This blog post is a continuation of yesterday’s post about various aspects of Storage Economics as it relates to Hardware Maintenance cost. To read about Storage Economics – Hardware Maintenance – Part 1 Topics we covered in the previous post included The concept of … [Read more...]
Storage Economics – Hardware Maintenance – Part 1
August 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment
So on several occasions, I have written about Storage management and the cost reduction associated with it in terms of CapEx and OpEx. In this blog post we will talk about how your organization may further be able to leverage resources available in the industry to reduce TCO (Total Cost of … [Read more...]
Investment Strategies and Virtualisation
April 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I sat in a meeting today where the subject of how often you refresh your storage infrastructure came up. I know that many companies are working on a three-five year model but we were discussing whether this should be increased to seven and what needs to happen to make this so. There are a few … [Read more...]
Storage Resource Analysis (SRA): Part 5
March 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Facts about Storage Continuing the blog posts on Storage Resource Analysis (SRA), this post focuses on some facts about data that sits in Storage Environments. Read the entire series of posts on Storage Resource Analysis (SRA): Part 1: Storage Resource Analysis and Storage Economics Part 2: … [Read more...]
Storage Resource Analysis (SRA): Part 2
March 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The IT – Storage World of 2009 Continuing the series blog post on Storage Resource Analysis (SRA), this post focuses on the “IT - Storage World of 2009” and the requirements / importance of it around today’s overall Storage Strategy. Read the entire series of posts on Storage … [Read more...]
Storage Resource Analysis (SRA): Part 1
March 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Lately I have really been away from blogging; seldom get time to read the blogs I follow every day, can’t remember the last time I was on Twitter. Read the entire series of posts on Storage Resource Analysis (SRA): Part 1: Storage Resource Analysis and Storage Economics Part 2: The IT – … [Read more...]
Planning for Virtual Infrastructure: Avoid the Pitfalls
March 14, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Today, many companies are considering a compete migration from a physical to a virtual infrastructure. Based on the promises of cost savings, administrative efficiencies, and improved resource utilization, virtualization is seen as the technology that makes it possible to do more with less. However, … [Read more...]
Doing More (with the same or less)
February 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Capital budgets are pretty tight this year and IT teams all over the globe are being to do more with the same or less. This is good in many ways and hopefully we will overcome some of the profligacy of the past but the responsibility is in our (the end-users) hands, we can’t simply expect the … [Read more...]