Tape backup: Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

	CopperEgg peels back shell on NAS performance | Hitachi GST expands portable storage drives to cloud
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	Tape backup: Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic All backup procedures have contributed to some degree to easing the burden of backing up data. All of them, however, have done nothing to solve the Big Problem facing backup administrators. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP 6 Key Dedupe Challenges The deduplication market is the fastest segment ofthe storage industry, per IDC. Accordingly, every vendor is telling their version of the deduplication story. With emerging technologies, it is difficult for IT managers to determine what the true IT benefits vs. marketing spin are. Read More Today! In this Issue CopperEgg peels back shell on NAS performance Hitachi GST expands portable storage drives to cloud Virtualization, cloud computing to dominate Interop 25 'critical' things you need to know about Interop, Las Vegas Facebook Reveals Its Data Center Secrets WEBCAST: Internap Weighing Your Options: Colocation or Managed Hosting? The pressure is on IT to focus on strategic initiatives that move the business forward while reducing costs. Outsourcing aspects of your IT infrastructure can lower costs and enable you to focus on core business competencies. However, with so many options available, weighing your options can be an overwhelming decision. Read More CopperEgg peels back shell on NAS performance Performance analysis should be left to the protocol experts -- that is the belief of many, but it isn't necessarily true. The performance analysis of network-attached storage (NAS) systems running the Network File System (NFS) can be intimidating except for a new service from CopperEgg called RevealStorage, which is targeted for use by IT managers and sysadmins. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Case Study: Zone Reed Industries Read this case study to learn how ZRI painlessly recovered data in just a few simple clicks without data loss or downtime, delivering complete business continuity while saving 75 percent in overall data protection costs. Read now Hitachi GST expands portable storage drives to cloud Hitachi Global Storage Technologies on Tuesday introduced new Touro storage offerings that package local and online storage so data can be accessed locally or through the cloud via smartphones and tablets. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software A Cost-Effective Solution for ITSM If you're tired of the costly upgrades and difficult implementations other vendors put you through, BMC Remedy OnDemand offers an alternative. It can be implemented in days and significantly lower overall IT Service Management costs. Read the white paper to learn more about BMC Remedy OnDemand. Read More Today! Virtualization, cloud computing to dominate Interop Interop Las Vegas will focus on virtualization, cloud computing, the impact of social technologies and smartphones on work, and much more. Read More 25 'critical' things you need to know about Interop, Las Vegas Vegas and Interop can be overwhelming, so here's a list of stuff to know and stuff to do while you're there. Read More Facebook Reveals Its Data Center Secrets Facebook is sharing some of the secrets that help make the custom-built servers and power systems in its Prineville, Ore., data center among the most efficient in the world. Read More
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