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Five Categories of Storage Management Solutions: Which is Right for You?
Enterprise storage management gets more complicated by the day. Set aside the explosion of data growth that is endemic to modern IT management. Infrastructure professionals have to contend with data scattered across multiple data centers, storage manufacturers, and hybrid on-prem / cloud / edge environments. Seemingly every new storage fad simultaneously creates new options for enterprise [...]
Seven Ways Poor Enterprise Storage Visibility Hurts Your IT Environment (and Bottom Line)
As enterprise storage multiplies at historic rates, poor visibility increases the likelihood of catastrophe. Clearer vision is not only possible within IT infrastructures - it is also essential to prevent outages and build operational excellence. Before MRI machines were developed, it was impossible to distinguish between cancerous cells and healthy tissue. You couldn’t look inside a [...]
94% of Fortune 1000 Companies are Facing Supply Chain Delays. Here’s How IT Storage Teams can Adapt.
You don’t need statistics to prove what you already know: supply chains have been frazzled since last year. An Accenture study found that supply chain delays affected at least 94% of Fortune 1000 companies last year. And the ripple effects are being felt in nearly every industry - especially IT. For IT storage administrators and capacity [...]
IT’s “Great Resignation” Signals Need for Infrastructure Automation
The “Great Resignation” is causing major problems for IT and infrastructure staff at companies all across America. For executives, that means it’s time to get creative about more than just hiring practices. By incorporating actionable automation in storage and compute management, enterprise IT teams can mitigate the consequences of employee resignations and ensure that they spend [...]
Ignoring IT Assets Can Create Chaos for Mergers & Acquisitions
Visibility into data and IT infrastructure is non-negotiable for companies that are merging or acquiring assets. According to a 2022 survey by Deloitte, 92% of US corporations and private equity firms expect to see an increase in the number of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures over the next 12 months. Despite this optimism, these kinds of transactions are [...]
Is There an Affordable Storage Resource Management Alternative?
You’ve probably heard the phrase “you have to pay to play” a few times in your life. It’s true that effective storage resource management (SRM) comes with some costs, but how do you know if you’re paying too much? In this time of budgetary caution, it’s even more important to only spend on resources you [...]