WHITE PAPER: The goal of this white paper is to discuss the role of caching, describe in detail how object caching and byte caching works, and show how these caching technologies work together to deliver true performance differentiation.

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 | Published: 17 Dec 2007

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: The proliferation of user-generated content and video sharing sites has made for a constant source of new material. However, the bandwidth demands of such media often congest WAN links. One approach is to just block flash video. This technical brief presents an alternate approach that can allow video and business critical applications to co-exist.

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 Oct 2009

CASE STUDY: Zappos makes providing an optimal customer experience on its web site a top priority. Amazingly, the IBM High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapter powered by Fusion-io technology allowed Zappos to surpass its projected performance capacity needs while actually reducing maintenance.

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 | Published: 23 Dec 2009

PODCAST: Twenty years old, RAID has become a standard and transparent feature. What is RAID, and how does this technology fit into the storage landscape? This expert FAQ podcast answers common questions about RAID, explores the different levels of this technology, and overviews the implementation stages and obstacles.

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 24 Nov 2009

WEBCAST: In this expert webcast, learn how to recognize and deal with common RAID issues in storage arrays.

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand

WHITE PAPER: While energy consumption of overall data center operations and server-related equipment is generally understood, the story is quite different when it comes to storage systems. This paper offers practical advice on how to measure storage system efficiency and compares the efficiency numbers of several common storage solutions.

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: Direct PCI Express (PCIe) attached flash storage offers unparalleled performance levels and vastly outperforms SAS/SATA-attached flash storage solutions. However, such PCIe attached flash storage cards have many restrictions. Read this white paper to learn about an enhanced PCIe flash storage solution from Dolphin, in partnership with Fusion-IO.

Posted: 12 May 2009 | Published: 12 May 2009

VIDEO: BranchCache and Windows 7 Enterprise can help WAN utilization and increase responsiveness when accessing documents, web pages, and videos stored on file servers and internet sites running on Windows Server 2008. Watch this video to learn how.

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 | Premiered: 18 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: Using benchmarks and code samples throughout to anchor the discussion, this paper explores how Quercus - Caucho's Java implementation of PHP - can perform faster than the standard Apache-based PHP both in synthetic benchmarks and real-world applications. The results are quite impressive.

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 | Published: 18 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: PGP Whole Disk Encryption Workgroup Edition is a comprehensive full-disk protection solution that provides industry-leading encryption for desktops, laptops, and USB devices with simple administration. With PGP Whole Disk Encryption Workgroup Edition, there are no servers or databases to configure and manage.

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 | Published: 03 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: PGP Whole Disk Encryption provides enterprises with comprehensive, nonstop disk encryption for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X, enabling quick, cost-effective protection for data on desktops, laptops, and removable media. The encrypted data is continuously safeguarded from unauthorized access, providing strong security.

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 | Published: 03 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: To deliver high-demand content to a widely dispersed pool of internet users, a cache-based Content Delivery Network is the way to go. This type of CDN stores duplicates content near user access points, reducing distance-imposed latency and improving video and audio quality. This paper weighs the pros and cons of using a network-based CDN provider.

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Data de-duplication offers landscape changing value that is easy to quantify, improves reliability, simplifies management and provides rapid recovery of data. Read this ESG report to learn more about it.

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 | Published: 10 Apr 2009

ANALYST REPORT: The fact that most companies and organizations still use tape as their primary defense against data loss events is troubling. This report recommends they consider data de-duplication to complement and even replace their tape systems.

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 | Published: 16 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: This document provides an overview of BranchCache, explains the different modes in which BranchCache operates, and describes how BranchCache is configured. The paper also explains how BranchCache works with Web servers and file servers and the steps BranchCache takes to determine that the content is up-to-date.

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 | Published: 14 Apr 2009

PRODUCT LITERATURE: Oracle Applications are a collection of enterprise business applications, including ERP, SCM, and CRM applications, all utilizing Oracle's core relational database management system technologies.

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper demonstrates that a data grid infrastructure, built with clustered caching, can help you avoid "weak link" vulnerabilities that can sabotage SOA strategies. Discover why the data grid offers improved data access that can create a competitive edge, improve financial performance, and sustain customer loyalty.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 13 Nov 2008

WHITE PAPER: If all storage array vendors buy disk drives from the same small set of disk manufacturers then why is there such a big reliability gap between storage vendors?

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Published: 18 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the technical underpinnings of Resin 4.0's sophisticated clustering capabilities that provide reliable and fast distributed sessions, distributed object caching, and cloud-wide application deployment all while adding and removing application server instances at will during runtime.

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 | Published: 17 Mar 2009

ASSESSMENT TOOL: EMC has the broadest portfolio of deduplication offerings in the industry. Tell us about your backup and recovery environment. And we’ll tell you how much may potentially reduce your backup storage requirements – and substantially reduce your network bandwidth requirements, backup windows, and costs.

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 | Published: 18 Dec 2009

EGUIDE: This chapter from the SearchDataBackup.com Backup best practices guide explores the key backup technologies in today’s storage environment. This article identifies specific points of interest for disk backup. Download this chapter to learn all about disk storage as well as specific considerations of enterprise-class disk arrays to keep in mind.

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 | Published: 09 Feb 2010

EGUIDE: The importance of this chapter is to understand the need to support and store more data using various techniques and technologies to enable more cost-effective and environmentally as well as energy-friendly data growth.

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 | Published: 04 Jan 2010

PODCAST: As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space.

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 17 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper introduces a new and better technical approach to Internet content delivery, designed to address the escalating demands of today’s online consumers.

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

PODCAST: SMBs are often left in the dust when it comes to D2D backup – the price is too high, setup too taxing on IT resources, and vendors don't have lower-capacity offerings suited to SMBS. Not anymore. This podcast highlights a new D2D backup solution that is an ideal match for the needs of an SMB.

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 | Premiered: 25 Jan 2010