4
E
OP
EUR
Balancing the basics with ‘trendy’ themes
SNIA
By Juergen Arnold, Chairman, SNIA Europe,
www.snia-europe.org
COMMENT
Dear SNS Europe reader,
Sometimes the volume of information made available on a With regard to ‘hotter’ subjects, SNIA Europe is once again
daily basis about new technologies and products might make leading the way with the creation of two new events co-
us ‘forget’ that our datacentres require strong foundations. located with our long-established SNW Europe conference in
Therefore this issue of the magazine will provide you with a Frankfurt. For the first time, 2009 will see “Virtualisation
fresh take on topics such as Business Continuity and Disaster World” and a “Datacenter Technologies” hosted alongside the
Recovery alongside the latest developments in “trendy” well-known data storage event. For more information or to
themes like virtualisation, green and cloud computing. register please visit
www.snweurope.com.
IT and data storage vendors and resellers often assume that Whether it is data storage, virtualisation or networking, I am
the “basics” of the infrastructure, e.g. BC and DR, are taken confident that you are all looking to curb your IT spending.
care of. Unfortunately this is not always the case.This is why With today’s wealth of technologies and products it should
these technologies are still highly ranked in customer surveys. not be difficult to identify the right path to the most effective
Although businesses can put a monetary value on the combination of performance and ROI, and SNIA Europe can
unavailability of data, it is usually the hidden costs which can be a unique source of unbiased, up-to-the-minute educational
become an issue. information. So whether you are looking to go ‘back to basics’
or find out whether cloud computing could make your
High availability does not mean 100% uptime and extremely datacentre more efficient, you will find plenty of information
high implementation costs; instead, the storage industry can in this issue of SNS Europe and of course at
help organisations understand their specific requirements and
www.snia-europe.org
how to implement the most suitable solutions. It is usually a
case of striking the right balance between investments in BC Enjoy this issue!
and DR versus losses through data unavailability. Juergen Arnold, SNIA Europe Chairman
MAR/APR 09 WWW.SNSEUROPE.COM
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44