Thursday, February 25, 2010

Iron Mountain has a Mimosa; De-duplication for mainframes

IBM offers de-duplication for mainframes | InfoWorld review: Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN kicks it to 10G

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Iron Mountain acquires Mimosa Systems
A good start to this week in storage as Iron Mountain acquires content archiving vendor Mimosa Systems for $112 million cash. The deal, which has been rumored about for the past week, gives Iron Mountain an on-premises archive capability to add to its SaaS offerings. Read More


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Make IT Data a Strategic Asset
This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More!

WHITE PAPER: Ultrium

Cost Effective Data Security with Tape
With a growing number of laws and regulations, financial penalties, and public notification costs, a security breach can be costly for corporations. Data managers are called upon to develop effective security for sensitive data and are turning to tape encryption. Read Now

IBM offers de-duplication for mainframes
IBM announced the availability of an appliance that de-duplicates data being backed up for mainframes, offering as much as a 25:1 data reduction ratio. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

WAN Optimization Can Multiply IT Efficiencies
Data center consolidation, regulatory compliance and a more distributed environment are some of the IT initiatives making a comprehensive and robust disaster recovery plan more important than ever before. The Enterprise Strategy Group highlights trends in DR, the role of virtualization and the impact of WAN optimization. Learn more.

InfoWorld review: Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN kicks it to 10G
Dell's EqualLogic PS6010XV 10G iSCSI array delivers big time performance, offering an easier and lower cost option to Fibre Channel Read More


WHITE PAPER: Qwest

Connecting to Better Customer Service
Less than a third of surveyed IT executives believe their companies are "highly effective" at adapting to changing customer needs and priorities. Businesses that build a robust voice and data network infrastructure can achieve a high level of responsiveness, and transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Click here.

Simultaneously save files to iDisk
Reader Recutecu seeks a way to easily save files to his iDisk. He writes: Read More



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