolves.
Posted: August 28, 2008 | Published: August 28, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Cost Benefit Analysis | IT Infrastructure | Mainframe Computers | Operational Support Systems | Storage Management | Storage Media | Storage Systems | Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - Because all data is not created equal, it's best to consider a tape encryption strategy that's aligned with business practices, security objectives and compliance drivers. Read this paper to learn best practices for mainframe tape encryption.
Posted: August 28, 2008 | Published: August 28, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Cost Benefit Analysis | Encryption Standards | Loss Prevention | Mainframe Computers | Security | Storage Systems | Tape Backups | Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains Ten hidden e-discovery hazards reviewing everything from databases and storage to instant messages and smartphones which can help ward off e-discovery surprises.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Databases | ERP | Instant Messaging | Metadata | Storage Systems | Systems Management | VoIP

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper examines and quantifies the costs and benefits of backup with deduplication storage as strategic assets for data protection. Three organizations in different industries are discussed as case studies.
Posted: August 26, 2008 | Published: August 26, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Data Security | Enterprise | Financial Services | ROI | Storage Systems | Tape Libraries | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This IDC White Paper takes a specific look at the business value associated with the movement from a nonvirtualized server infrastructure to a server infrastructure where hypervisor technology is an integral component of the overall system architecture.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Application Server Hardware | Application Server Software | Change Management | Data Centers | Data Migration | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Systems | TCO | Testing | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com, explains how putting virtual machines on your Storage Area Network (SAN) will give you high availability (HA) that protects your virtual machines if one of the physical machines goes down.
Posted: July 9, 2008 | Published: July 9, 2008


Topics:  Data Storage | High Availability | Microprocessors | Networking Hardware | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The simple All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) software interface has been designed from the ground up to allow IT generalists to harness the power of network storage without having to learn new, complex storage architectures.
Posted: July 2, 2008 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Processes | Disaster Recovery | ERP | SAP (Product) | Storage Management | Storage Systems | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the business considerations of implementing de-duplication, including the key components of a data de-duplication ROI analysis and a list of questions every organization should ask potential vendors.
Posted: April 7, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2008


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | Disk-to-Disk Backup | ROI | Storage Systems | WAN