Leslie Wood

The concept of dedicated storage teams has been catching on in large enterprises in recent years, driven by the belief that such teams can deliver the benefits promised by modern storage technologies, including better cost control and greater flexibility and agility. According to an ongoing Gartner survey, in 2000, fewer than 1 percent of respondents […]

Growing complexity and soaring data demands make it inevitable that storage users will eventually have to try new approaches to manage it all. The trick is knowing when — and to which technology — to switch. Brian Biles, vice president of marketing at Data Domain, suggests looking at history for clues. At what point would […]

Continued strong growth in data and the emergence of new ways to handle it will lead to major change and disruption in the storage market in coming years, industry analysts and experts predict. The explosion of data — and the rise of laws and regulations governing its retention — have spurred new technologies, such as […]

The storage industry continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, and the growth in demand for faster and more efficient computers is supporting new and improved advances in storage technologies. This unprecedented growth isn’t showing any signs of slowing down either, according to industry analysts. This is certainly good news for storage vendors, but what […]

Storage not only plays a critical role in a company’s IT strategy, it’s also increasingly important to the survival of the overall business. It’s vital that IT departments understand key storage issues, how to address them, and how these issues impact the entire enterprise. A strong understanding of key storage issues enables companies to rapidly […]

Picking up where we left off in Part 1 of our look at the state of true integration in the storage sector, Part 2 addresses whether storage technology has reached the point where true integration is even achievable, discusses the possibility and likelihood of cooperation between storage vendors advancing the promise of true integration, and […]

Information Technology remains both fascinating and dynamic by constantly changing with the birth of new technologies and the improvement of existing ones. Enterprise storage technology is no different — and most of the evolution is for the better. On the other hand, while storage vendors continue to boast about true integration, storage customers continue to […]

Well, two things are true when it comes to integration. SANs are faster and more reliable than ever before, and enterprises are finding more and more ‘sound’ reasons to integrate their SANs. But integration can be a difficult undertaking, with several critical challenges associated with the process — all of which can be frustrating for […]

The total cost of owning and managing storage varies greatly from company to company. IT administrators must weigh a number of factors such as customer needs and business applications when designing and implementing storage environments. An IT department that understands the hidden costs of unmanaged storage will most likely end up with a lower storage […]

New concepts that result in change are typically disruptive and costly when they enter the information infrastructure of our lives and businesses. The latest concept of ‘utility computing’ seems to not only be one of the ‘hottest’ buzzwords on the storage conference circuit, but also a concept that will force considerable change. However, even though […]