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IDC White Paper
The Economic Impact of File Virtualization:
Reducing Storage Costs and Improving
Management Efficiency
In interviews with leading companies from around the world, IDC's Richard Villars discovered that the rapid growth in file-based information is exposing the weaknesses of many existing storage management practices, with direct economic consequences. However, Villars discovered that companies which implement intelligent file virtualization realized dramatic cost savings and huge gains in efficiency
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CompTIA
Data migration has become one of the hottest challenges in IT as companies struggle to cope with growing storage demands while staying current with the latest storage trends and technology. Read this article for some interesting migration tips, considerations and misconceptions.
Enterprise Storage Forum
Data storage as we know it today was never made to manage information; the problem was managing data. If you started building the perfect storage world today, you would focus on managing information. There would still be the need for taking care of the bits and bytes but that would be a management subset of the information management.
SearchCIO-Midmarket.com
With slow economic growth predicted through much of this year, IT organziations will inevitably be faced with budget cuts. Now is the time to get creative and trim along the edges, according to analysts and midmarket CIOs.
SearchStorage.com
IT departments can now assign real values to the storage assets that are actually being used by applications and departments. This allows IT to not only identify the true costs of storage but possibly recover them, as well.
Computerworld
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh say they have invented a method to switch electricity on and off at nano-scale dimensions...and a child's toy helped shaped their discovery.
Storage Switzerland
We have virtual servers, file virtualization, virtual networks, and virtual storage. Now take a peek at what this author feels is the next logical progression of this technology: virtual domains.
InfoWorld
In this recent submission to InfoWorld's "Off the Record: Real Life Tales from the Tech Trenches" blog, the writer describes what happens when a six month move is condensed to 45 days...and failure is not an option. Interesting reading.
InfoWorld
These jobs can't compete with the jobs featured on The Discovery's Channel's "Dirty Jobs" but they will certainly strike a chord with anyone in IT. One thing is for sure; if you have the skill and can do the job you will always be in need.
Copyright 2008 Promethean Data Solutions, Inc. All articles in the Storage Newsletter are copyright of their respective owners and are referenced with the permission of the publishers.
Promethean Data Solutions, Inc 602-463-6558 www.PrometheanDataSolutions.com
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SNW Spring '08 Update:
Not-to-be missed Session
Heading to Storage Networking World in Orlando next month? Make sure you catch this insightful session by Rick Gillett, Vice President, Data Systems Architecture, F5 Networks:
Understanding the Benefits of File Virtualization and WAN Optimization Convergence
Tuesday, April 8, 3:05 - 3:50 p.m.
Plus, visit us in Booth 701 to learn how F5 Acopia intelligent file virtualization can help you reduce storage costs by 50% or more. Don't forget to pick up your new "Data Tetris" t-shirt!
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"Future-Proofing the Data Centre" European Tour:
Coming Soon to a City Near You!
53 Days. 19 Countries. 23 Locations. The F5 team is going on the road to share our vision on Data Centre 2010. Join us for this half-day session to learn about the challenges that will fundamentally change the way data centres are architected.
Seminars begin April 7 and will be held in the following countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Portugal, UAE, Saudi Arabia, France, Switzerland, Israel, and Germany.
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Mark Your Calendar
Interop Las Vegas
April 29 - May 3, 2008
Don't Miss F5 Vice President Rick Gillett presenting: FAN: An Architecture for Scalable, Service-Oriented Data Management
Wednesday, April 30, at 12:15 p.m.
Visit F5 Networks in Booth 627
Storage Networking 2008
April 22, 2008 - Vancouver, BC
April 24, 2008 - Calgary, AB
April 29, 2008 - Montreal, QC
May 1, 2008 - Ottawa ON
May 6, 2008 - Toronto, ON
Visit F5 Acopia Data Solutions in the Exhibit Area
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For more information about F5 Networks and the Acopia solutions, or to find an office in your area, please visit us at www.f5.com or send email to questions@f5.com
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