Protecting data with storage networking solutions.

(From New Straits Times (Malaysia))

Byline: Foo Eu Jin

STORAGE networking is perhaps the most important storage innovation to support disaster tolerance today, with information and communications technology (ICT) managers scoring disaster recovery and the avoidance of unplanned downtime an average of 4.4 on a five-point importance scale.

Disaster recovery is the primary reason why customers are deploying storage area network (SAN), especially in the aftermath of the Sept 11 attacks.

"People and data are the foundation of every business. Protecting them is crucial for business survival. If recent events have taught us anything about disaster …