Market Landscape Reports
Published on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 at 11:36 am | 3 Comments »
Authors: Mark Bowker | Perry Laberis |
The Movement Toward Integrated Computing: The Foundations for Cloud
The idea that virtualization technologies are revolutionizing the market is no longer novel. Though the conversation has shifted toward cloud computing, server virtualization remains the foundation. Driven by numerous benefits including lower capital and operational costs, greater IT efficiency and agility, and ...
Authors: Mark Bowker | Perry Laberis |
New Data Analytics Platforms Designed for Big Data
Data analytics has always played a key role in enabling businesses to harness value from electronically stored information. Banking on the potential value that data can bring to an organization, executives are demanding more from it and are expecting faster, more impactful results. ...
Published on Monday, December 19th, 2011 at 2:14 pm | 5 Comments »
Authors: Kristine Kao | Terri McClure |
Enabling Workforce Mobility and Productivity
The trend toward “consumerization” marches onward in IT; more and more end-users are choosing their own hardware platforms and software applications in lieu of the IT-sanctioned business tools provided by their companies. These end-users are looking to tackle issues like data sharing, portability, and access from ...
Authors: Kristine Kao | Terri McClure |
Modernizing Legal Review for a Manageable Litigation Business Process
In 2006, amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure codified discoverability of electronic data in US civil courts. This left corporate litigants, already struggling with growing data volumes, with the added legal burden of producing it in court as evidence. Some ...
Published on Thursday, September 15th, 2011 at 9:48 am | 4 Comments »
Authors: Jon Oltsik | Julie Lockner |
Most will agree that corporate databases are a rich source of confidential and private information. This data needs to be protected via methods that comply with corporate and government regulations. New data requirements demand technology changes, but will IT organizations have the budgets, skills, tools, and processes necessary to keep ...
Authors: Jon Oltsik | Julie Lockner |
Replication technologies have been around for many years. There are plenty of ways it can be used, which ultimately will determine what technology strategy and solution category to evaluate. This report focuses on replication implemented to aid in high availability and disaster recovery architectures—both of which can be used to ...
Every IT organization is different, with varying application needs that fuel demand for specific products based on a combination of price, performance characteristics, and functionality. This paper will take an in-depth look at the network attached storage (NAS) market and the factors that are feeding vendors’ obligations to address different ...
The flux caused by x86 server virtualization initiatives has been either a boon or bane for IT organizations, especially when it comes to data protection. ESG research shows that backup and recovery of virtual server environments ranks highly as a top initiative and area of investment. However, there is often ...
Published on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 at 4:25 pm | 5 Comments »
Authors: Jon Oltsik | Perry Laberis |
Driven by data center consolidation, server virtualization, and network convergence, data center networking technology is in the midst of a profound transition. As part of this evolution, IT professionals can expect to hear new terminology like "flat networks," "programmable flow," and "virtual Ethernet bridging" from networking vendors.
What do these terms ...
Authors: Jon Oltsik | Perry Laberis |
It’s almost impossible to conduct a conversation with a storage vendor without raising the topic of “storage tiering.” Along with “virtualization” and “cloud,” it’s one of those de rigueur phrases. And, like those other two, storage tiering suffers from an over-exposure that can assume familiarity and understanding where it does ...
