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Technology: Private Clouds Are Forming

By Dick Weisinger

“Private Clouds” is a concept which some enterprises are beginning to investigate. The private cloud runs within the firewall and is under complete control of the enterprise, but it also has characteristics of being “on-demand” and ready to scale up

Storage: Storage Resource Management (SRM)

By Dick Weisinger

Developing company policies and usage for individuals of storage resources is no simple problem. Companies will typically institute a usage quota to get a handle on and be able to exert some amount of control over those resources. But managing

Technology: Dispersed Storage

By Dick Weisinger

Data growth is huge, and that growth is driving a previously boring industry to reinvent itself. Hardly a week goes by without some announcement about changes being pioneered in the area storage technology. Traditional storage today guards against data loss

Storage: Be Proactive, or Be Overwhelmed

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner Research points to the exploding amounts of digital data in the enterprise and warns CIOs to first consider options to control and manage data before overspending on huge amounts of storage. Many CIOs point to the rapidly falling prices

Storage: Spin Around IBM XIV

By Dick Weisinger

Innovation is flooding the storage market as vendors seek to address customer pain points around their storage needs. IBM has invested $2 billion this year towards acquisitions that will help it offer software tools that address the high demand for