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Lab Review: Building virtual machines on real SANs
May 4, 2007—As IT resources continue to expand, the rate of utilization of these resources has remained alarmingly low.

Information Lifecycle Management - March 2004
Myths and Realities
Have you ever felt like you've created a monster? One year ago ESG published an article defining Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).

What's In Store 2004: Storage Network Infrastructure
In 2003 we saw a lot of activity in the storage network infrastructure space.

What's in Store for 2004 - Compliance, storage, and beyond
Ok, so it may be a bit late for rolling out the "analyst's predictions for 2004," so we're not going to do that.

What's in Store in 2004? - Disk Storage Systems
Market drivers and business trends
2004 promises to be another active and transformative year in the information storage industry. We expect more mergers and acquisitons, exciting new products and partnerships, and hopefully economic growth for all.

Compliance beyond e-mail: Approaches for structured data
Many IT managers are concerned about the legal and regulatory compliance issues posed by electronic documents and e-mail. However, they may not realize that these risks and requirements also apply to the structured data in their accounting and ERP applications. With the advent of new technology, companies can meet these requirements using approaches that minimize the cost of compliance.

Are TOEs a panacea for backup performance?
TCP offload engines (TOEs) can speed up applications such as client/server backup and file serving.

iSCSI software initiators vs. iSCSI HBAs
For some applications, software initiators will suffice, but more-demanding applications will require iSCSI and TCP/IP hardware accelerators on host bus adapters.

Automated networked storage drives business value
IT organizations (ITOs) increasingly view storage as a strategic differentiator for existing and new applications.

Applying storage intelligence to backup operations
The goal is to ensure complete and error-free backup-and-recovery operations.

Techniques for scaling NAS environments
By implementing a switched architecture for NAS environments, IT organizations can build scalable, highly available NAS infrastructures.

Performing Oracle and SQL Server database recovery
Use point-in-time imaging technology to create highly available database environments.

NAS versus SAN all over again
It has happened twice. Flash back to April 2001. It's Storage Networking World (SNW), Palm Desert, and a well-known analyst has just concluded a presentation

Policy-based management: Making the most of your storage resources
It used to be that when storage capacity ran low, all you had to do was add another disk array, jukebox, or tape drive onto your network. That is no longer an option

Comdisco hops on SSP bandwagon
Comdisco is staking claim to a piece of the fast-growing storage service provider (SSP) market by launching a managed storage services division.

Entrada to ship SAN over IP router
Aiming to get a foothold in the nascent market for communications gear that enables companies to link storage area networks (SANs) over IP networks, Entrada Networks plans to ship in the next quarter a transport router dubbed Silverline

Lucent, Vixel deliver Fibre Channel over IP
Lucent Technologies recently began customer trials of a version of its OptiStar EdgeSwitch that can handle OC-12, OC-48, Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel traffic. Production shipments are scheduled for the first quarter.

Users identify key storage issues
At the recent Storage Networking World conference, users dispelled doubt over storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) adoption, revealing strong support for both technologies