| Doing more with less: the state of today's data center Nearly every initiative data center managers pursue today has a common goal: getting more work done with fewer resources. Do more with less...staff Speaking of Quest, as I was in the last issue, my friend Quest Senior Director, Product Management Jackson Shaw recently blogged about his predictions for 2009. One, in particular, resonated with me: "Do more with less ... You really can do more with less With the global economy lurching toward recession , everyone is being asked to do more with less, and cutbacks and layoffs are weighing heavily on people's minds. But cutting costs in IT does not necessarily mean laying ... Why IT will fare better in this economic downturn In a recent newsletter (2009 trends: Doing more with less) we discussed how we saw IT organizations responding to the current economic challenges. Given the great interest in that topic, we are going to explore it in ... 2009 trends: Doing more with less We're in the midst of collecting information on your outlook for 2009, and what we've found out so far is not surprising. And even though it's not always a good idea to leak some of the information from an in-progress ... NetApp founder shares tips for storage on a dime We continue our conversation with Dave Hitz, founder and executive vice president of NetApp, about his new book ‘How to Castrate a Bull: Unexpected Lessons on Risk, Growth and Success in Business.' Today, Hitz shares his tips on surviving in storage business in this economy. NetApp founder: Creating a start-up is like castrating bulls NetApp founder and executive vice president, Dave Hitz, recently published a book with an intriquing title - How to Castrate a Bull: Unexpected Lessons on Risk, Growth, and Success in Business - that screamed out "pick me up and read." I spoke to Hitz about the book, why he felt compelled to write it, his experiences of castrating bulls and founding NetApp. Users want more from the data center but reducing cost is a goal Doing more for less was the mantra of respondents to Symantec's second annual State of the Data Center report. A full 75% of respondents said that user expectations were gradually increasing, while 62% said meeting service-level agreements was getting more difficult. An affordable and ultimate way to dispose of old hard drives You've got compliance on one side, and data leakage on another. What's a network exec to do with aging disk drives? Blogger Ron Barrett has found a unique, affordable, shredding service. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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