Feature Articles

  1. Guest Column: The Storage Outlook - Partly Cloudy 2/19/2009
    What is cloud computing and how does it affect my business? The answer depends on to whom you are talking. Some people would argue that it is Web 2.0 reinvented. Others would say that it’s a new way to deliver applications. However, one thing is for sure: it needs a common definition to determine its impact on business. By Mike Workman, Chairman and CEO, Pillar Data Systems
  2. Guest Column: The Storage Outlook - Partly Cloudy 2/19/2009
    What is cloud computing and how does it affect my business? The answer depends on to whom you are talking. Some people would argue that it is Web 2.0 reinvented. Others would say that it’s a new way to deliver applications. However, one thing is for sure: it needs a common definition to determine its impact on business. By Mike Workman, Chairman and CEO, Pillar Data Systems
  3. Guest Column: The Storage Outlook - Partly Cloudy 2/19/2009
    What is cloud computing and how does it affect my business? The answer depends on to whom you are talking. Some people would argue that it is Web 2.0 reinvented. Others would say that it’s a new way to deliver applications. However, one thing is for sure: it needs a common definition to determine its impact on business. By By Mike Workman, Chairman and CEO, Pillar Data Systems
  4. Guest Column: The Storage Outlook - Partly Cloudy 2/19/2009
    What is cloud computing and how does it affect my business? The answer depends on to whom you are talking. Some people would argue that it is Web 2.0 reinvented. Others would say that it’s a new way to deliver applications. However, one thing is for sure: it needs a common definition to determine its impact on business. By Mike Workman, Chairman and CEO, Pillar Data Systems
  5. Stop The Data Management Insanity: The New Storage Economy 1/26/2009
    All of the latest recession coverage has storage vendors fixated on talking about how much money they can save budget-constrained IT managers. Too often, unfortunately, this tongue wagging amounts to over-inflated promises that fall flat when it comes to actually reducing hardware expenditures, lowering overhead or producing quantifiable efficiency gains. Why?
  6. Actual Storage Utilization And Your IT Bottom Line 1/26/2009
    IT budgets are shrinking even as the reliance on data availability grows. Now more than ever, IT managers must spend carefully to keep from negatively impacting the bottom line. One area where IT departments can realize significant savings is in storage. This document provides a simple breakdown of the actual costs paid for storage when real-world utilization and performance numbers, in addition to costs, are surfaced. By Pillar Data Systems
  7. Actual Storage Utilization And Your IT Bottom Line 1/26/2009
    IT budgets are shrinking even as the reliance on data availability grows. Now more than ever, IT managers must spend carefully to keep from negatively impacting the bottom line. One area where IT departments can realize significant savings is in storage. This document provides a simple breakdown of the actual costs paid for storage when real-world utilization and performance numbers, in addition to costs, are surfaced. By Pillar Data Systems
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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