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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Robert Crawford George Crump Jonathan Hassell Mark Holt Brien M. Posey
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Erin Harris
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Tom Ireland James Miles Lisa Roberts
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ART DIRECTOR Ron X. Dulong
SENIOR DESIGNERS Jessica Lee Matthew Wheeler
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Anthony Cielakie Deborah Grisson Sharon McElroy
PRODUCTION MANAGER Peter Grube
PRODUCTION Emily Kudla Deborah Rock
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AN IT professional, you understand the amount of time and money spent maintaining
day-to-day operations. Ever-increasing user demands and shrinking budgets make it almost impossible to allocate resources where they’re needed most: initiatives aimed at boosting your organization’s competitive advantage. In this issue of Connection, we show you how to optimize your existing infrastructure and policies, prepare for future technology, and increase efficiency—freeing up IT staff and resources for projects that you’ve wanted to implement, but haven’t had the bandwidth to tackle. One of the biggest obstacles organizations face today is managing the proliferation of data. Fine-tuning your storage area network (SAN) ensures you’ll have the network performance, efficiency, and resiliency to scale capacity to meet demand. We provide tips to help you avoid storage I/O performance issues and keep your storage environment operating smoothly. No one wants to worry about a
disaster striking their data center—or the catastrophic property damage, data loss, and downtime that can follow. But if the unthinkable happens, will you be ready? In a disaster recovery scenario, your IT staff will have their hands full trying to get operations back online and
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running. That’s why every preparation you make now will be invaluable during a recovery. Learn how to assemble a complete network disaster recovery plan, including configuration and firmware documentation, network diagrams, and more. We also discuss strategies that utilize data centers split over geographic distances to ensure little or no recovery time. When your operations are organized and optimized, you can turn your attention toward new technology initiatives, such as integrating tablets in the enterprise. Being proactive about investigating the potential of tablets in your organization will help you implement a mobility solution that complements your infrastructure and increases user productivity. Prepare yourself to answer the inevitable questions employees and management will ask about implementing tablets. What devices will you choose? Which users will get access to tablets first? Learn where tablets make sense in your organization and how they can integrate with your systems, processes, and policies. Read on to discover the best ways to optimize your infrastructure—and then give us a call. We’re ready to help you design, build, and implement IT solutions that reduce complexity and increase efficiency, enabling you to devote vital resources to business innovation.
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