Data storage

Self-service storage: has its moment arrived?
Geoff Hough of 3PAR wonders why the provisioning of storage in data centres is done in such an inefficient way and lays out the technology path for developing self-service storage systems that would make it easier, more efficient and cost-effective for data centre users to manage their storage. July 2008

Storage security — who cares?
The need for business continuity and compliance with regulations make it increasingly important for organisations to make storage security a high priority. Bjarne Madsen of the Storage Networking Industry Association discusses the issues and outlines the elements of good storage security. July 2008

Nesxan introduces high capacity storage system. 29 July 2008

Barchester backs up BACS. 29 July 2008

Only one copy! How to deal with data duplication
Unnecessary duplication of data is a common problem in the digital world. Glyn Bowden of the Data Management Forum outlines the options for overcoming the problem. July 2008. read more ...

The green data centre
Phil Andrews of Cisco discusses ways to improve efficiency of server usage, reducing energy requirements and increasing efficiency of storage resources. July 2008. read more ...

London Medical protects data with online backup solution. 7 July

Data centres waste energy through excess capacity. 24 June 2008

New archiving tool unifies PACS data and relieves IT storage pressures. 6 June 2008

Green issues becoming more important for European datacentre providers. 30 April

The importance of storage management in patient care
David Jones explains why, with the huge amounts of unstructured data generated in the modern hospital, the proper management of the data is crucial to making optimum use of storage resources. October 2007

A new era in information management at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
The Trust had disparate IT systems with different hardware platforms, operating systems and business applications, making operations innefective and liable to data loss. The solution was to virtualise application servers, centralise storage and deploy a mirrored storage area network. September 2007. read more ...

Microfilm: the reel thing?
With the big IT firms squaring up to each other in the latest battle in the format wars, and even the chief executive of The National Archives voicing concern over the longevity of digital storage formats, Paul Morris asks if it's time. August 2007. read more ...

Are you covering your back end?
Tips on securing your storage network
Andrew Wilson of Hitachi Data Systems outlines measures an organisation needs to take to ensure physical and electronic security of data storage systems. August 2007. read more ...