This whitepaper will provide an overview of the benefits of Storage Resource Management as a "front end" to data deduplication. We will demonstrate how an SRM tool such as Northern Storage Suite can work in concert with data de-duplication technologies to efficiently streamline data and assure optimal performance of an organization's storage inf... 

This paper introduces three techniques employed in the production Data Domain deduplication file system and shows how they can be used to relieve the disk bottleneck. 

The accelerated pace of doing business in today's world puts organizations under tremendous pressure. They need to be fleet and flexible, able to rapidly respond to opportunities, make decisions, and deploy resources. Critical to this is the way information is managed and stored. 

With the changing regulations affecting organizations today, regulatory compliance is never really done. Organizations that have met compliance soon find they need a more strategic approach to uphold it. Watch this videocast for tips on using a risk-governance model to establish an enterprise-wide program and a common framework. 

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. 

System reliability is a vital component in Storage Area Network (SAN) design. But since SANs are built using both mechanical and electronic parts, component failures due to usage, environmental factors, or manufacturing defects are not uncommon. This paper covers how to reduce and eliminate downtime. 

Employing UltraSPARC® T2 Plus processors - an evolution of the industry's first massively threaded systems on a Chip (SoC) - the Sun SPARC® Enterprise T5440 server offers breakthrough performance and energy efficiency to drive Web 2.0 infrastructure and address other demanding datacenter challenges. 

Storage challenges for IT professionals are particularly complex in today's environment of rapid obsolescence of storage hardware and digital media. 

Read this white paper to examine the top 3 productivity problems software development teams face. Learn how companies with a central hub of product intelligence are better able to stay connected throughout development, reduce defects and redundant research, build products faster and more efficiently, and more. 

This report covers benchmarked practices within information security and IT audit functions across more than 3,000 organizations that are directly related to better operational and financial outcomes, for managing the integrity of information, compliance with regulatory audit, and business risks related to IT users. 

The purpose of this document is to offer an unbiased discussion and analysis of the key elements that must be considered by decision makers as they evaluate options for managing their messaging systems. 

In this transcript of the "Understanding and Managing VM Sprawl" webcast, you'll find out how to mitigate the risks and root causes associated with VM Sprawl - the rapid proliferation of virtual machines without sufficient IT oversight. Also learn best practices for managing the entire virtual machine lifecycle.