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Software-defined storage: Answering frequently asked questions
Russ Fellows, a senior analyst at Evaluator Group, breaks down the concept of software-defined storage, its benefits and the vendors who offer it. Q&A
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Hadoop ecosystem creates growing niche for channel
The Hadoop ecosystem provides channel partners with the ability to sell software, services and hardware around big data projects. Feature
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The top trending storage terms a storage reseller should consider
See how VARs can use the currently trending storage-related terms to help guide customers. Feature
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Storage managers find new capacity needs despite budget growth
While storage budgets are slowly bouncing back from the impacts of the recent recession, storage administrators still need to take new capacity demands into consideration. Survey
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Cloud storage services: Peer advice
Learn how one IT services and consulting company entered the cloud storage services business and get advice for how to approach the marketing, including evaluating how your company's current strengths match up with customer needs and conducting analy... FAQ
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SAS-2: Benefits and drawbacks of the newest Serial Attached SCSI version
Learn about the latest version of Serial Attached SCSI, SAS-2, including which segment of the market it holds advantages for, how it compares with Fibre Channel and SATA, and its key drawbacks. FAQ
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Survey: Storage spending in 2010 to stay flat, but lack of decline is a good sign
Our Spring 2010 Purchasing Intentions survey shows that the storage spending outlook for 2010 is mixed: Budgets aren't in the negative column, but they're not rising much either. Survey Results
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IT spending survey: Storage managers prioritizing data backup, additional capacity, DR
Find out what SearchStorage.com's IT spending survey reveals about which product categories are the most important in storage managers' IT purchasing plans for 2010, and which product categories are on the upswing. Survey Results
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Slow revival of storage buyers' purchasing plans
Storage magazine's fall 2009 Storage Purchasing Intentions survey suggests that customers' budgets are in better shape this now than they were this past spring. Survey Results
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Criteria driving data storage buyer purchasing decisions
A quick glance at Storage magazine's twice-a-year Purchasing Intentions survey results shows that data storage buyers choose one vendor over others primarily based on features and functions. But by analyzing several years' worth of purchasing ... Special Report
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Year in review: Backup, virtual storage, cloud storage, SSD
Find out how the markets for backup, virtual storage, cloud and SSD have evolved over the past year, and what may be in store for the future. News | 17 Dec 2012
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DinCloud partners with NetApp for new cloud backup, DR service
Cloud service provider dinCloud became a NetApp partner, using NetApp storage arrays and data protection software for its data protection service. News | 08 Nov 2012
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EMC cloud storage services partner program opened to resellers
EMC's Velocity Service Provider program is now open to resellers offering cloud storage services, as well as cloud providers. News | 01 Nov 2012
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EMC falls short of sales goals, cites poor economic conditions; more news
EMC cites poor global economic conditions for not reaching its sales goals for the third quarter and lowers sales expectations for the fourth. News | 29 Oct 2012
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HP goes live with Cloud Object Storage to challenge Amazon
HP Cloud Object Storage, aimed at service providers, comes out of beta and goes into GA; HP's cloud uses OpenStack object storage and Akamai for CDN. News | 01 Aug 2012
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NetApp founder Hitz talks clustering, convergence strategy
Headlines: NetApp founder and executive vice president Dave Hitz discusses the NetApp strategy toward technologies such as primary dedupe, clustering, converged infrastructure and virtual servers. News | 09 Jul 2012
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Dell wins bidding war for Quest Software
Headlines: Dell snatches Quest Software for $2.4 billion, winning its weeks-long battle with Insight Venture Partners to grab Quest. News | 02 Jul 2012
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Asigra cloud backup partners offered access to vertical marketing strategy info
Cloud backup provider Asigra will offer partners vertical marketing data; backup provider StorageCraft to launch cloud backup and failover services for MSPs and VARs; and more backup news. News | 26 Jun 2012
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EMC conference opens with VMAX, Data Domain upgrades
Headlines: On the opening day of EMC World 2012, the storage vendor launched upgrades throughout its storage platform portfolio, led by a new VMAX array. News | 25 May 2012
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Cloud channel key focus of EMC World 2012
EMC launched two new cloud practices within its Velocity Solution Provider Program and a unified storage platform at EMC World 2012. News | 22 May 2012
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Five LUN management basics
IT expert Brien Posey discusses five fundamental ideas storage professionals must understand when dealing with LUN management. Tip
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Streaming large video files in today's big data environments
Solid-state drives are a good choice for streaming large video files. Other factors to consider include cost and how often video will be accessed. Tip
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Active archive software: Not just for the enterprise anymore
Active archives, once thought of as practical just for big companies, are becoming more useful for SMB customers in a variety of vertical industries. Tip
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Managed backup solutions: Hybrid cloud backup options for MSPs
Find out what your options are for providing managed backup solutions to customers, including hybrid cloud storage offerings. Tip
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Cloud backup solutions for VARs, MSPs: Three approaches
Find out about the three potential cloud backup solutions a VAR or MSP could adopt to provide services for customers. Tip
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Selling customers on enterprise cloud backup services benefits
To sell enterprise cloud backup services, storage VARs and MSPs need to focus on the business benefits -- mainly, risk mitigation and cost reduction -- rather than the technology itself. Tip
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HIPAA-compliant cloud storage services: Due diligence is key to survival
To provide HIPAA-compliant cloud storage services, storage VARs and MSPs face many, grave regulatory requirements. Learn about the risks and get advice for performing due diligence. Tip
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'Big data' technologies to address retention, performance and capacity requirements
Read up on how ‘big data’ technologies from companies such as RainStor, GridIron and Quantum are addressing challenges around retention, performance and capacity. Tip
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VDI sizing and disk array controller requirements
Find out how to help customers estimate their disk array controller needs around capacity and performance as part of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) sizing exercise. Tip
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Tape archiving: Which customers are a good fit?
