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Reliable Data Protection Designed for Virtualized Environments

Organizations are modernizing their data centers so that they can provision IT services faster, strengthen security and control, and lower operating costs. While building modern data centers, organizations invest in server virtualization, modern storage applications, and cloud-based services. However, businesses are facing new demands from end users, including access to data and applications at all times and systems with no downtime or data loss. In addition, they are facing exponential data growth annually.

Eight Considerations for Utilising Big Data Analytics with Hadoop

The power of Hadoop is that it utilises schema on read. With a data warehouse, you often have to know what the tables look like before loading data. With Hadoop, you can pull data from any source or type and then figure out how to organize it. Organisations are beginning to use Hadoop as a dumping ground for all kinds of data because it is inexpensive and doesn’t require a schema on write. Such storage is often referred to as a Hadoop “data lake.” On the flip side, the Hadoop/MapReduce engine is not optimised for the iterative processing that analytics often requires. It is best suited to batch processing.

Prototype to Production with IMSL Numerical Libraries

In this paper, we describe how to call IMSL routines directly from R and Matlab. In general, use of IMSL reduces software production time and costs. Moreover, the technique we describe streamlines the process further by easing the transition from algorithm development to production code. We show how to integrate IMSL with common tools used by applied mathematicians, data scientists, and advanced algorithm groups.

Flash Array Deployment For Dummies

Learn the history, business values and fundamentals of deploying a flash system at a basic level.

Storage 101: Getting Smart About Scaling Up

Small and midsize businesses grapple with the same massive data growth that’s challenging larger organizations, yet they have fewer resources to devote to managing the deluge.

A new option from Dell, powered by an Intel® Xeon® processor, is finally giving SMBs access to storage area network technology that’s affordable and easy to manage. Read this white paper by Dell and Intel®, to learn more now, including what this technology can offer in terms of benefits, performance, and more. Intel Inside®. Powerful Solution Outside.

**Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.**

Mid-Range to Entry Enterprise Storage Vendor Landscape

Storage is the backbone of your IT infrastructure. Make sure yours is capable of supporting your organization’s needs. Info-Tech evaluated eight competitors in the mid-range to entry enterprise Storage Array market. Download this report by Dell and Intel®, to see the results! Intel Inside®. Powerful Solution Outside.

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Four Reasons to Reconsider SANs

Storage area networks offer considerable benefits, yet cost and complexity steer many growing businesses in other directions. Read this paper by Dell and Intel®, about a new generation of technology making SANs more affordable—and more manageable — than ever. Intel Inside®. Powerful Solution Outside.

**Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.**

Small to Mid-Range Storage Vendor Landscape

Storage is the backbone of your IT infrastructure. Make sure yours is capable of supporting your organization’s needs. Info-Tech evaluated nine competitors in the Small to MidRange Storage Array market. Download this report by Dell and Intel®, to see the results! Intel Inside®. Powerful Solution Outside.

**Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.**

Moving Beyond Batch Backup

Data protection has changed, and although protecting data both for backup and disaster recovery purposes is as important as ever, there are alternate applications and methods for protecting data that are more efficient and less expensive.

Hybrid Storage for Backup and Data Protection

Backup and data protection continue to be critical considerations for any enterprise. As an established leader in backup storage, Quantum offers QXS hybrid storage systems as a cost-effective option for block storage that can be used for backup.

Users have many choices for backup and disaster recovery storage, including deduplication appliances, standard block or NAS storage for backup, the cloud for off-site DR protection, and, of course, most users continue to use tape for long termretention, compliance, and archiving.

Flash Storage Delivers on the Promise of VDI

As organizations consider desktop virtualization, they often uncover that picking the right storage can make or break the success of the project. Learn how a NetApp All-Flash FAS solution can help you deliver cost effective virtual desktop performance while reducing your management costs.

Flash Storage For Dummies, NetApp Special Edition

Flash Storage for Dummies, NetApp 2nd Special Edition, describes the many uses and benefits of flash storage technology in the enterprise. From flash-accelerated storage to all-flash arrays, flash technology improves performance and increases reliability in storage infrastructures. The book examines various elements of flash storage: how it evolved, and why you should consider it for your storage infrastructure. The book explores key differences in NetApp’s flash storage solutions: NetApp Flash Cache, Flash Pool, all-flash FAS, and the EF-Series. You’ll also learn five strategies for using Flash in your next storage project. In that classic For Dummies style, you’ll get some useful tips on how to best incorporate flash in your IT environment.

IDC Paper: Attributes of SAN Storage Required for Business Critical Workloads

Organizations expect their IT departments to deliver a SAN storage infrastructure that can support faster rollout of applications and services, continuous and fast access to data in key applications, and efficient scale to address corporate data growth without comparable growth in IT expenses. This IDC white paper reviews the key SAN storage features required to meet such challenges and the NetApp SAN storage portfolio offerings that best address your needs.

Memorial Hermann Health System delivers outstanding patient care

Memorial Hermann Health System deployed IBM FlashSystem storage, which provides physicians with ultra-fast access to the information they need to make the best treatment decisions. A 96 percent reduction in power consumption also unlocks cost savings for this not-for-profit organization.

Paddy Power – Accommodating unprecedented levels of growth with scalable technology

Bookmaker Paddy Power supports annual growth rates of up to 45 percent by enabling near-linear scalability of its storage infrastructure with the IBM FlashSystem 840. The solution improves application performance by 1,200 percent in some cases, and will deliver an 18-month ROI.