One of the most important parts of optimizing the data center involves improving storage efficiency. And that requires more than implementing the latest technologies. While working with IT operations in developing strategies to increase storage efficiency, it has become clear to me that organizational structure must change in order to expedite data center optimization. Like
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Organization structures need optimization — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns
Hitachi NAS Platform Reduces Operational Costs and Offers Greater Centralized Management of VDI Deployments
VDI-IOmark Testing Shows High Performance and Scalability Capabilities for VDI Environments to Help Organizations Achieve Greater Return on Storage Assets SANTA CLARA, Calif. — February 14, 2012 — Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), today announced that Hitachi NAS Platform, powered by BlueArc®, has achieved
VDI-IOmark, A Storage Specific Benchmark For VDI, Announces First Publicly Available Results With Hitachi HNAS Platform
VDI-IOmark for VMware View Provides Real Workload Measurement and Cost of Ownership Boulder, CO (PRWEB) February 14, 2012. VDI-IOmark releases the first public benchmark results with Hitachi Data Systems on their Hitachi NAS Platform (HNAS), powered by BlueArc®. Recognizing data storage is a major success component for VDI deployments, and that there has been no
Data Protection Q&A with Evaluator Group’s Randy Kerns by Peter Eicher
This week, the Syncsort team from around the world has gathered in Newport Beach, CA for our 2012 Global Sales Kickoff. It has been a great event to say the least with presentations from NSB customers, channel partners, NetApp executives, and our own solution experts. In conjunction with the event, we were also able to
Evaluator Group Announces Randy Kerns Appointment as Chairman of the Triangle Education Foundation
Mr. Kerns will lead the foundation to benefit undergraduate funding for engineering, architecture and science Boulder, CO, January 04, 2012: The Triangle Education Foundation recently announced the appointment of Randy Kerns as the Chairman of the Foundation. Randy Kerns continues his role as the Senior Strategist for Evaluator Group adding his professional leadership to
Evaluator Group Testing Confirms Industry-Leading Performance and Value of Quantum’s DXi6700 Deduplication Systems
Price-Performance Beats All Competing Systems in the Category SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 15, 2011 – Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM), a proven global expert in data protection and big data management, today announced the results of an evaluation of its DXi6700 deduplication appliances by industry analyst firm Evaluator Group, based on hands-on tests across common use cases.
RDX Alliance: RDX Filling the Requirements for Removable, by Randy Kerns
Technology changes over time and the operational workflows for companies change as well. Data protection is one area that is a constant in that the requirements to protect data will continue. What is changing is the method for protecting information. The current workflows used by many in performing backups are unsustainable given the increase in
CRN Article: Storage Efficiency Key To Managing Fast-Growing Data, by Joesph Kovar
Managing the growing amount of accumulated data can be difficult for any business, but those that apply the right management tools will find ways to increase the efficiency of their storage environments. That’s the key takeaway from a panel on storage efficiency presented this week at the COMDEXvirtual conference. Moderating the panel was Camberley Bates,
Evaluator Group Announces Advance Storage Education – Optimizing Storage Environments: Technologies and Systems
Evaluator Group, Inc. (EGI) announces the return of their Advance Storage Education – Optimizing Storage Environments: Technologies and Systems, designed specifically for storage professionals. The classes will be held February 8-9, 2012 in Boulder, Colorado at the historical Hotel Boulderado, and February 14-15, 2012 in the Netherlands in conjunction with Inframatica Consultants. The class is
Storage Expert provides Strategic Advice by Witold Kepinski, featuring Randy Kerns
The American storage expert Randy Kerns of the Evaluator Group recently gave a two-day training in the Netherlands organized by Inframatica Consultants. He gave some advice to IT decision makers and data storage specialists in large organizations, such as Rabobank, ING and KPN. His talk included virtualization, tiered storage, archiving and the strengths and weaknesses
