While virtualised servers have become almost ubiquitous, so has shared storage, and the subject of SAN implementation in virtual server environments figures heavily in this e-guide. 

Content provided by Google. This Forbes Insights report analyzes data on the cloud movement and current technology issues as gathered from interviews with CIOs and other top executives of leading companies. Access this report now to learn best practices from early-stage cloud adopters and identify key challenges. 

The movement from tape-based to disk-based backup is well underway. Disk eliminates all the problems of tape backup. Backing up to disk is faster than backing up to tape, and disk-based backups are more reliable and more secure than tape-based backups. Read on to learn more about the advantages of disk backup today! 

With the rise of consumerization and increasing movement of resources to the cloud, access management, enforcement and auditing have become more complex than ever before. And there are still some basic access management challenges that need to be addressed. This paper outlines 5 predictions for 2012 for access management. 

This guide discusses the two missions of cloud computing networks, as well as how to accomplish these goals. Also included are five requirements for successful cloud computing networks. 

In this Storage Decisions University classroom, get a complete overview on the current SSD landscape and the SSD options available for today’s storage managers. 

As the IT industry standardizes its operations to solve business problems in the most efficient, effective, economical, and equitable way, ITIL v3 becomes a useful and critical tool. 

With Dell Compellent Live Volume, organizations can continuously optimize storage for high availability and Administrators can move enterprise data when and where it’s needed on demand, based on ever-changing business conditions and application requirements. 

With the recent profusion of tiered storage solutions into the enterprise storage market, organizations are increasingly adopting tiering strategies to accommodate rapid data growth while controlling costs. Yet most solutions fail to maximize the potential benefits of tiered storage. Read this white paper to learn more. 

Improving the overall quality of your company’s decision-making process results also improves the overall effectiveness of your business. This paper explains how reporting will help your organization make better decisions, and how on-demand reporting allows you to accomplish this task in a fast, cost-effective, and easy-to use manner. 

Until recently, it was difficult for manufacturers to obtain a true picture of what was happening on the shop floor. Real-time, accurate data reflecting production activity, planned production schedules, quality checks, machine breakdowns, inventory levels or a shortage of materials made it a challenge for shop floor management to keep track.. 

This HP/Microsoft white paper explains how their fast track data warehouse architecture can help you make the decision for hardware selection and configuration. HP and Microsoft working collaboratively can help you obtain the information to successfully integrate your data warehouse.