Disaster recovery and back-up were the major issues for
users attending the Storage Networking World-Eurostorage conference
in Cannes last week, according to Paul Talbut, a top official at
the Storage Networking Industry Association.
Talbut said companies are increasingly aware of the two issues as a
result of the changing global political situation. "You have only
got to look at the outside world," he said.
"Disaster recovery and back-up are important - customers will go to
extraordinary lengths to ensure that their most strategic assets -
their data - is protected."
Disaster recovery also featured prominently in the most recent
European storage audit from the SNIA, an organisation which aims to
promote supplier-neutral storage networking. More than half of the
100 firms surveyed said the issue was a primary concern.
Talbut said interoperability and storage networking management were
also key themes at the conference, where an interoperability lab
was available for SNIA members.
He said, "The iLab was a supplier-neutral area where SNIA-Europe
members could come and show how business continuity could be
achieved using a variety of products."