Computer Technology Review articles from January 1 2008

Computer Technology Review archives from January 1 2008

2007 year in review: mid-market storage management strategy trends.
January 1, 2008... Mid-market storage management was affected by several key trends in 2007, including: 1. Continued exponential growth in the volume of information that mid-market companies must manage, protect and keep accessible, 2. Further dispersion...

2007 year in review: reducing the challenges of overwhelming data growth.
January 1, 2008... Exponentially increasing data growth, extremely competitive global economies, and tightening compliance regulations across all industries made the challenge of data management more overwhelming than ever in 2007. In addition, there is a shift...

2007 in review: scaling business analytics applications.
January 1, 2008... The growing reliance on business analytics to improve strategic operational decision making and increase an organization's competitive advantage is driving an explosive market. IDC estimates that the overall market for business analytics...

2008 forecast: creating a dynamic IT infrastructure with grid storage.
January 1, 2008... Today's IT organization is getting squeezed from all directions. To support more data, storage environments continue to grow and become more complex to manage. Tighter controls on data access and management, increased compliance regulations,...

2008 forecast: if you build it, they will come.(Hitachi Global Storage Technologies)
January 1, 2008... What would you store on a one-terabyte hard drive? Every so often milestones are announced that put into perspective how far we've come and the direction we're heading' they may even give us a peek into the future. The milestone...

2008 forecast: mapping your data center caching strategy.
January 1, 2008... Caching has long been deployed to optimize performance of systems and applications. It is a proven concept with implementations ranging from registers on a CPU, to system memory, to wide area data services. Cache enhances existing resources by...

2008 forecast: media asset management in the video world.
January 1, 2008... Each year, CIOs and IT managers everywhere ponder the technology initiatives that will shape their businesses in the coming year(s). In 2008, organizations will undoubtedly look at how they are managing (or not managing) their video assets. The...

2008 outlook: storage and the midmarket.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)
January 1, 2008... Midsized organizations need to justify every penny invested in IT. Challenged to do more with less, they typically do not have the financial resources their enterprise competitors have to invest in IT projects and staff. Midsized companies do...

2008: the year of the storage vendor.(Company overview)
January 1, 2008... Chinese astrology tells us that 2008 is the year of the rat, but I'm going to take it one step further and say it's the year of the 'pack rat,' which is a more appropriate term for the storage industry these days. All of the compliance...

2008 forecast: SAS takes storage'[TM]s center stage.(Serial Attached SCSI)(AMCC)
January 1, 2008... 'SATA today, SAS tomorrow' was the storage industry's mantra in early 2007. SATA was happily satisfying most storage application requirements and 3G SAS was only just beginning to enter the lexicon. But as the year progressed, Serial Attached...

2008 forecast: master data management "taking the MDM train.(Siperian, Inc.)
January 1, 2008... Master Data Management (MDM) adoption is like a long freight train' forward-thinking companies (like the first car) have moved long-past their initial starting point into enterprise-level MDM solutions, while lagging companies (like the last...

Adding value to network monitoring with rapid problem identification' aka RPI.
January 1, 2008... Network management solutions have evolved throughout the last 20 years' expanding from basic toolsets designed to manage unreliable devices in a traditional hub-and-spoke environment to more sophisticated flow-collector products capable of...

Biometrics: everywhere you are.
January 1, 2008... Convenient, secure data access is facing ever-escalating challenges. For over 90 million people, applications of fingerprint biometric technology are proving an effective measure for protecting valuable stored information, particularly in...

Business agility--a TAC strategic imperative.(ClearStory Systems)
January 1, 2008... ClearStory Systems Partners with TAC to Deploy ActiveMedia 7 continents. 80 countries. More than 500 locations. 5,000+ employees And growing. So states TAC, a world leader in building automation systems, where Jeff Kosiorek,...

Can your computer keep a secret "Part III: next generation encrypting hard drives.
January 1, 2008... Can Your Computer Keep a Secret 'Data Protection Methods are NOT Created Equal, we discussed the pros and cons of each of these options and showed their relative level of security, with encryption being the most secure approach by far. In the...

Case study: universal imaging utility cuts anchorage Int'[TM] Airport IT admin time by two-thirds.
January 1, 2008... Organization Overview Serving more than five million passengers in 2005, the Anchorage International Airport is a major contributor to the local Anchorage economy and one of its top employers. It is ranked as the top U.S. airport for...

Case study: enhance technology'[TM]s RAID solution selected by Medical Research Foundation.(Company overview)
January 1, 2008... Founded in 1944, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) is dedicated to conducting basic research to benefit society by expanding the knowledge of the basic biological processes fundamental to life. As a leading independent medical...

Data recovery completes disaster recovery.
January 1, 2008... We all know, computers have taken over the main stage in our digital lifestyles' professional and personal. We use computers for so many tasks' from business to finance to storing family memories' that the amount of data we are storing is...

Greening a data center.
January 1, 2008... WEDNESDAY, 05 MARCH 2008 08:33 ADMINISTRATOR In a hyper-competitive marketplace, businesses today face greater pressures than ever before to control operating costs' both to improve the bottom line and to appease stakeholders. Added to...

Industrial-grade storage for SMBs.
January 1, 2008... FRIDAY, 28 DECEMBER 2007 06:30 ADMINISTRATOR It'[TM]s long been the case that large enterprises cannot operate without their digital information assets. Whether its sales records, designs, video clips, security logs, or experimental...

The 'wiki way'.
January 1, 2008... FRIDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2008 09:09 ADMINISTRATOR Using a larger set of brains to define needs and develop technology solutions can create more flexible results that better meet the needs of staff and members. For centuries, the...