Each year, the Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com editorial teams – as well as a group of independent storage experts and IT pros – select the enterprise data storage Products of the Year in five categories. The February cover story announces the winners and why these new and enhanced products stand out from the pack. 

This latest Storage Magazine column by Lauren Whitehouse explores how to choose the best SMB backup solution, products in this space, and why disk backup is a good backup solution for SMBs. Also learn the top 5 tips for virtual server backup. 

Watch this webcast as Forrester's Scott Santucci explores the new sales paradigm and discusses how businesses must alter their selling models. Also discover what the real value of a sales force is today, what today's sales person looks like and what a 'selling system' is and how it helps increase the productivity of the sales person of the future. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to private cloud. It also contains our RSA conference coverage of the latest IT security trends and the future for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative. And we discuss the role of apprenticeships in encouraging more young people to work in IT. 

Read this white paper to learn about Dell and VMware's powerful storage and virtualization solutions that allow organizations to cost-effectively construct and deploy a virtualized storage and disaster recovery infrastructure. 

Recent developments have shown that SAP is much more than a leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor. This expert e-guide takes an exploratory look into SAP's latest advancements in the mobility, in-memory and on-demand applications space. 

Access this e-book for a look at the latest VM backup strategies, best practices for backing up virtual servers and for using data deduplication in virtualized environments, plus much more! 

This e-guide features two reports from the latest TDWI conference in Savannah, GA. Read  on to learn MDM advice and best practices from leading companies including Hallmark Cards Inc., Sallie Mae, National Instruments, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and more. 

Check out the new Exadata e-book packed with the latest real-world examples, insights, and tips for IT professionals. This interactive e-book experience features customer success stories and video interviews, analyst commentary, a 3-D demo, and more. Download the e-book today. 

Research from KnowledgeStorm shows that a high percentage of leads that begin their research on the Web ultimately result in an active project. The technology vendors that nurture these Early Stage leads are often in a better selling position than those vendors that later "pile on" to more advanced, but also more competitive, leads. 

This brief press release details the latest analytics platform from Vertica, an HP company. Gain insight into your business and facilitate decision-making with this new and innovative platform.