Contributed Editorial

  1. Thoughts For A National CTO 1/21/2009
    First and foremost, I think it's absolutely necessary that the National CTO candidate have a strong technology background. This sounds like an obvious standard but, as you and I both know, the role of a CTO frequently trends more towards marketing than technology. By Jered Floyd, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Permabit
  2. Solid State Disk And Flash Reliability Examined 1/13/2009
    Flash-based SSD has attracted much greater attention in the marketplace recently because the rapidly dropping cost in component pricing is allowing companies to offer compelling new storage solutions. By Neal Ekker is a vice president at Texas Memory Systems
  3. Solid State Disk And Flash Reliability Examined 1/13/2009
    Flash-based SSD has attracted much greater attention in the marketplace recently because the rapidly dropping cost in component pricing is allowing companies to offer compelling new storage solutions. By Neal Ekker is a vice president at Texas Memory Systems
  4. Is FCoE Our Savior Or Another Empty Promise? 1/13/2009
    If you have a clean sheet of paper, do you design two or three different networks to connect your gear or do you just change the protocols and layers on a single network as the applications demand? Of course you design one physical network and layer the protocols to accomplish the networking task at hand. By Mike Workman, Chairman and CEO, Pillar Data Systems
  5. Is FCoE Our Savior Or Another Empty Promise? 1/13/2009
    If you have a clean sheet of paper, do you design two or three different networks to connect your gear or do you just change the protocols and layers on a single network as the applications demand? Of course you design one physical network and layer the protocols to accomplish the networking task at hand. By Mike Workman, Chairman and CEO, Pillar Data Systems
  6. Smart Shortcuts To More Cost-Effective eDiscovery 1/6/2009
    There's nothing like a new cost metric for eDiscovery to get me on my soapbox about reducing the risk, liability and unnecessary cost associated with producing electronically stored information (ESI). A recent article in Information Week shed new light on the exorbitant costs involved with eDiscovery, citing an internal Verizon benchmark that revealed it cost the company between $5,000 and $7,000 per gigabyte to process and produce ESI!
  7. Separating Backup And Archiving: Securing Your Digital Information 12/18/2008
    Due to the enormous growth of digital data, combined with shrinking backup windows and the recognition that all data needs to be 'discoverable' at any time, IT departments today need to reevaluate existing data protection and archiving processes – or perhaps address digital archiving at the IT level for the first time – and separate backup from archiving rather than "burying it in the basement" as records management. By Steve Blumenau, Vice President Technology, Digital Archiving, Iron Mountain Digital
  8. Separating Backup And Archiving: Securing Your Digital Information 12/18/2008
    Due to the enormous growth of digital data, combined with shrinking backup windows and the recognition that all data needs to be 'discoverable' at any time, IT departments today need to reevaluate existing data protection and archiving processes – or perhaps address digital archiving at the IT level for the first time – and separate backup from archiving rather than "burying it in the basement" as records management. By Steve Blumenau, Vice President Technology, Digital Archiving, Iron Mountain Digital
  9. Stop The Data Management Insanity: Follow Apple's Lead — Focus On Multi-Purpose Solutions 12/17/2008
    Apple got it right with the innovative iPhone as it empowers the highest degree of multitasking with a simple touch.
  10. Stop The Data Management Insanity: Holiday Fund Drive 12/10/2008
    At this time of year, many IT departments conduct their own holiday fund drives to secure much-needed budget dollars for projects in the New Year. Before building detailed, cost-benefit analyses to justify any increased technology spends, I suggest stepping back to take a more holistic view of your enterprise data management challenges. By David West, Vice President of Marketing & Business Development, CommVault