<p>Object-based file systems offer performance improvements in HPC environments, but many companies are unsure which market options are worth evaluating. This expert e-guide examines several notable offerings and explains how they can eliminate I/O bottlenecks in HPC architectures.</p> 

In this Storage Decisions University classroom, we dissect the “big” issues surrounding “big data” and offer technical solutions to address these challenges. 

Companies running SAP get the importance of middleware in connecting applications – but many don’t realize that the data in those applications is often insecure. Read this white paper to discover the 5 ways that Managed File Transfer ensures that data exchanges within your company and with trading partners are secure from transmission to delivery. 

NTP Software’s Precision Tiering product and the Dell DX Object Storage Platform can empower you to make your own decisions about which files to move or delete with an easy-to-use interface based on the business value of your data. Read this 2-page white paper to learn more. 

Design teams across the world collaborate to create and develop prod­ucts. Unfortunately, IT organizations face serious challenges when collaborative teams share large files. This white paper will assess the strengths and weaknesses of the four technologies most commonly used to enhance file sharing for distributed teams. 

While plenty of file storage and sharing methods abound, what looks like a good deal on the surface can end up costing plenty in the end. Read this white paper to discover more about the true cost of “free” file sharing systems and file sharing best practices. 

Your business has reached a crossroads. With employees collaborating on files shared across a number of computers, you realize consolidating access to the information would greatly improve your organization's operational efficiency and its productivity. You are ready for your First Server solution. Read on to find the right system configuration. 

This webinar will share with you how to free yourselves from vendor lock-in by expensive proprietary storage hardware companies and how you can take advantage of the new wave of storage buying.  You now have an alternative choice through the use of open source software and commodity hardware. 

You can dramatically simplify your data management tasks and reduce infrastructure complexity with Windows Storage Server. Its latest release, Windows Storage Server2008 R2, can help SMB administrators reduce costs and manage their data and files more effectively through advanced features and united block and file storage. Read now to learn more. 

Supported by results from specific case studies, this whitepaper shows how you can finally meet your recovery objectives, provide seamless failover between multiple sites, improve remote application performance, and lower your ongoing bandwidth costs. 

Virtual server backup is a known pain point among backup administrators. In our tutorial, learn all about VMware backup with this collection of articles on VMware backup and restore, VMware Consolidated Backup, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and more. 

GroupLogic’s new activEcho is the industry’s only secure Enterprise File Sharing and Syncing solution that balances the need for simplicity for the end user, and the security, management and flexibility required by the enterprise.  This paper provides an in-depth view into the security features and benefits of activEcho. 

Will you be able to achieve the huge data reduction ratios that data deduplication vendors are touting? In this FAQ guide, analyst Jerome Wendt answers the most common data deduplication questions he's hearing today.