Esther Shein

Tackling The Big Data Challenge (Part 2)

April 26, 2012

When discussing big data, it’s important to note that not all data is created on the fly; some data sets grow and expand over time and stay in the organizations for a long time. The first...

How To Tackle The Big Data Challenge (Part 1)

April 23, 2012

Big data is a term getting bandied about a lot these days. It describes the phenomenon of information that keeps growing in organizations, thanks in part to the growth in social media...

Enterprise Flash Cache-ing Up To HDDs

April 17, 2012

Although the well-documented shortage of hard disk drives led many industry watchers to believe there would be a significant move to solid-state drives (SSDs) at the end of last year, that...

SSDs Continue Enterprise Penetration

April 04, 2012

Flash/solid-state disk (SSD) drives are changing the way enterprise storage vendors are developing their products, says Gary Watson, CTO of disk-based data storage systems provider Nexsan,...

Data Classification Tips & Technologies Part 2

March 30, 2012

Even though the process of classifying data is, in theory, well understood and considered a tenet of good business and security practices, industry observers say companies are not doing it...

Data Classification Tips And Technologies

March 28, 2012

As data continues to grow in terabytes in the enterprise, classifying it based on its sensitivity has never been more important. According to a just-released InformationWeek report, 10...

Quantum Dedupes Data Before It Hits The Cloud

March 22, 2012

Quantum, a provider of data protection and big data management, has announced a software platform to help customers take advantage of cloud-based data protection, using its vmPro technology...

Is Storage A SharePoint Killer?

March 20, 2012

Unstructured data is becoming an IT buzz word these days, and it’s something organizations are grappling with: how to get a handle on email, Office documents and PDFs, among other data-...

Adaptive Enhances HPC Scalability, Integration

March 15, 2012

For companies struggling with the complexity involved in using high-performance computing tools, Adaptive Computing is offering new releases – version 7.0 – of its Moab Cloud and Moab HPC...

HDD Shortages Spurring Storage Efficiencies

March 12, 2012

While there is a worldwide hard-disk drive (HDD) shortage due to recent flooding in Thailand that is affecting pricing, industry observers say the impact won’t be felt over the long term...

Add Smarts To IT With Predictive Analytics

March 08, 2012

While adoption of predictive analytics systems is still relatively modest, the promise they hold--giving companies a quick and logical way to make use of unstructured or big data in order...

Bumps Ahead For Feds' Data-Center Consolidation

March 06, 2012

While the federal government has mandated that nearly 40% (more than 800) of its data centers be consolidated by 2015, the results of at least two recent studies indicate several concerns...

Modular Data Centers Best Suited For SMBs

March 04, 2012

The typical data center was designed for finicky mainframes, but in the age of robust virtualized servers--not to mention economic considerations--many organizations are opting to tweak the...

Virtual Backup Challenges Enterprise IT

February 21, 2012

Organizations remain challenged when it comes to ensuring data is adequately protected and recoverable, even though advances have been made in backup and data protection technology,...

Vmware/Mitel Compete With Cisco For Contact-Center Desktop Virtualization