Data classification is at the core of nearly all modern storage
management techniques and tools. Treating data as information with
a specific, classified value to the company will allow storage
professionals to manage storage systems more efficiently and to
align storage operations with their companies' strategic
directions. Featured in this track is the popular tiered storage
school sessions, along with other sessions that can help any
manager set up or administer this new architecture.
Downloads included in this track: (click title to download
slides)
Tiered storage/data classification school
I
Speaker: Greg Forest, vice president services delivery,
Contoural
Description: Business needs and compliance requirements
continue to drive frantic data growth. But organisations do not
need to spend their last dollar trying to keep up with data growth,
legal requirements or operational pain. Instead, a sensible and
smart tiered storage infrastructure can help.
For more information:View the tiered storage school webcast
series
Tiered storage/data classification school
II
Speaker: Greg Forest, vice president services delivery,
Contoural
Description: By classifying data in the right storage
buckets, companies can substantially reduce storage costs across
the board, while improving business service levels for their most
critical data. In many cases, organisations are able to defer
additional purchases of high-end disc storage for up to three
years.
For more information:Buyer's guide: data classification tools
Different shades of green -- storage and data
infrastructure power and cooling
Speaker: Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst,
StorageIO
Description: This session provides a supplier and
technology-neutral, non-biased look at current issues and
challenges involving datacentre power, cooling and related
environmental issues.
For more information:Green storage gains ground
Managing storage on the Lan/Wan edge
Speaker: Tory Skyers, network administrator,
Prudential
Description: Storage on mobile devices is growing at an
exponential rate. Laptops, iPods, USB fl ash drives etc. are now
mainstream and just about everywhere. Storage administrators are
the point people in the task of managing this onslaught of
unstructured data as well as mitigating potential legal exposure.
Tory Skyers ,a network administrator for Prudential, equips you
with adequate budget, technology and policy to effectively backup,
restore, classify and management knowledge to help ease some of the
pain these devices and the associated users will inevitably bring
to any storage infrastructure.
For more information:How to manage unstructured data
Storage challenges created by a virtualised server
infrastructure
Speaker: Steve Norall, analyst, Taneja Group
Description: Server virtualisation planning and deployment
are increasingly intertwined with the planning and scaling of a
storage infrastructure that can support the high levels of
consolidation that many businesses demand today. In this session,
Steve discusses the key end-user storage challenges and how new
technologies are evolving to address these problems.
For more information:File virtualisation FAQ
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