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1. Six Wikibon experts break down EMC's recent analyst event (23 Mins)
2. Grant, a Sr. Storage Admin at a large bank discusses how heterogeneous storage virtualization can help reduce the budget for 2009. (20 Mins)
WikitipData protection vendors must adopt SaaSStorage providers must get serious about on-line storage services in general and data protection services specifically. Suppliers must aggressively adopt software-as-a-service (SaaS) models and drive price/usage transparency, simplicity, and an always-on reliability. Marketing messages will become a key differentiator and source of customer value as free trials, bronze/silver/gold service granularity, and 'it's your data' messages will permeate the industry over the next 6-24 months. |
Featured Case StudyFinancial giant goes greenThe 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 InitiativeFluctuating 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. |