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Jan 26, 20093 mins

 

On the way to becoming an information economy, U.S. companies have stashed away more data than they can handle effectively. The six-part 2009 New Data Center series opens with a look how companies are coping with the escalating problem of data storage.

  • Thinking outside the storage boxUnbridled growth in storage and the rise in Web 2.0 applications are forcing a storage rethink. Is this the end of the SAN as we know it?

    Plus:

    • Three tips for dealing with the growing mounds of unstructured data.
    • Reader survey: Data storage by the numbers
  • How flash is changing storage Faster performance and less energy-hungry, flash-based products are turning enterprise heads. Read the story. View a product slide show

    Know your storage efficiency quotient Pillar Data Systems CEO Mike Workman gives pointers on how to increase storage capacity but not space or energy used. Listen now |

  • The big data-center synchEnterprises prepare for data and storage convergence now that Fiber Channel over Ethernet is here.

    Plus:

    • Is FCoE really the best way to converge data and storage nets?
    • Five reasons to love iSCSI, a podcast with Test Alliance member Joel Snyder |
  • 10 woeful tales of data gone missingLessons learned notwithstanding, data storage tapes still go missing every year. Click through a slideshow of 10 such mishaps.

  • Thin provisioning how-toDon’t let this advanced technology’s gotchas getcha.

  • Data dedupe state of the art Get an update on the latest in data deduplication, with Sepaton’s Fidelma Russo, an engineering vice president. Listen now |

  • Best of NDC: from tools in use to strategies in play

  • The virtual spectrum: How virtualization is coloring your world

  • Blazin’ apps: How to optimize for great end-to-end performance

  • The next stop for storage: a travel guide to the latest developments

  • Secure this! How to prepare for irksome new security problems

  • Power: What you don’t know will cost you.

READERS’ NDC FAVORITES

  • 10 products for taking your net to the next level
  • Slideshow: 10 products for taking your net to the next level
  • Seven tips for virtualization success
  • Seven things NOT to do with virtualization
  • Four tips for building better wireless networks

Virtualization/On-demand/Grid

  • 10 virtualization companies to watch
  • Virtualization security needed – now!
  • App management in a virtual world

Advanced wireless & mobility

  • 4 tips for building better wireless nets
  • 5 ways to lock down mobile devices!

Power and cooling

  • Store green, save money
  • Danger in the new data center

Next-generation security

  • Virtualization security needed – now!
  • New ways to prevent data leakage
  • Open-source security tools for the enterprise

Next-generation storage

  • Store green, save money!
  • How to get e-discovery ready
  • How to tweak storage for great performance

SOA apps & infrastructure

  • SOA, meet SOI
  • SOA made fast and easy
  • 10 tools to management SOA

WAN optimization

  • Vista over the WAN
  • The next big WAN optimization targets
  • Faster apps, Cisco-style

Case studies

  • Avis tries harder with SOA
  • Inside three enterprise SOAs
  • How SOA could change how you buy electricity

Multimedia & tools

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