Archive | October, 2008

Economic Woes and Storage

by Mike Davis on October 6, 2008 in Storage, Storage optimization

Every major business magazine has a cover story this week on the economic turmoil that’s gripping the credit markets, Wall Street, and the rest of us. Every one, that is, except Forbes, which chose to put John Chambers, CEO of Cisco on its cover this week. No doubt, some editors over there are wishing they’d [...]

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Are you Content Aware?

by Mike Davis on October 2, 2008 in Analyst, Storage

Storage analyst Robin Harris commented on the storage story of the week–NetApp’s Guarantee that virtualization will mean a 50% gain in storage capacity for its customers.  Harris’s take on the announcement is that dedupe for primary storage could be “the next big win for IT shops.” Perhaps, but let’s keep in mind that NetApp dedupe is [...]

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