Find out why tape archiving -- for both large customers and small ones -- is worth another look by VARs who might have lost interest in tape in favor of disk-based or cloud-based archiving. Tip
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How do I ensure proper information lifecycle management?
Information lifecycle management – the proper use, archiving and ultimate disposal of data -- is important to any company. One reason is regulatory compliance. Learn about the information lifecycle and how VARs and consultants should advise the... Ask the Expert
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IP storage network bottlenecks
IP storage network bottlenecks can occur when networking gear, configuration and talent don't match up. Ask the Expert
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Storage blade server training
Storage blade server training is necessary for resellers who sell and support storage blade servers. Ask the Expert
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Benefits of VAR managed storage
Convincing customers to let you manage their storage needs comes down to one thing: Economics. Ask the Expert
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NAS for a Web server
Learn how to use NAS to provide storage for a Web server. Ask the Expert
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Adding value to storage virtualization
Storage is a huge market for VARs with many competitors. The difference between getting a contract and not getting a contract may boil down to the type of value you can add to a product. The same is true for storage virtualization. Ask the Expert
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Alternative storage vendors
In addition to the major vendors, these emerging companies are worth looking into. Ask the Expert
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Storage Radio: EMC software-defined storage gets serious with ViPR
Senior news director Dave Raffo discusses the new ViPR EMC software-defined storage product and other EMC World 2013 conference news. Podcast
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EMC storage products related to ViPR, Pivotal represent new worldview
ESG analyst Mark Peters says the latest EMC storage products related to ViPR, Pivotal technology show the firm's ability to change with the times. Video
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Raffo: EMC's ViPR 'first step' in defining software-defined storage
Dave Raffo, senior news director at SearchStorage, highlights some features of EMC's newly announced ViPR software-defined storage platform. Video
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SAN and NAS storage trends include software-defined storage, flash
Forrester Research analyst Henry Baltazar predicts the top SAN and NAS storage trends over the next five years. Podcast
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Increase capacity and performance without a rip-and-replace approach
Marc Staimer of Dragon Slayer Consulting outlines six technologies that increase capacity and performance without invalidating your current hardware. Video
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Virtual data center architecture: Storage Purchasing Intentions fall 2012 survey
We examine the fall 2012 storage Purchasing Intentions survey to gauge how storage is being implemented to support a virtual data center architecture. Photo Story
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IT budgeting: Storage Purchasing Intentions fall 2012 survey results
We examine the fall 2012 storage Purchasing Intentions IT budgeting survey to see how fast storage budgets are growing, how big they are and more. Photo Story
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The pros and cons of cloud backups for storage resellers
In this interview, see the pros and cons of cloud backup compared with tape backup, as well as how storage VARs can take advantage of that to guide their customers in the move to the cloud. Podcast
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Advantages and implementation hurdles of three file virtualization approaches
Storage expert George Crump explains the advantages and ROI proposition of file virtualization and examines the three main approaches, how they differ in cost and the implementation hurdles of each. Podcast
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Email file recovery opportunities
Find out what the key factors are in email file recovery, and what opportunities there are for solution providers, in this podcast with storage expert George Crump. Podcast
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Storage Radio: EMC software-defined storage gets serious with ViPR
Senior news director Dave Raffo discusses the new ViPR EMC software-defined storage product and other EMC World 2013 conference news. Podcast
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EMC storage products related to ViPR, Pivotal represent new worldview
ESG analyst Mark Peters says the latest EMC storage products related to ViPR, Pivotal technology show the firm's ability to change with the times. Video
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Raffo: EMC's ViPR 'first step' in defining software-defined storage
Dave Raffo, senior news director at SearchStorage, highlights some features of EMC's newly announced ViPR software-defined storage platform. Video
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Software-defined storage: Answering frequently asked questions
Russ Fellows, a senior analyst at Evaluator Group, breaks down the concept of software-defined storage, its benefits and the vendors who offer it. Q&A
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SAN and NAS storage trends include software-defined storage, flash
Forrester Research analyst Henry Baltazar predicts the top SAN and NAS storage trends over the next five years. Podcast
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Increase capacity and performance without a rip-and-replace approach
Marc Staimer of Dragon Slayer Consulting outlines six technologies that increase capacity and performance without invalidating your current hardware. Video
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Five LUN management basics
IT expert Brien Posey discusses five fundamental ideas storage professionals must understand when dealing with LUN management. Tip
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Streaming large video files in today's big data environments
Solid-state drives are a good choice for streaming large video files. Other factors to consider include cost and how often video will be accessed. Tip
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Virtual data center architecture: Storage Purchasing Intentions fall 2012 survey
We examine the fall 2012 storage Purchasing Intentions survey to gauge how storage is being implemented to support a virtual data center architecture. Photo Story
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IT budgeting: Storage Purchasing Intentions fall 2012 survey results
We examine the fall 2012 storage Purchasing Intentions IT budgeting survey to see how fast storage budgets are growing, how big they are and more. Photo Story
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