Firms link backup, de-dupe tools with virtual systems to tackle data growth
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Some attendees at Computerworlds Storage Networking World conference are combining their use of backup software and deduplication tehnology with virtual systems in an effort to manage ever-increasing data stores.
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(Source: Data Domain) Troutman Sanders LLP, Thomas Weisel Partners and Synopsys Share Real-World Lessons Learned Learn how three enterprises applied best practices and a strong eye for ROI to achieve their data protection goals: Eliminate tape, reduce backup windows and reinvent disaster recovery processes.
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Virtual circle EMC Corporation has announced new data deduplication capabilities in EMC Avamar version 3.7, which now also supports VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) for the protection and reduction of backup times within and across virtual machines.â¦
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Company has started sharing some APIs with security vendors, in a bid to create better ways of securing virtual machines.
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Businesses may like the idea of Web-based software that tracks event data and relays it back to a desktop or mobile interface.
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A new product lets workers combine simple bits of software to create business tools.
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More and more organizations are transforming their IT departments into self-sustaining business units, treating internal users as if they were external customers. And for good reason, says Dennis Drogseth, vice president of Enterprise Management Associates, an IT management consultancy.
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Business thinks IT is slow and unresponsive. IT knows that the business is totally unappreciative of the fact that while they want to support the business as much as possible, they are effectively doing so wearing handcuffs and chains. Every year for 15 years the gap between the two has widened. Now it is about to fracture forever potentially. But by creating a virtual infrastructure -- creating a connection between the application and data -- we can solve most of today's primary IT problems and re-establish a tighter bond between IT and the business.
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(Source: Network Appliance)  This technical report discusses the virtual storage solutions that reduce cost, increase storage utilization, increase fault tolerance, and address the challenges of backing up and restoring VMware ESX Server environments by using NetApp technologies.
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In SMB de-duper stupor Hitachi Data Systems is introducing three pre-configured midrange Virtual Tape Library (VTL) packages to help coax the mainstream towards its de-duplication wares.â¦
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Storage and protection of key business information are increasingly important concerns for IT managers.  These managers demand scalable consolidated storage solutions that enhance the reliability, availability and speed of access to data. Download this white paper to learn about how application-focused storage solutions are meeting the needs of midsize enterprises.
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Although storage virtualization technology is fairly new, it's quickly gaining traction in the enterprise. In 2006, 20% of 1,017 companies surveyed by Forrester Research had adopted storage virtualization. By 2009, 50% of those enterprises expect to.
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Server virtualization software is gaining more and more users. But many are finding that there's a shortage of IT workers with virtualization skills, forcing them to adopt self-teaching strategies.
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Companies are starting to work on improving the often-overlooked security capabilities of spreadsheets and BI tools -- especially after sensitive data was carried on spreadsheets running on several recently stolen computers.
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Users at Storage Networking World are developing information life-cycle management schemes within their storage networks to more efficiently and cost-effectively store data according to business policies.
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Storage devices such as external hard drives are becoming more popular as data protection and backup requirements get more complex.
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New service plan lets customers keep old drives after replacement to protect data.