Virtualization Strategies for the CIO
Tiered Storage Research
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Take Control of Storage Growth to Contain Costs and Enhance Agility
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc.In this white paper, you will discover the answer to the most difficult storage challenges and learn why you should consider storage virtualization as the foundation for your next-gen storage architecture.
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Evolving SRM to Meet Enterprise; IT's Long-term Challenges
Sponsored by: IBMIn this white paper, you will gain insight on how storage resource management (SRM) application has been evolving over the years to address the challenges expressed by IBMs storage productivity center administrators who are tasked with managing growth, complexity, and storage environments in the most cost effective way possible.
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The Power of Simple With The EMC VNX Family
Sponsored by: EMC CorporationIn this short white paper, you will discover the top reasons to consider unified storage. Read now to gain insight into five key benefits that will take your storage infrastructure to the next level.
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Why Storage Matters for Cloud
Sponsored by: IBMThis webcast explores the benefits storage virtualization offers that line up with key cloud requirements and how you can achieve more ROI from your current or future cloud deployments.
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Canucks Sports & Entertainment wins at the storage expansion game
Sponsored by: IBMThis brief case study explores the challenges of unprecedented digital media data growth that a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada sports & entertainment organization experienced and the implementation of a comprehensive storage solution to alleviate IT headaches.
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Hitachi's Approach to Storage Capacity Efficiency
Sponsored by: Hitachi Data SystemsThis report examines and details the Hitachi approach to delivering storage capacity efficiency via its USP V and VSP platforms. In doing so, it will highlight how Hitachi looks at the overall economics of storage by reducing relevant operating expenses which they address with the characteristics of their storage systems and software.
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Hitachi Storage Virtualization
Sponsored by: Hitachi Data SystemsWatch this video to learn how one vendor's storage virtualization solution gives you access to all of your resources from a single interface, significantly simplifies management and reduces the overall costs of your IT environment.
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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Leveraging “The Power of Ethernet”
Sponsored by: CoraidBefore you virtualize your desktops, it is imperative to make sure you have a storage system that can accommodate the new demands that a virtual desktop infrastructure brings. Failure to do so could result in performance issues and staggering costs. Read now to learn more.
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SanDisk X110 Solid State Drive
Sponsored by: SanDisk CorporationSanDisk X110 Solid State Drives, based on 19nm MLC NAND flash, bring all the benefits and speed of high performance SSDs to ultrabooks, notebooks and desktops at a competitive price. This resource outlines the SanDisk X110 SSD's features and specifications, and how it stacks up against comparable brands.
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The Tod Point Group: IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Provides Enterprise-Class Value in an Exchange Environment
Sponsored by: IBMThis white paper explores 4 of the biggest challenges that customers face when considering using Exchange Server 2010, and how the Storwize V7000 storage system addresses these challenges. Read now to learn more.
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Fundamentals for Building a Highly Effective and Cost-Efficient Disaster Recovery Solution
Sponsored by: Dell and VMwareThis comprehensive white paper reveals the 3 key building blocks for creating and sustaining a cost-efficient disaster recovery plan for your small or midsize business. Read now to learn more.
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Evaluator Group - Achieving VDI - TCO Objectives
Sponsored by: Astute Networks, IncToo often, administrators make the mistake of deploying VDI without giving due consideration to storage. This white paper explores technologies such as storage tiering and solid state storage that can help storage architectures deliver adequate TCO in VDI environments. Read now to learn more.
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Optimizing Storage for Better TCO in Oracle Environments: Part 1: Management
Sponsored by: ORACLE APACThis white paper examines the management advantages of using Oracle storage with Oracle software. Businesses that are running Oracle software will achieve a lower TCO with Oracle storage because of the seamless integration built into Oracle products. Read now to learn more.
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Storage Tiering for Dummies
Sponsored by: Oracle Corporation UK LtdAccess this complete electronic version of "Storage Tiering for Dummies" and learn how to implement tiered storage, improve storage performance, drive down storage costs and more.
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The Era of Collosal Content Arrives
Sponsored by: Oracle Corporation UK LtdIn this paper, explore tier-3 archive challenges and how to beat them, learn about the impending "era of colossal content," find 12 comparisons between tape and HDD, and get the scoop on modern tiered storage approach that optimizes the storage infrastructure through a combination of SSD, disk and tape.
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Silverton: IBM Easy Tier Automated Storage Tiering
Sponsored by: IBMMany organizations have turned to automated storage tiering to minimize SSD cost while providing high I/O performance. With automated storage tiering, you can have the application performance of flash using only a minimal amount of SSD capacity. Check out this white paper to explore what automated tiered storage can do for your organization.
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Take Control of Storage Growth to Contain Costs and Enhance Agility
Sponsored by: Dell and VMwareThere's a new approach for SMBs overwhelmed by quickly growing storage requirements: Open, standards-based storage infrastructures built on networked & virtualized storage. Learn how this setup can allow your company to right-size its storage investment relative to the value of your data, and save you time with automated storage tiering.
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FAQ Guide: The Changing Face of Scale Out Network-Attached Storage
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc.This expert E-Guide features an interview transcript with Enterprise Strategy Group senior analyst Terri McClure. Read now to learn her predictions about scale-out NAS over the next few years.
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Compellent Fluid Data Technology: Helping Your Bottom Line and the Environment
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc.Dell's Fluid Data technology can help you overcome the challenges created by rapid data growth. With innovative technologies like automated tiered storage, thin provisioning and storage virtualization, Compellent can help you create a greener data center with a positive impact on your bottom line and the environment.
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Clipper Group: Storwize V7000 capitalizes on Real-time Compression
Sponsored by: IBMThis white paper explores how you can easily and affordably reduce the amount of physical storage required to preserve and protect a given amount of data, and deploy storage more effectively for much less cost. Read now to learn more.
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The Tod Point Group: IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Provides Enterprise-Class Value in a VMware Environment
Sponsored by: IBMThis white paper explores the 4 biggest challenges of deploying server virtualization using VMware vSphere and the best practices for overcoming them. Read now to learn more.
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Case Study: Increasing Productivity By Cutting Unnecessary Management Time
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc.Fortlax is one of the largest commercial data centers in Sweden. They offer a wide range of hosting solutions, including online backups and virtual machine infrastructures. Check out this short white paper to learn how Fortlax was able to seamlessly and affordably modernize its storage infrastructure and the benefits they now enjoy.
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NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN Champion of Champions
Sponsored by: NetAppThis informative white paper outlines NetApp’s Clustered SAN systems ability to supply a compelling solution to meet current mission critical storage needs as well as future enterprise storage requirements.
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Storage Magazine January
Sponsored by: SearchStorage.comThis issue of Storage Magazine clarifies some of the confusion around measuring solid state storage performance. Explore newly released storage industry benchmarks and gain detailed insight into why SSD is a driver for auto-tiering, the current state of the online file-sharing market, and much more.
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Do I Know You? Solid-state Vendors Need Brands or OEM Contracts
Sponsored by: The 451 GroupLate last year, 451 Research evaluated two solid-state storage variants: Solid-sate drives and solid-state cache in networked storage. This paper breaks down the detailed examination, and you can access the key findings here. Read on to learn who the top-ranked vendors are, find 8 top SSD drive criteria and hear what your peers said about SSD!
