Storage Virtualization Software Reports

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn more about the acquisition of Akorri Networks, Inc. by NetApp. and the ways in which this merger is helping to provide customers with new virtualization technologies.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 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

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

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

ANALYST REPORT: This IDC report 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.

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 | Published: 27 Jan 2011

EGUIDE: Virtualization is a hot topic, often lauded for its ability to increase agility and efficiency. If you’re interested in virtualization, wondering whether it’s right for your company and interested in how to get started, this eBook is for you.

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 | Published: 05 Jan 2011

DATA SHEET: The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is the only 3D scaling storage platform designed for all data types. With the unique management capabilities of Hitachi Command Suite software, it transforms the data center. Access the data sheet now to learn more.

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 | Published: 21 Dec 2010

CASE STUDY: Bluewater Power implemented a set SAP and IBM solutions to help deal with new regulations and mandates in the energy sector. Read this case study to learn all the benefits Bluewater experienced by choosing this set of SAP and IBM solutions and learn how your organization can experience these same benefits as well.

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: This product overview examines IBM XIV® Storage System, a groundbreaking, high-end, open disk system designed to support business requirements for a highly available information infrastructure. Read this overview and learn about the features and benefits of IBM XIV® Storage System.

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the business case a large insurance company recently put together to investigate the merits of implementing a storage virtualization solution based on IBM’s SAN Volume Controller (SVC) technology. Continue reading to learn how storage virtualization with IBM SVC can help lower overall total cost of ownership.

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

BOOK: This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a detailed technical guide to the IBM System Storage™ SVC, a virtualization appliance solution that maps virtualized volumes that are visible to hosts and applications to physical volumes on storage devices. Continue reading to learn how to implement the SVC at a 5.1.0 release level with a minimum of effort.

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

EGUIDE: This E-Guide will discuss how to build a business case for deduplication, so that your organization can begin to reap the benefits of this technology which include cost reduction, reducing your network bandwidth requirements, better data reduction, and more.

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

EGUIDE: The data center is rapidly evolving. As a result, most data protection and disaster recovery (DR) plans were developed for an IT environment that bears little resemblance to today's dynamic, highly distributed and increasingly virtualized data centers. Download this guide to learn 4 tips on how to better serve your storage needs.

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

EGUIDE: This eguide covers virtualization and the affects it has on storage infrastructures. This guide covers best practices for site recovery and how to execute recovery and virtualization plans to create a more streamlined and efficient storage process. Read on to discover file virtualization strategies to help you manage unstructured data.

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 | Published: 15 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: The deployment of virtualization technology has allowed businesses of all sizes to reduce costs and optimize resources. The impact has been particularly dramatic with server virtualization. By virtualizing their servers, many organizations have dramatically reduced their IT investment in hardware procurement. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 | Published: 04 Nov 2010

EZINE: Server and desktop virtualization have been applauded by all IT professionals - except the storage managers who now have to deal with the added layer of complexity. Fortunately, in this month's cover story, Eric Siebert outlines 10 tips that can ease the stress and challenges of managing storage in a virtual environment.

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 | Published: 21 Oct 2010

EZINE: Server and desktop virtualization have been applauded by all IT professionals – except the storage managers who have to deal with the added layer of complexity brought by these technologies. Fortunately, in this month's cover story, Eric Siebert outlines 10 tips that can ease the stress and challenges of managing storage in a virtual environment.

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 07 Oct 2010

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: The combined strength of Dell and VMware® can deliver significant benefits for small, medium, and large organisations across all industries and sectors. Read this paper to learn about the benefits of integrating the Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series family together with VMware® vStorage APIs.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 23 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Used by more than 37,000 customers worldwide, HP Data Protector provides automated backup and recovery of physical and virtual servers from disk or tape. Read this paper to learn answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about HP Data Protector software and the Granular Recovery Extension for SharePoint 2007.

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2010

DATA SHEET: With HP's Insight Capacity Advisor Virtualization Services, organizations can get better return on investment (ROI) and achieve lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Additionally, these services make better use of your infrastructure and increase overall flexibility and reliability throughout it. Read this paper for details.

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 | Published: 07 Jun 2010

CASE STUDY: Nonprofit hospital system Continuum Health Partners, Inc. needed their storage infrastructure available around the clock, across multiple locations so they turned to DataCore. DataCore's Storage Virtualization Software now powers an integrated delivery network, achieving enterprise-wide clinical image consolidation at Continuum Health Partners.

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 | Published: 28 Apr 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript covers storage virtualization and it’s place in the storage market. It answers the what, where, who, when, and how’s of storage virtualization.

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 | Published: 12 Apr 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Storage virtualization has become a prominent solution in the IT world by offering continued benefits and a lower cost infrastructure. This presentation transcript examines the benefits and top challenges with storage virtualization and approaches to build storage solutions for virtual environments.

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 | Published: 19 Mar 2010

EZINE: More and more data centers are moving toward virtualization because of the flexibility it offers, but cost and lack of skills are holding back some deployments. Find out how to use ROI and VARs to make the case for virtualization so you can start taking advantage of today's newest technologies.

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 | Published: 02 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Protecting virtual machines is not an easy task. Existing agent-based and proxy server-based approaches to backup and recovery for VMware vSphere environments can be disruptive or limit recovery point service levels. These often require downtime to perform backups - a completely unacceptable condition in today’s 24x7 virtual datacenters.

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 | Published: 11 Feb 2010