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Get thin provisioning in front of CFO's
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Last Update: Feb 14, 2008 | 09:26
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Originating Author: Wikibon Daemon

Storage administrators should carefully study the applicability of thin provisioning offerings from vendors such as EMC and Hitachi. Understand how the technology applies to business storage needs and get the results in front of their CIO, who will appreciate finally having a great storage financials story to tell to CFOs while setting up overall service improvements to application owners.

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  • "Doing more with less" has been a major theme of IT ops for years, and that is not likely to change with the present economic environment. Thin provisioning certainly is literally getting more with less. So it is a bit of good news for senior management.


    Posted By:Bert Latamore| Mon Sep 29, 2008 07:06

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