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Storage: Rampant Data Duplication Clogs Enterprise Storage Media

By Dick Weisinger

‘Copy Data’ — the storage of duplicated data for safekeeping —  may be the reason behind 85 percent of all hardware purchases that were made in 2012.  That’s the conclusion of a report by IDC. The report finds that “Maintaining

Cloud Computing: Slashed Budgets and Increased Storage Demands Challenge IT Managers

By Dick Weisinger

Managers of IT departments told Navisite in a recent survey on Cloud Computing that their biggest challenges now include: How to build a cloud strategy How to deal with slashed budgets How to handle the storage of huge amounts of

Big Data Infrastructure/Storage: Demand for Data Drives Infrastructure Spending

By Dick Weisinger

“Mobile devices are creating a culture where people expect data to be available on demand from any­where at anytime. With data now available on the Cloud and in devices, businesses need to start taking it seriously,” said Andy Purvis, general

Data Storage: SDS: Dumbing Down Storage Hardware to Achieve Greater Efficiencies

By Dick Weisinger

It’s estimated that there will be 4 zetabytes of information created this year and 2 zetabytes of that will be saved on some sort of storage medium.  How much is that?  A lot.  EMC estimates that the in 2013 that

Virtual Networks: SDN Market Poised for Fast Growth

By Dick Weisinger

Software-Defined Networks (SDN) have the potential to dramatically transform the way that networks are deployed and operated.  The goal of SDN is to separate out network control from hardware.  In theory hardware costs should fall, and the management of the