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Dedupe and thin provisioning: Two technology priorities for users

Storage management groups are likely to face an unfortunate either/or decision regarding thin provisioning and data de-duplication technologies near-term that will strongly influence storage buying patterns in the intermediate term. Mixing these technologies is the best option, but will require deft procurement planning and savvy political maneuvering.

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Financial giant goes green

The corporate IT group of a very large, worldwide financial organization with 100,000 employees, has initiated an ongoing “greening” process. This is focused largely on reducing energy use both to decrease the corporation's carbon footprint while creating a net savings in operational costs over the lifetime of new, more energy-efficient equipment, including new storage systems.

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Planning a Green Storage Initiative

Fluctuating energy prices have heightened electricity and energy consumption as a major issue within the technology community. IT is a significant consumer of energy and IT energy costs have been rising disproportionately because of continued investment in denser IT equipment. Estimates from the EPA and others indicate that IT will account for 3% of energy consumption by 2012.

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