WHITE PAPER:   Posted: June 16, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008
The first generation of external storage systems, Storage 1.0, sought to provide more capacity for growing volumes of data associated with high computational applications.

PRESENTATION:   Posted: May 27, 2008 | Published: May 27, 2008
In this session, you learn the questions you should be asking of ALL of your storage vendors, and other important tips and techniques for writing an air-tight RFI or RFP (they are different!).

PRESENTATION:   Posted: May 27, 2008 | Published: May 27, 2008
Whether you're developing storage vendor selection criteria, arguing for DR dollars or trying to slash costs in your data center, you need to know how to talk to the C-level suits so they get it.

PRESENTATION:   Posted: May 27, 2008 | Published: May 27, 2008
This track addresses the essential parts of the storage system procurement process, including how to craft an RFP, negotiating from a position of strength, evaluating systems and getting the support of your company's management.

PRESENTATION:   Posted: May 27, 2008 | Published: May 27, 2008
In this presentation, Toigo will address the following topics based on his new book, Making IT Matter (currently being developed as a BLOOK by Toigo, and co-author Randy Chalfant, at MakingITMatter.com).

PRESENTATION:   Posted: May 27, 2008 | Published: May 27, 2008
In this session, we analyze and present the results of Storage magazine's twice-yearly Purchasing Intentions survey.

JOURNAL ARTICLE:   Posted: February 18, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008
If there's a lesson to be learned from the 2007 Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com Products of the Year, it's that vendors can't rest on their laurels.

JOURNAL ARTICLE:   Posted: October 18, 2007 | Published: October 1, 2007
The fall 2007 edition of Storage magazine's exclusive Purchasing Intentions survey reveals some subtle changes in storage managers' buying plans as new technologies gain greater consideration.

JOURNAL ARTICLE:   Posted: September 17, 2007 | Published: September 1, 2007
Storage systems account for a big chunk of the data center electric bill. Here are some ways to reduce your costs.

WHITE PAPER:   Posted: July 20, 2007 | Published: December 15, 2006
Regardless of your job, you most likely have an interest or dependence on email. Without it, productivity comes to a crawl or stops completely. Discover how to efficiently protect your Exchange environment.

JOURNAL ARTICLE:   Posted: June 29, 2007 | Published: June 1, 2007
Deduplication backup products differ in how they recognize and reduce duplicate data. Here's how to pick the product that will best fit into your environment.

JOURNAL ARTICLE:   Posted: May 18, 2007 | Published: May 1, 2007
There may be a slight respite for storage managers who have spent the last few years trying to keep up with runaway storage growth, according to the results of Storage magazine's spring 2007 Purchasing Intentions Survey.

JOURNAL ARTICLE:   Posted: May 18, 2007 | Published: May 1, 2007
It's getting harder to distinguish between a low-end enterprise array and a high-end midrange array--but there are still some important differences.

JOURNAL ARTICLE:   Posted: May 18, 2007 | Published: May 1, 2007
You'll almost always get a better price for maintenance and support if you negotiate service contracts separately from the price of new arrays.

WHITE PAPER:   Posted: May 18, 2007 | Published: July 1, 2006
Across many organizations, the rapid growth of data is outpacing storage budgets. SATA disk based archive storage is the perfect solution. Download this white paper to learn more about disk based archive storage and see if it will work for you.