16


productivity on Planet 51


Improving


22


How to share,


manage and preserve valuable data


EDITOR RECOMMENDS 28 38


12 A TRILLing subject A new network protocol, called Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL), is expected to be


completed in the second half of 2010,


It should all end in tiers EDITOR’S LETTER


There’s some great content in this issue of SNS Europe. Pride of place goes to the Ilion Animation Studios case study – a great insight into the demanding storage environment of the media and broadcast industry. Similarly revealing is the Q and A focusing on the work done at the European Bioinformatics Institute. Add to this input from a couple of the industry’s major players sharing their thoughts and plans on a variety of storage issues, and the Cloud hot topic, and there’s a wealth of information just waiting to be discovered. Which brings us neatly to the news that the SNS Europe website has been re-designed – video footage has been added to the news and other text-based content. End users and vendors alike inspired to submit video footage and/or regular video blogs, should get in touch with me.


From 10 years to one week DEPARTMENTS


04 SNIA Europe 06 Newsfile 10 SNIA Forum 12 FCIA update 16 Broadcast/media 24 Q and As 32 Hot topic


Regularly updated Storage Networking news, white papers, case studies and industry initiatives can be found at the SNS Europe website: WWW.SNS-EUROPE.COM SNS Europe is the only publication to be endorsed by


24 Building to meet customer requirements SNS Europe asks Thomas Pavel, LSI’s Channel Sales Director, EMEA, about the recent launch of the CTS2600 family of configurable storage components, in particular how the Channel has helped to shape the launch, and how it will benefit from the launch.


ISSUE CONTENTS


10 Bringing clarity to a confused marketplace


12 A TRILLing subject


16 Improving productivity on Planet 51


22 Share, manage and preserve


24 Building to meet customer requirements


28 It should all end in tiers 32 Clouds of unknowing?


FRONT COVER PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Miguel Angel Jimenez.


38 From 10 years to one week


41 This Life WWW.SNSEUROPE.COM SUMMER 10


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