Storage Virtualization Reports

EGUIDE: Unified storage and multiprotocol storage are becoming more popular in small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). These unified storage systems offer more flexibility to a small business. This e-guide examines some considerations for implementing, deploying and managing a unified storage system.

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 | Published: 02 Mar 2011

EZINE: Many network equipment providers are advocating converged networks that bridge storage, data center servers and networking into one fabric with combined protocols. But is it really necessary to implement convergence throughout the network?

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 | Published: 02 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This solution brief details the benefits of HP 3PAR F-Class Storage Systems.  Some of these are 50% fewer arrays that reduce capacity, power, cooling, and floor space by up to 75%. HP 3PAR F-Class Storage Systems can also reduce storage administration time by 90%. Read this document for more.

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 | Published: 28 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses attributes of 3PAR Utility Storage that make it particularly suitable for virtual server environments. Also covered is how it addresses future user requirements uncovered in Taneja Group research.

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 | Published: 28 Feb 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, learn how HP Storage Essentials helps you optimize your storage for server virtualization by giving you greater visibility of your entire storage infrastructure- ensure savings!

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 | Published: 23 Feb 2011

EGUIDE: Storage virtualization products are not just for large businesses. There are a variety of data storage virtualization solutions that are easy to set up and are priced right for small- and medium-sized businesses. In this SearchSMBstorage.com e-guide you will learn all about the virtualization options that are on the marketing for SMBs in 2011.

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 | Published: 22 Feb 2011

EZINE: This e-zine from Hitachi Data Systems highlights the many advantages of adopting a virtualized data center. It focuses on the costs associated with this implementation and the ways in which businesses are weighing these costs against the inherent benefits of such a infrastructure change. Read on to learn more today.

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 | Published: 18 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: When it comes to data protection and recovery, many businesses are not as safe as they believe. The first thing that comes to mind when considering a disaster recovery plan, by the average consumer and corporate technology professionals alike, is a backup of critical files. This white paper will answer important questions on backups and recovery.

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 | Published: 18 Feb 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript from Hitachi Data Systems looks at the importance of IT efficiency in today's business environment. It focuses mainly on digitization, virtualization and transformation of data and how this type of IT infrastructure change can ultimately help your bottom line. Read on to learn more today.

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 | Published: 17 Feb 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation from Hitachi Data Systems outlines the need for transformation among data systems to adapt to today's business environment. It focuses on several strategies including Virtualization, Automation, and Cloud Computing. Read on to learn more today.

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 | Published: 15 Feb 2011

EZINE: Volume 8 of the Exchange Insider e-zine compares available Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) editions and then gives instructions for deploying BES Express for Exchange 2010. You’ll also get an overview of configuring Exchange Server 2010 for BES and some device management best practices to make sure all your clients remain in peak condition.

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 | Published: 08 Feb 2011

ANALYST REPORT: The modern datacenter is undergoing an unprecedented transformation in the way IT is managed and delivered. This white paper discusses the importance of establishing long-term service relationships with technology and service providers that incorporate an integrated, holistic view of project-based and support based services.

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 | Published: 04 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper is for IT organizations and service providers who are interested in building loud data centers. Read this paper to learn the complete architectural details with step-by-step instructions to set up and evaluate the two most common block-level storage protocols, FCoE and iSCSI, run over 10 GbE from end-to-end.

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 | Published: 03 Feb 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript featuring Miki Sandorfi, Chief Strategist, File and Content Services, Hitachi Data Systems, looks at the ways in which organizations can implement Hitachi three-dimensional scaling platforms to transform the data center. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 | Published: 03 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: The speed of change in global markets and the challenges of new modes of business demand companies operate in and react to quickly changing landscapes. Nowhere is this more critical than in the means and methods the enterprise uses to power its business, typically via IT services.

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 | Published: 02 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Maintaining peak performance while simultaneously addressing the root cause of SAN errors is challenging. This paper presents a high level summary of the most common SAN problems and explores new ways to dramatically improve application performance and availability.

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 | Published: 01 Feb 2011

WEBCAST: Join Scott Lowe, VMware-Cisco Solutions Principal for EMC and Archie Hendryx, Senior Solutions Consultant for Virtual Instruments, as they provide insights as to how a comprehensive view, from the VM to the LUN, is imperative for further consolidation and safe Physical to Virtual migrations of your Tier 1 applications.

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 | Premiered: Jan 31, 2011

EBOOK: Many organizations struggle to deal with the management challenges of complex IT environments, not only on backup performance and the achievement of Recovery Time Objectives in disaster recovery, but also on productivity, performance and profitability.

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: IBM CloudBurst is a family of pre-integrated service delivery platforms that include the hardware, storage, networking, virtualization, and service management software to create a private cloud environment, transform data centers, and build dynamic infrastructures that deliver new levels of service at reduced cost.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the four rubrics of data center transformation: virtualization, automation, cloud-readiness and sustainability. It illustrates how Hitachi technologies, services and solutions facilitate the agility required to achieve it. Read on to learn more today.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the exceptional Storage Economics principles built into the Virtual Storage Platform. It delineates how it helps enterprises reduce capital and operating expenditures, garner a greater return on existing storage assets and ultimately lower the total cost of ownership (TCO). Read on to learn more.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems, looks at the advantages of implementing an efficient storage system through virtualization. Read on to learn more!

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This IDC White Paper examines complementary technologies from Hitachi and explains how they speed the benefits of virtualization and dramatically improve the management of the infrastructure while modernizing the storage architecture. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the exceptional Storage Economics principles built into the Virtual Storage Platform. It delineates how it helps enterprises reduce capital and operating expenditures, garner a greater return on existing storage assets and ultimately lower the total cost of ownership (TCO).

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: When faced with the moment-by-moment business and IT pressures swirling around any large data center, a boiling cauldron may come to mind. Today's enterprise organizations are keenly seeking ways to securely and cost-effectively address rampant multifaceted data growth with flat or shrinking budgets.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011