Small Storage Vendors Have Innovative Products that Enterprise Needs

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Optimizing Infrastructure July 20, 2012 Smaller Storage Firms Target the Enterprise One of the reasons the IT industry has largely avoided the depths of the recent recession like other sectors of the economy is the sheer diversity of systems and solutions out there. For every large vendor, there are usually dozens of smaller firms either finding niche markets for highly tailored systems or providing broad-based solutions more economically and with less hassle. Storage is a prime example. Read more > Featured White Papers Storage System Deployment Guide: 10 Must-Ask Questions Whether you are consolidating your storage, trying to improve application performance, or looking to get the most out of your databases, it's important to ask the right questions. This informative guide will arm you with the questions you need to consider when reviewing your storage strategy. •  Managing Sensitive Information: An IT Security Strategy •  A Self-Managing Storage Array? Your Must-Read Solution Analysis •  What to Look for in Advanced Web Threat Protection Ten Critical Questions to Ask Your Cloud Provider Just how secure is your cloud? And how do you know? Meeting the Cloud Migration Challenge New infrastructure, even when it's built on the cloud, is not very useful if data and application migration does not go smoothly. Download: Storage Acquisition TCO Comparison Tool Careful analysis of ownership cost can make or break your storage consolidation project. Use this Excel-based tool to model and compare various storage options. Latest White Papers Building a Virtualization-Aware Data Center Infrastructure Solving the Data Center Crunch: Space, Power, and Cooling BYOD Policy Guide: Three Steps to Better Security Balancing Space & Application Requirements: A Checklist Avoid IT Audit Stress Check out these five proactive steps to take to avoid the stress and distraction of an IT audit. Download Now > "The reality is that mobile device management is a technology in the right place at the right time. It predates the infatuation with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) approaches in which employees use their own gadgets at work." Excerpt from Carl Weinschenk Data and Telecom Blogs Mike Vizard IT Unmasked Taking the BI Pressure Off the Data Warehouse Loraine Lawson Integration Understanding Data Virtualization Arthur Cole Infrastructure Driving SSDs Toward Greater Reliability Real-Time BI for Better Analytic Performance   Find out how your company can leverage real-time BI to significantly improve business insight. Download now > This e-mail is sent by: IT Business Edge, property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Copyright © 2012 QuinStreet, Inc. All rights reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise