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Today's unprecedented growth in data, combined with both physical and virtual environments, means you need an effective, integrated data protection solution. In this video, IDC analyst Robert Amatruda and other experts explore data protection and management across physical and virtual environments.

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The way that organizations store and secure their data is undergoing a major shift, from physical servers with networked storage to virtualized servers and clouds. Download this Internet.com eBook to see how technologies like deduplication, virtualization, and cloud computing are changing the storage game and affect the best practices for data security, backup, recovery, and more.

Solid state disks (SSDs) made a splash in consumer technology, and now the technology has its eyes on the enterprise storage market. Download this Internet.com eBook to see what SSDs can do for your infrastructure and review the pros and cons of this potentially game-changing storage technology.

Open source storage products can address a wide spectrum of business problems. There are good open source offerings for backup, mirroring, file system, NAS, and storage virtualization. Download this Internet.com eBook to see how your organization can save on storage with open source solutions.

How has the economy affected the storage market? Some IT managers are turning to new technologies like deduplication and solid state drives to get the most out of their storage spending. Download this eBook from Internet.com to see what's selling in the storage market and how your organization can prepare for the next generation of storage technologies.

From one angle, the contrast between enterprise storage requirements and those of small and medium-sized businesses could hardly be greater. But from the perspective of problems to solve, there's a lot of common ground. As in the enterprise, SMBs must grapple with data protection, archiving, security, and availability issues, all under the burden of rapidly growing data.

Business continuity is concerned with keeping the business running or getting back up and running as quickly as possible to minimize impacts. Disaster recovery helps restore a given service back into production. Either way, IT is responsible for making sure the business can access its data and applications in the wake of manmade or natural disaster. Download this Internet.com eBook to see what steps you can take to be prepared.

Electricity use in data centers is skyrocketing, sending corporate energy bills through the roof, creating environmental concerns and generating negative publicity for large corporations. "Going Green" means looking to technologies like virtualization, energy-efficient chips and racks, and implementing policies that extend beyond the data center to all of your organization's employees.

A storage network is any network that's designed to transport block-level storage protocols. But understanding the ins and outs of networked storage takes you deep into several of protocols. This guide covers SANs, Fibre Channels, Disk Arrays, Fabric, and IP Storage.

Picking up where Part 1 left off, Part 2 of our look at storage networking examines configurations for SAN-attached servers and disk arrays, and also includes a look at the future of IP storage.

Servers are the unsung heroes of the corporate computing environment, working behind the scenes to help get the maximum benefit from the personal computers that people use every day. Before investing in server hardware, you need to consider applications, storage, processor, form factor, and more. Download this Internet.com eBook to help you choose wisely.

Stocking up on hardware and software to hold more and more information is a costly misstep, according to analysts. Organizations need to modernize storage strategies and understand how information access technology can ensure they need what they're keeping. Download this Internet.com eBook to see where storage technology is going and what you can do to keep pace.

Working with multiple instances of the Microsoft SQL Server database creates unique challenges for administrators. Download this Internet.com eBook to learn connection strategies for multiple database environments, how to set up a linked server for a remote SQL Server instance, and easy data recovery options.

With storage requirements moving into the terapeta- and exabyte ranges, companies need to refine their backup strategies to ensure availability of their growing data stores. Download this Internet.com eBook to learn the pros and cons of different backup strategies and find one that works best to keep your business protected without breaking the bank.

Regardless of industry, size, or age, businesses are awash in more data than ever before. Federal regulations require that data be stored, protected, and retrievable for a certain amount of time. Storage is also a growing area in IT, which means employment opportunities exist now, and should exist for some time.

With storage needs growing at a breakneck rate, the need for tools that manage storage in a heterogeneous environment is more important than ever. Download this free guide now from our editors at Enterprise Storage Forum and learn to solve the puzzle of standards and acronyms that make up the modern storage management landscape.

Information lifecycle management blends storage and enterprise content management to massage corporate data from its inception until its disposal. But is ILM merely a marketing buzzword, or is it alive and real in daily operations? Download this free guide now from our editors at Enterprise Storage Forum and learn why ILM is important in more ways than you think.