JOURNAL ARTICLE - We can learn from manufacturing processes and use a supply chain to storage to better align it with strategic business goals. To implement this model, a storage services plan needs to be multidimensional and encompass performance.
Posted: November 13, 2006 | Published: November 1, 2006


Topics:  Storage Architectures | Storage Infrastructure | Supply Chain Management

JOURNAL ARTICLE - You can conquer IT infrastructure challenges by rethinking ownership and functional processes.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Server Virtualization | Storage Infrastructure

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Encryption can protect your data, but it can also play havoc with other storage applications.
Posted: October 16, 2006 | Published: October 1, 2006


Topics:  Data Encryption | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Security

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Enterprise resource planning apps often hold a company's most important information and have unique storage requirements. In this first installment of a three-part series, we look at ways to protect ERP data while improving performance.
Posted: December 12, 2006 | Published: December 1, 2006


Topics:  Backups | DB2 | ERP | ILM | SAP (Product) | Storage Infrastructure

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Who will run the storage shop? Not too long ago, storage managers were kept company by the sound of spinning disks and whirring tape drives.
Posted: April 12, 2007 | Published: April 1, 2007


Topics:  Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

JOURNAL ARTICLE - EMC and Hitachi use very different architectures for their top-of-the-line arrays. Here's how they measure up.
Posted: January 15, 2007 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Controllers | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage

JOURNAL ARTICLE - I/O obstacles could throw a monkey wrench into virtual server environments, but there are alternatives to traditional methods.
Posted: March 26, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel SAN | Host Adapters | Infiniband Architecture | Server Virtualization | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Provisioning | Storage Virtualization

JOURNAL ARTICLE - New specs from a standards group could bring easy-to-manage, built-in security to storage devices.
Posted: January 15, 2007 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Encryption | ILM | Information Security | Storage Devices | Storage Industry | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Security | Storage Standards

JOURNAL ARTICLE - As file servers multiply, they become more difficult to manage. File virtualization appliances make it much easier to migrate files and recapture stranded storage capacity.
Posted: March 14, 2007 | Published: March 1, 2007


Topics:  File Server Hardware | File Server Software | NAS | NAS Software | Storage Appliances | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

JOURNAL ARTICLE - You can achieve considerable cost savings if different tiers of storage are parceled out to business units on a pay-for-use basis.
Posted: December 20, 2007 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  IT Utility Services | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management Services | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Spending | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Users don't care about storage and data?they only care about their own applications, so it's essential to deliver IT as a transparent service.
Posted: October 16, 2006 | Published: October 1, 2006


Topics:  Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

JOURNAL ARTICLE - What about evolution? The storage world turns on events big and small, and it's turning faster than ever.
Posted: March 14, 2007 | Published: March 1, 2007


Topics:  Change Management | Storage Industry | Storage Infrastructure

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Infrastructure 3.0 is a good reason not to retire.
Posted: March 26, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Storage Industry | Storage Infrastructure

JOURNAL ARTICLE - A huge portion of the issues we face today in storage and throughout our infrastructure are caused by us trying to use the same systems, architectures and methodologies we're used to for data that has all new requirements.
Posted: May 18, 2007 | Published: May 1, 2007


Topics:  Storage Industry | Storage Infrastructure

JOURNAL ARTICLE - The storage capacity needed for electronic medical records could be big ... real big.
Posted: September 2, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Network Infrastructure | Storage Infrastructure