Storage & Data Centre Solutions White Papers

The enterprise datacenter network is evolving to meet the changing needs of a mobile, virtualised environment. Cloud computing and the consumerisation of IT are also driving the creation of a new datacenter environment that depends heavily on application delivery to meet business needs. VIEW SUMMARY

In view of the often confusing landscape of how best to replace tape backup, this white paper will discuss the factors to consider when evaluating the alternatives, including a framework for assessing the value to IT for each approach. VIEW SUMMARY

Customer benchmark testing showed the VS-fusion delivered 5x increased IOPS performance & 37 x reduction in latency over an existing NetApp FAS3020 cluster VIEW SUMMARY

Network defences such as intrusion detection/prevention systems, firewalls, and antivirus are critical first lines of defence. These tried and trusted security solutions fail to defend against advanced persistent threats, internal attacks, or zero-day threats. Read on to find out more. VIEW SUMMARY

With enterprises aggressively embracing virtualisation, this sea change has brought new visibility gaps in IT infrastructure. This paper looks at how you can address the new challenges IT managers, administrators, and operators face with managing application performance within virtual environments. VIEW SUMMARY

This paper offers a strategic look at the cyber security landscape and considers what adjustments enterprises need to make to better anticipate and manage threats. iDefense conducted a survey on the past 12 months in order to reflect on how the field of cyber security is taking shape. VIEW SUMMARY

It is clear that data privacy and protection are now firmly on the boardroom table. Due diligence is more important than ever before signing cloud and outsourcing deals, as is strict data privacy policy enforcement across the extended network or partners and suppliers VIEW SUMMARY

In selecting a disk-based backup solution, it's critical to consider the scalability of each prospective solution to ensure that it will meet the needs of your organisation now and into the future. VIEW SUMMARY

This paper looks at a VMware-specific backup solution that includes deduplication. The result is a lower cost of ownership for customers who will not be forced to grow their backup storage (and its related operational and management costs) VIEW SUMMARY

This white paper is a 7-step guide for making the move from tape to disk backup with deduplication. Within these steps, the white paper provides a concise summary of the downsides of tape backup, and then examines the superiority and economy of second-generation disk backup with data deduplication VIEW SUMMARY