In the continuing effort to improve resource utilization and cut back on infrastructure spending, data deduplication has provided some much-needed relief to administrators struggling to handle today's massive influx of data growth. But as an increasing number of vendors continue to roll out deduplication appliances, it's becoming difficult for organization's today to know which solutions will best meet their needs.

Check out this buyer's guide for a breakdown of today's midrange deduplication market, and gain best practices to help you effectively implement and manage a deduplication solution. Read on for a complete ranking and analysis of dozens of currently available dedupe solutions.