NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MIKE KARP ON STORAGE IN THE ENTERPRISE
10/06/05
Today's focus: Two storage shows that could be worth attending
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Today's focus: Two storage shows that could be worth attending
By Mike Karp
Once again, it is time for the fall version of the Storage
Networking Industry Association's Storage Networking World
conference. This conference runs both spring and fall, but Fall
SNW has historically been the big one.
Here is what's going on in Orlando on Oct. 24-27:
First, of course, are the SNIA-sponsored tutorials. There seem
to be many more of them this time around than in the past, but
what is likely to be most interesting is the increasing focus of
many of them on information lifecycle management (ILM) and
storage security. ILM topics such as data classification,
automation and storage tiers, and a number of security tutorials
join the always-predictable lot of vendor posturing and storage
resource management (SRM)-related presentations that are the
SNIA's traditional metier. There also look to be some useful
sessions on data protection and other nitty-gritty topics.
For those who have been following the SNIA's prescribed
storage-area network (SAN) certification courses, there are many
opportunities to take the certification exams and get a snazzy
certificate with which you can wow friends, bosses and
significant others when you get back home. And of course,
interoperability will be available both during the
interoperability showcase, and at the many watering holes that
always seem to appear at these meetings.
I'll be at this one. Stop by and say hi if you see me - I'll be
the bearded, frazzled-looking guy often lurking near the press
room. Or at the bar. If you are a vendor or an IT manager and
you'd like to set up a meeting with me, send me an e-mail (see
the contact info below).
Much of the time at SNW is focused on SANs, but SANs aren't the
only form of networked storage, of course. We also have
network-attached storage and this year's NAS Industry Conference
is being held in Santa Clara on Oct. 18-20 at the Hilton. Just
about everything NAS-related (NAS-ish? NASty? Nah.) will be on
display in the exhibit hall, but make sure to leave some time
for the presentations, tutorials and panel sessions.
The NAS Industry Conference is sponsored by EMC, HP,
Hummingbird, Network Appliance and Sun. Go to the conference Web
site <http://www.nasconf.com/> and review the agenda to see if
this is going to be of interest to you. The agenda indicates a
preponderance of NFS-related topics (no surprise there), but
also shows that, at last, the vendors are stepping up to address
storage security issues.
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To contact: Mike Karp
Mike Karp is senior analyst with Enterprise Management
Associates, focusing on storage, storage management and the
methodology that brings these issues into the marketplace. He
has spent more than 20 years in storage, systems management and
telecommunications. Mike can be reached via e-mail
<mailto:mkarp@enterprisemanagement.com>.
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This newsletter is sponsored by Ciena
Free White Paper: Best Practices for Networks for Storage
Replications over Any Distance
Learn how the right storage extension implementation can enable
strategic competitive and cost advantages with high-performance,
low-cost data center connectivity--supporting virtually all
time-sensitive, mission-critical applications enterprise-wide.
Free white paper courtesy of Ciena.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=116817
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