Feature Articles

  1. Disaster Recovery Moving Into The Cloud 4/10/2011
    Cloud computing is one of the most talked-about trends in IT, and the market for cloud services is exploding. In fact, IDC says cloud computing was a $17.4B market in 2009, but is expected to grow to $44.2B in 2013. By Bob Roudebush, VP of marketing, Neverfail
  2. Do I Need A Data Center? 3/22/2011
    If you still own your own data center and this question has not already crossed your mind, then you might be spending more money than you need, subjecting your organization to unnecessary risk, or both. By Chris Witt, WAKE TSI
  3. The Cloud — Soft And Fluffy, Or Serious Contender? 3/22/2011
    With what appears to be limitless storage options, for many the cloud is an attractive proposition.By Andy Cordial, MD Origin Storage
  4. Is Your Tape Archive A Ticking Time Bomb? 3/14/2011
    Despite reports of its demise, tape remains the predominant repository for historical business information. In fact, recent research from the Enterprise Strategy Grup (ESG) shows that 82 percent of organizations still use tape to support all or at least a portion of onsite backup processes. However, many organizations still do not have the proper procedures and controls in place to keep track of their data. By Jeff Pederson, manager of Ontrack Data Recovery operations and Jim Reinert, VP of product development
  5. Guest Column: Midrange Storage Is A Balancing Act 3/7/2011
    The most important skill for today's storage administrator or engineer is balance. That’s because all storage management is a balancing act. The primary determinant of success of a storage engineer is managing certain resources to keep capacity and utilization in balance, thus reducing (and keeping) bottlenecks to a minimum. By Tony Hobart, Laurus Technologies
  6. NAND Flash: Can It Meet The Growing Storage Capacity Demands Of The Laptop PC Market? 1/24/2011
    Assuming all of that additional NAND is used for solid state drives, that $10B investment would produce enough flash memory to serve just 4% of the 95-exabyte laptop storage market projected for 2011. Spending $10B to buy 4% of notebook storage market share, or $2B in revenue, is not viable. By Seagate Technology LLC
  7. White Paper: NAND Flash: Can It Meet The Growing Storage Capacity Demands Of The Laptop PC Market? 1/24/2011
    Assuming all of that additional NAND is used for solid state drives, that $10B investment would produce enough flash memory to serve just 4% of the 95-exabyte laptop storage market projected for 2011. Spending $10B to buy 4% of notebook storage market share, or $2B in revenue, is not viable. By Seagate Technology LLC
  8. Guest Column: Staying Afloat In The Sea Of Data: Managing Your Information Risk 1/24/2011
    Corporations are drowning in data. Twenty-five years ago, individual computer storage was measured in thousands of bytes; 15 years ago, in millions; 5 years ago, in billions; today, in trillions. By Bob Tennant, CEO of Recommind
  9. Case Study: Higher Education — Overbooked College Computer Labs Make The Grade 11/19/2010
    Imagine 3,800 students competing for the use of 350 computers, sprinkled across a vast college campus in eight different labs, and you begin to understand the headaches that Leroy Sterner faced as Manager of User Services at York College. In today's academic halls of higher learning, if you don't have the computer power to compete you're not only going to quickly fall behind in class, you're going to lose students and faculty. By CRU-DataPort
  10. Case Study: Ford Motor Company Shifts Operational Efficiency Into High Gear With An IBM Storage Solution 11/19/2010
    From its financial, manufacturing, and product development processes to marketing, sales, and dealership activities, the automaker depends on its global IT organization to keep business-critical applications up and running. As part of the product-led transformation, Ford is unifying and simplifying its entire infrastructure on an open, standardized platform that will strengthen the entire enterprise. By IBM