Storage Executive Commentary

11. 2013 Cloud Computing Outlook
    10/19/2012

    CenterBeam forecasts 5 enterprise tech trends:  burgeoning BOYD, VPN extinction, Apps-as-a-Service, big data big headache, and BI & analytics “make it work”. By Shahin Pirooz, CTO and CSO, CenterBeam

12. Avoiding A Data Disaster: Part 2
    10/16/2012

    Virtualization offers many compelling benefits to IT operations, including lower capital and operational expenses, simplified administration and boosted availability. However, for all of its advantages, virtualization does create some unique power management opportunities. By Jim Tessier, Eaton Power Quality Division

13. HaaS: The Next Step In Your MSP Business Evolution
    9/19/2012

    Selling HaaS (Hardware as a Service) solutions can help you overcome your customers’ resistance to large capital investments, while also ensuring they never need to worry about aging hardware.

14. 4 Cloud Storage Questions Your Customers Demand Answers To
    9/18/2012

    Understanding your customers’ cloud computing fears and objections plays a big part in being able to win their trust — and their hybrid storage business. By Frank Gurnee, VP of channel services, ExchangeDefender

15. Avoiding A Data Disaster: Part 1
    9/5/2012

    A data center’s top priorities when utility power is disrupted (or when other events jeopardize power availability) are keeping mission critical workloads operational and preventing data corruption. To achieve these goals, data centers have long relied on the combination of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) and power protection software to complete a graceful server shutdown. By Jim Tessier, Eaton Power Quality Division

16. With Automation, IT Can Move To Private Storage Clouds
    8/22/2012

    The possibility of a data explosion burning out talented IT staff is driving the popularity of storage automation and storage-as-a-service within enterprises. By Brent Rhymes, CEO, iWave Software

17. 5 Must Haves To Look For When Evaluating Object Storage
    8/17/2012

    Object storage has emerged as the preferred choice to handle the massive amounts of unstructured data managed by some of the largest public cloud services from Amazon, Google and Facebook. IT Administrators are now realizing that they too can leverage the benefits of object storage to simplify their storage infrastructure for private clouds, active archives and storage tiering, while increasing data protection and reducing costs. By Mark Goros, CEO and founder, Caringo

18. Securing The Cloud With A VAR, MSP, ISV Audience In Mind
    8/17/2012

    Customers have always looked to their vendors, be they VARs, MSPs or ISVs, to distill the challenges of migrating to a computing architecture. This continues to be true with regards to cloud – perhaps one of the most misunderstood and confusing architectures to arrive since the introduction of the personal computer to replace aging mainframe technology. By Andrew Hay, chief evangelist, CloudPassage

19. 5 Tips For Effective Virtualized Data Protection
    7/17/2012

    Choosing the right virtualization technology will ensure you’re delivering a fast, simple, and more affordable solution to address your customers’ virtualization environments. By Bill Evans, CEO, Arkeia Software

20. 6 Due Diligence Questions To Ask Your Cloud Provider
    7/11/2012

    Selecting the right cloud provider can be the difference between keeping your business in good health when it comes to protecting your data or losing everything and starting over. By Jamie Brenzel, CEO, KineticD