PRESENTATION - When one looks at the main benefits of a SAN people often cite performance, but performance means many things to many people in the IT world.
Posted: June 2, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | NAS | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management Software | Storage Provisioning | Storage Switches | Storage Virtualization | WAN

PRESENTATION - The discussion will introduce the concepts needed to interpret storage system performance claims and the tools and processes required for hands-on performance analysis.
Posted: June 2, 2008 | Published: May 29, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | NAS | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management Software | Storage Provisioning | Storage Switches | Storage Virtualization | WAN

PRESENTATION - Reining in remote or branch offices can help solve a number of storage problems, such as data protection, storage administration and management, and the proliferation of heterogeneous systems.
Posted: June 2, 2008 | Published: May 29, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | NAS | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management Software | Storage Provisioning | Storage Switches | Storage Virtualization | WAN

PRESENTATION - iSCSI SANs are attractive because of their relatively low cost and familiar IP architecture, but adding an iSCSI array to an FC shop's storage infrastructure could spawn islands of arrays.
Posted: June 2, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | NAS | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management Software | Storage Provisioning | Storage Switches | Storage Virtualization | WAN

PRESENTATION - Developing a consistent, repeatable and practical set of data retention policies is the first step in the process.
Posted: May 30, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Content Archiving | Continuous Data Protection | Data Classification | Data Encryption | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disk Backups | Electronic Discovery | Electronic Discovery Software | Email Archiving | Email Archiving Software | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Best Practices | Storage Security | Tape Backups | Tiered Storage

PRESENTATION - The core of any networked storage infrastructure is the basic hardware components: storage arrays and the fabric that links them to client servers and other services.
Posted: May 30, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | NAS | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management Software | Storage Provisioning | Storage Switches | Storage Virtualization | WAN

PRESENTATION - Storage virtualization promises to ease storage management and improve disk usage, but there are inherent issues that need to be fully understood before embarking on a virtualization project.
Posted: May 30, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Clustering | Continuous Data Protection | NAS | RAID | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware

PRESENTATION - Green is in -- and every storage vendor out there has a green story to tell. The need to reduce power consumption in the data center is compelling and storage-accounting for an estimated 40% of data center electrical consumption -- is a major target for..
Posted: May 29, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Content Archiving | Continuous Data Protection | Data Classification | Data Encryption | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | Electronic Discovery | Electronic Discovery Software | Email Archiving | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Best Practices | Storage Security | Tape Backups

PRESENTATION - Email archiving is almost a no-brainer for most storage shops. It can significantly trim email data stores and improve the performance of the email application, and it is also likely to play a key role in any compliance effort.
Posted: May 29, 2008 | Published: May 29, 2008


Topics:  Content Archiving | Continuous Data Protection | Data Classification | Data Encryption | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disk Backups | Electronic Discovery | Electronic Discovery Software | Email Archiving | Email Archiving Software | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Best Practices | Storage Security | Tape Backups

PRESENTATION - In this session, you'll learn what every storage pro needs to know about how new legal requirements regarding electronically stored information affect the storage systems they manage.
Posted: May 29, 2008 | Published: May 29, 2008


Topics:  Content Archiving | Continuous Data Protection | Data Classification | Data Encryption | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | Electronic Discovery | Electronic Discovery Software | Email Archiving | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Best Practices | Storage Security | Tape Backups

PRESENTATION - Storage and SAN implementations that work well with physical servers often break down and do not work well at all when those servers are virtualized.
Posted: May 29, 2008 | Published: May 15, 2008


Topics:  Clustering | Continuous Data Protection | NAS | RAID | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware

PRESENTATION - Data classification--attaching meta data to files that goes beyond the rudimentary file descriptors file systems provide--is at the core of many modern storage management practices.
Posted: May 29, 2008 | Published: May 29, 2008


Topics:  Content Archiving | Continuous Data Protection | Data Classification | Data Encryption | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | Electronic Discovery | Electronic Discovery Software | Email Archiving | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Best Practices | Storage Security | Tape Backups | Tiered Storage

PRESENTATION - Data reduction technologies like data de-duplication and single instancing are really starting to take hold in the industry, with recent analyst surveys indicating strong purchase intent over the next 12 months.
Posted: May 29, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Clustering | Continuous Data Protection | NAS | RAID | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware

PRESENTATION - Clustered storage serving is commonly being deployed to support a wide diversity of applications including commercial, entertainment or media, Web 2.0 and social networking along with grid, cloud and traditional scientific needs.
Posted: May 29, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Clustering | Continuous Data Protection | NAS | RAID | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware

PRESENTATION - During this session you will hear how virtualization has progressed from vaporware to actual products storage managers are using to centralize data, add flexibility, and change the economics of storage.
Posted: May 29, 2008 | Published: May 29, 2008


Topics:  Clustering | Continuous Data Protection | NAS | RAID | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware