Data de-duplication has been described as the next evolutionary step in backup technology. Many vendors lay claim to the best data de-duplication approach, leaving customers to face the difficulty of separating hype from reality. This document provides the background information required to make an informed data de-duplication purchasing decision. 

Read this paper to find out how Instantis managed to accommodate rapid customer growth, deliver outstanding performance, ensure “five-nines” availability for customers around the globe, cut ongoing IT costs, and reduce the environmental footprint of data center operations through reduced energy consumption. 

Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) should be major components of any risk-management strategy. After all, no business wants to be caught unprepared for unforeseen events such as floods, fires, terrorist attacks, power outages or other disturbances. That's why planning and regularly testing BC and DR programs is essential. 

Today, let's focus on one of the leading players in the data deduplication space, FalconStor. FalconStor can rightfully claim the market share leadership space for VTLs, even though there are other strong players in the space. But the market is fiercely competitive and FalconStor is not resting upon its laurels. 

The Xiotech Value Index was designed to establish an industry benchmark for evaluating disparate data storage systems. This formula determines each system’s “Value Index” by taking a holistic view of the system, analyzing its functionality versus its cost. Higher Value Indexs are more desirable. 

F5 Data Manager helps you understand your file storage environment. This trial version will perform an inventory of your environment and enable you to run detailed reports that analyze which file types are being created, who is creating them, how quickly they age, and which resources they consume. 

F5 Data Manager helps you understand your file storage environment. This trial version will perform an inventory of your environment and enable you to run detailed reports that analyze which file types are being created, who is creating them, how quickly they age, and which resources they consume. 

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

The IBM DB2 ROI tool has been designed for developers, database administrators and senior IT management personnel alike, to help them perform a clinical analysis of the cost savings gained from the Storage Optimization feature of DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows. 

With read/write speeds that are very close to most expensive models in the industry, the ioDrive's price/performance ratio will leave you saying, "WOW!" Read this white paper for more information on this paradigm-shifting data storage appliance. 

This paper examines several factors that limit the capacity of your data storage system and how they contribute to the true cost of storage. 

There are so many different types of deduplication: source, target, hash-based, delta differential-based, and global dedupe, for example. Read this presentation transcript for a discussion of data backup methods, data security, and data storage strategies for various environments.