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InfoStor Europe In-Depth
User Case Studies

November 27, 2006

This week’s In-Depth report focuses on end-user case studies, or success stories, in a variety of technology areas, including disk-based backup/recovery, wide area file services (WAFS), content-addressed storage (CAS), online backup/recovery, storage virtualisation, and iSCSI-based IP SANs.

CONTENTS

Users embrace D2D
It’s not just about high-speed backup and recovery. Users are leveraging technologies such as data de-duplication or content-optimised storage (COS), compression, encryption, and WAN acceleration in their disk-to-disk (D2D) backup scenarios. More...

WAFS reins in remote office backup
Users are looking beyond the basic file sharing and WAN acceleration features of wide area file services (WAFS) and discovering new applications and benefits. More...

Content-addressed storage makes the grade
Case studies show how users are benefiting from CAS platforms. More...

When does online backup/recovery make sense?
Case studies illustrate the benefits of backing up over the Internet. More...

Virtualisation slowly makes inroads
While more than half of large enterprises do not have plans for block-level virtualisation, 15% are currently using or evaluating the technology. More...

Why users are adopting IP Storage
Among the driving forces are storage consolidation, simplified data protection, affordable disaster recovery, and improved data management. (This article was written by the Storage Networking Industry Association’s IP Storage Forum.) More...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Reldata’s 9200 IP Storage Gateway has received Compatibility Certification from LSI Logic.
LSI Logic has promoted Flavio Santoni to executive vice president, storage sales and marketing. Santoni joined LSI Logic in February 2001 as vice president of worldwide marketing for the company’s Engenio storage systems subsidiary (formerly LSI Logic Storage Systems). Previously, he worked at Sutmyn Storage and Memorex Telex. LSI Logic has also named Oliver Gneuss as distribution and channel sales manager for storage solutions in Central and Eastern Europe.
3PAR has appointed Christopher B. Paisley to it board of directors. He has joined 3PAR as an independent external board member and will serve as chairperson of the audit committee.
Network Appliance has promoted Mark Stevens to area vice president for the UK and Ireland. He began his career at NetApp more than six years ago as a sales manager.
TDK recently announced that it has shipped a total of 10 million LTO Ultrium data cartridges worldwide in only five years.

Visit the SAS Resource Center
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