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Jan. 4, 2012

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What are your predictions for technology marketing in 2012?

Here are some thoughts, perspectives and predictions for 2012 and 2013 (getting a jump on it) from my recent (free) newsletter ( http://storageio.com/newsletter/Fall2011.html ):
Thoughts and perspectives for 2012:
•Addressing storage woes at the source
•Big data & bandwidth meet big backup
•Cloud confusion finds ... more

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Dec. 31, 2011

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Is there (ever) a viable business case for using tape for archiving?

Lauren you nailed it!

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Dec. 31, 2011

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What were the smartest technology acquisitions of 2011?

Assuming that NetApp can execute on a go forward basis, then their $480M acquisition of the Engenio storage systems business unit from LSI that had a revenue stream of about $700M+ could be the deal of the year. Normally deals go for 3x to 4x ... more

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Dec. 31, 2011

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What are some examples of sustainable data centers?

That depends as reducing carbon footprint is often mistaken as the primary objective for sustainability thus missing more opportunities.
For some environments, reducing the CO2 footprint can be an objective of requirement.
However, for other environments the near term objective can and should be to ... more

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Dec. 31, 2011

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How has cloud computing impacted the creativity of IT departments?

For those environments that do not view cloud as a threat, instead seeing them (public, private, hybrid) as a means to compliement what they have been doing, providing relieve to do more and enable a new level of return on innovation (the new ROI), clouds ... more

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Dec. 31, 2011

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Does anyone know of a greener storage solution than Xiotech?

Terell let’s take a step back for a moment.
What is the greenest storage solution is going to depend on what you will be using it primarily for.
The previous mentioned among many others that have different attributes of being green. For example if you ... more

Dec. 31, 2011

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With Amazon's recent price spikes, do you expect the cost of cloud computing to increase?

Prices will go up however the quality of service, service levels and associated capabilities should also go up. I was with a cloud backup service provider and about a year ago switched to a different provider that ended up costing more. I could switch back ... more

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Dec. 31, 2011

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How much disk storage is ideal for backing up your server?

Scott the answer is it depends!
Building off the previous responses, it depends on your retention requirements, frequency of backups, and how many copies of each backup and in how many different locations. Your data footprint reduction (DFR) ratio from compression and dedupe can have ... more

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