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Hot Spots: Don't Let Saas Costs Sneak up on You
sponsored by Storage Magazine
 | Journal Article: | Posted: 23 Oct 2008
| | Published: | 01 Oct 2008 | |
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Backup services can save hardware and staffing costs, but beware of surprise fees.
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Best Practices: Planting Seeds of Green
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 02 Sep 2008
| | Published: | 01 Jun 2008 | |
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When it comes to green storage, it's all about the basics. Review your current setup and start with the obvious.
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Best Practices: High Hopes for Thin Provisioning
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 23 Apr 2008
| | Published: | 01 Apr 2008 | |
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It seems like everyone is talking about thin provisioning. It's no miracle cure, but the technology can do wonders.
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Best Practices: Foolproof DR Is Still a Moving Target
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 26 Mar 2008
| | Published: | 01 Mar 2008 | |
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Keep these eight key steps in mind when designing and testing your disaster recovery strategy.
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Best Practices: The Year Ahead: Green Power, Weak Dollars and More Apps
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 18 Feb 2008
| | Published: | 01 Feb 2008 | |
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By the time this article is published, most of you will have returned to work after a holiday break and settled down for the year ahead. Considering this is my first 2008 column, I decided to write about some areas that will take center stage this year.
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Best Practices: Unraveling Tape Encryption
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 16 Jan 2008
| | Published: | 01 Jan 2008 | |
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Tape encryption technologies and practices are on the rise. But with more choices than ever, careful consideration of the options is critical.
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Best Practices: Viewing Virtualization from Every Angle
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 20 Dec 2007
| | Published: | 01 Dec 2007 | |
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Virtualization can be a tricky technology for storage managers who need to apply traditional methods while navigating new obstacles.
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Best Practices: Tackling Data Migration
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 14 Nov 2007
| | Published: | 01 Nov 2007 | |
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Successful data migration projects require as much planning as doing. Use this checklist to make sure you have all the bases covered.
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Best Practices: Will Your Data Recovery Strategy Work for DR?
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 15 Aug 2007
| | Published: | 01 Aug 2007 | |
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Not all data is created equal or is necessary for business continuity, so a tiered data recovery plan can be most effective.
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Best Practices: The Ultimate Archiving Challenge
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 19 Jul 2007
| | Published: | 01 Jul 2007 | |
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An archiving deployment requires long-term retention management while avoiding vendor lock-in.
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Best Practices: The Science of Storage Management
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 29 Jun 2007
| | Published: | 01 Jun 2007 | |
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Consistency is the key to a disciplined storage operation.
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Best Practices: Protecting SharePoint Data
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 18 May 2007
| | Published: | 01 May 2007 | |
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SharePoint's collaboration framework is gaining in popularity, but it has a number of data protection challenges that can result in significant levels of complexity rather quickly.
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Hot Spots: Time to Learn from Microsoft's Mistakes
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 18 May 2007
| | Published: | 01 May 2007 | |
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Security is a cradle-to-grave commitment that spans products, processes and personnel. Microsoft has proved that you can turn on a dime and remedy security shortcomings, and now some leading storage vendors are following its example.
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Best Practices: Balance Workloads with RAID Types
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 12 Apr 2007
| | Published: | 01 Apr 2007 | |
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Not all RAID types are created equal; the RAID you use can have a major impact on application performance.
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Best Practices: Are Backups a Waste of Time?
sponsored by Storage Magazine
| Journal Article: | Posted: 14 Mar 2007
| | Published: | 01 Mar 2007 | |
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New business requirements may mean your backup process won't adequately protect company data.
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