In this February 2012 cover story of Storage magazine, we announce this year’s 18 Products of the Year winners and highlight why they stand out from the competition. Read now to learn more. 

Check out this E-Guide to learn how to determine the real cost of your storage and other factors to consider into this cost – including disaster recovery and data protection. Read on to learn more. 

Are your decision-support systems and servers up to date, equipped to handle today's onslaught of data? Legacy systems are no longer viable. This paper explores the results of a research report about decision-support systems, highlighting how Dell's 12th-generation servers and solutions meet these evolving requirements based on users' responses. 

This IDC white paper breaks down everything big data - learn exactly how big data is defined, and how to utilize big data technologies in order to create long-term organizational and economic value. This white paper also explores what types of organizations can benefit most from big data technologies - read on for more. 

The intent of this paper (neither explain SQL Server 2012 nor be a EMC buying guide ) is simply to highlight enough information on each, so that IT managers can focus on the database system and storage hardware relationship. 

Download Oracle's new e-book for insight into the integration points between Oracle storage and software that help speed performance and increase efficiency; the industry-leading data protection and storage management features designed to help you keep costs down; customer case studies on Oracle storage deployments; and much more. 

HP and Intel are building a multifaceted storage product portfolio with a common foundation that will enable the integration of server and storage into Converged Systems. The most desirable storage solution technologies are represented include virtualization, data deduplication, automated tiering, multi-protocol I/O, and performance at scale. 

Storage is perhaps the most critical component of a virtual infrastructure. This expert e-guide explroes VMware storage management, vSphere 5 storage boost, memory problems fixes, and more. 

New products and strategies in data storage and networking, including storage virtualization, IP and Fiber Channel hybrids and the evolution of hard disk drive storage. 

Check out this E-Guide to learn about a viable and now cost-effective storage solution – NAS and what you should consider when evaluating this product for purchase. Also discover what Dell’s VP has to say about scale-out NAS and more. 

This white paper maps out how EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems preserves data integrity, meets stringent RTO/RPO objectives, and integrates easily into a multitude of active SQL or third-party backup environments. 

Reliability and availability, data protection, performance, and scalability are all essential characteristics of a database management system. This paper looks at each one of those characteristics in detail and offers an implementation guide for SMBs that require a highly reliable database environment. 

In the August 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Lauren Whitehouse examines the current state of data deduplication technology and shares insights on how to decide which option will work best in your shop.