Read this paper to discover the top four tactics employed by best-in-class companies of varied sizes and industries to elevate procurement proficiencies in today's recalcitrant economy, along with the metrics they use to measure their success. 

In the cover story of the April 2012 issue of Storage magazine, Lauren Whitehouse outlines best practices for cloud backup integration and the various methods for doing so. Also included in this issue are articles regarding virtual server management, storage for big data, the rising cost of disk drives and more. 

This chapter from the SearchDataBackup.com Backup best practices guide explores the key backup technologies in today’s storage environment. This article identifies specific points of interest for disk backup. Download this chapter to learn all about disk storage as well as specific considerations of enterprise-class disk arrays to keep in mind. 

This tutorial presents a framework and financial methodology for deciding whether an enterprise should replace its current "status quo" tape storage solution with a new "proposed" solution, and the economics related to that decision. 

Check out this special European edition of Storage magazine for expert analyses and forecasts about where storage is heading and how you can get ahead of the curve. 

Check out this first 2012 issue of Storage Magazine for in-depth analysis of the factors you need to consider when choosing the best type of DR site for your organization, including balancing costs against risks. 

Check out this white paper for 10 keys to staying compliant. Learn about the importance of access and authorization controls, discover the benefits of encryption for backups, learn how to safeguard traveling media and more. 

Organizations of all types and sizes are under pressure to boost efficiency, cut costs and reduce power consumption. Dell Compellent Storage Center - a highly integrated, feature-rich data storage solution- was designed to lower data storage TCO. Read this whitepaper to find out how Dell Compellent can save save your company millions of dollars. 

This article shows how an application grid built on Oracle Fusion Middleware can not only prevent unplanned outages, but it can improve the overall performance of mission critical business applications. 

This latest issue of Storage magazine offers an in-depth exploration of the latest trends and technologies in storage today. 

Principled Technologies recently tested 2 object-based storage solutions, the Dell DX Object Storage Platform and a leading object storage platform. Check out this case study to see the full results, including 112.6% faster email archiving. 

In this article, Kaplan, of Harvard Business School, and Norton, founder and director of the Palladium Group, explain how to effectively manage both strategy and operations by linking them tightly in a closed-loop management system, which comprises five stages. 

This benchmarking study from ESI International identifies the trends impacting the project management function in IT industry in three areas: PMO maturity, measuring and reporting on PMO effectiveness, as well as training involvement.