10 March 2010
Wednesday
Just when we thought EMC’s Symmetrix V-Max and Cisco’s Unified Computing System were the biggest product launches of the month – if not for the year – along comes VMware to up the ante…
Tiered storage environments were introduced to handle and intelligently manage an ever-growing amount of data in data center, as well as to reduce storage costs. However, researchers from Singapore’s DSI intend to push the limits further by combining the high performance characteristics of object-based systems with information lifecycle Management (ILM).
Virtualization has changed data center operations and management. But unless the server and the network become an integrated whole, managing the compute, networking, storage, security and application resources would remain complex and challenging.
When IBM, EMC and HP deliver clustered storage systems due out later this year, they'll find that many multimedia companies have already deployed a grid storage system from newcomer Omneon.
SINA.com relies on meeting the needs of its community of Internet users to secure its growth and continuing success. Its revenue comes from online advertisements, mobile value-added services, search and other chargeable services.
Retailer JCPenney's drive to become energy efficient across the boards includes larger disk drives and storage arrays with solid-state drives in the works.
SmarTone-Vodafone partners with Teradata to deploy third-generation active data warehousing to reduce overheads and enable more targeted marketing.
Customers can now decrease third-party storage capacity for virtual server environments by 35% using NetApp V-Series.
Using Intel solid state drives instead of hard drives produced a 625% reduction in latency for a company that powers Web-based personalized search.
Zegna, the luxury men’s clothing company, has engaged Cable&Wireless to proactively manage its growing international communications infrastructure from its data centers in Dublin and Munich.
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Backup and archiving have changed over recent years partly riding on advances in technology. When do you perform backup and when to archive? What are the technical and operational considerations that need to be looked into for each. This paper looks at Simpana Software as a platform for achieving both.
This paper looks at Simpana as a platform for seamlessly extending local backup and archive to a new tier of cloud-based storage. Virtually unlimited storage capacity from our integrated cloud storage partners helps users dramatically reduce costs and operational complexity while improving long-term compliance.
The move to cloud computing is not easy, and its important to get it right the first time. Curtin University of Technology with the help of Optus Business, Alphawest, Cisco, EMC, and VMware, takes the first steps that will provide Curtin with an on-demand access to a fully virtualized private data center.
Asian sports associations looking to improve performance (winning gold medals) can take a leaf off the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA)'s book, when it comes to blending the best in both athletic and IT infrastructure.
