This white paper explores how virtualization has sparked a new wave of innovation in storage. It summarizes how the new generation of solutions can deliver higher IT efficiency, better resource and application management, stronger and more flexible data protection, and lower costs. 

This white paper discusses results from a Forrester Consulting survey conducted on over 200 global firms regarding their plans for modernising their application and technology portfolios.  Review the key findings and learn why it’s so important to start planning your projects today. 

Creating solid SLAs will let you save the day when the unexpected happens — and keep aggressive users at bay with a set of written expectations. Check out this brief white paper to learn how to build a better SLA for your organization. 

This white paper explains the differences between the de-duplication approaches, discusses the strengths and limitations of each, shows how different backup tasks are likely to benefit from them, and talks about the business benefits. 

Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A., a Columbia, South Carolina-based law firm with five locations throughout the state sought to consolidate legacy servers, improve availability for remote users, boost storage capacity and implement a new disaster recovery DR/BC strategy. Read this case study to learn about their new Dell and VMware solutions. 

Check out this white paper to discover the latest trends in virtual backup and recovery technology, and discover the effect virtualisation has on disaster recovery operations. Also gain insight as to what types of organisations are adopting virtual infrastructures and what virtualisation security issues are currently plaguing administrators today. 

This expert E-Guide from the writers at SearchServerVirtualization.com brings you up-to-date on the latest virtualization developments and explains how they can benefit your IT shop. 

<p>Get help deciding if your company can benefit from offering cloud backup and recovery services, and also find tools to help you select a platform vendor that will help you in your venture.</p> 

Server virtualization presents some interesting implications for disaster recovery (DR), including cost reductions and increased recovery times. In this FAQ, business continuity expert Paul Kirvan discusses the various server virtualization approaches that are effective for DR and how they benefit failover and failback processes. 

Read this paper to learn the many benefits of cloud computing as well as the 10 security concerns that need to be addressed when considering moving critical applications and sensitive data to public and shared cloud environments. 

This exclusive case study explores how one government department transformed their IT infrastructure by streamlining contracts to improve performance and productivity. Learn how they were able to design a new services framework model to provide access to supplier services and enhance collaboration. 

Discover how you can effectively modernize your data protection strategy to meet current and future storage needs. This white paper highlights the inadequacies of legacy backup and recovery solutions and introduces new technology that eliminates complex storage infrastructures and inefficient manual processes. 

Named as one of Storage magazine’s “Hot Technologies for 2011”, automated storage tiering is an effective way to make efficient use of installed data storage resources, and to take advantage of the high performance of solid-state storage.