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Information stored on NAS is just as important as that on SAN

Organizations should stop using artificial storage distinctions such as file-oriented versus block-based biases to define the value of data. Users should not assume that data stored on NAS is less important than data stored on block-based (e.g. SAN) systems. Rather, organizations should bring file-oriented storage under the umbrella of IT management and aggressively exploit big NAS technologies such as virtualization that enable consolidation and robust business continuance consistent with today's information storage requirements.

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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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