Archive for July, 2008
The Future of Modular Storage
Posted in Virtualization on Jul 28, 2008 No Comments »
Rick Villars of IDC believes that the predominant storage system in the future will be modular, two controller, storage systems. While modular storage will continue to be the storage of choice for the midrange market, it will have an expanding presence in the enterprise market as “role based” storage systems. This is storage that meets a [...]
High Availability Modular Storage: USP VM
Posted in Storage Solutions, Virtualization on Jul 18, 2008 No Comments »
Last night the executives of our Hitachi development laboratories hosted a dinner for the Asia Pacific Media tour at a traditional Japanese Restaurant in Odawara. It was a fabulous meal which lasted almost three hours. I had forgotten what it feels like to sit on a tatami floor for three hours. As I struggled to [...]
The CIO’s view of the Next IT Wave
Posted in Best Practices, Virtualization on Jul 11, 2008 1 Comment »
I had the pleasure of hosting a panel of CIO’s for Camp IT’s IT Leadership Strategy Conference in Rosemont, Illinois. The topic was “The Next IT Wave: What Might It Be and How Can You Prepare For It”. The panelists we had were excellent with a wide range of experiences. Kim Tracy, Executive Director, University [...]
IDC report calls for well rounded storage strategies to address increasing power and cooling costs
Posted in Sustainability on Jul 6, 2008 1 Comment »
IDC published a new report “The real costs to Power and Cool All the Worlds External Storage”. Here are some of the excerpts from this report as reported in their press release of 17 June 2008
