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IBM Storage

Expect more from your storage: Introducing IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
New storage solutions rais expectations about performance, efficiency and ease of use. Store more – and more diverse – data with higher capacity drives, more remote mirroring options and integrated support for file storage.


Flexibility, automation, scalability and optimized performance
IBM System Storage DS8800 - Improve storage efficiency, throughput, and capacity with Easy Tier three tier support, larger drives, and advanced IBM zEnterprise integration. Expect your storage to automatically analyze, adapt to, and improve application performance.


IBM XIV, the industry’s most agile storage system
Improve efficiency for top tier workloads, combining unique XIV capabilities with high capacity 3TB drives maintains consistently high application performance and now stores 50% more data.


HDS Hu Yoshida Blog

Object Storage is a Horizontal Platform: HCP
Wed, 15 May 2013
I have had a busy week in Hong Kong, with several of our executives providing an update for some customers and partners. There was a lot of interest in a new option that we will announce for our Hitachi Content Platform that will address the challenges of BYOD. BYOD is a great enabler for user [...]


The World is No Longer Flat – It’s multi-dimensional
Fri, 03 May 2013
In 2005 Thomas Friedman published his book, “The World is Flat” where he describes how globalization has changed the economy thanks to the Internet and workflow software. Some of the flattening events were: the fall of the Berlin wall that lifted the restrictions on access to technology, Netscape, outsourcing, insourcing, offshoring, and supply chain. He [...]


FC or FCoE – Where do you invest for SAN?
Wed, 01 May 2013
While Ethernet networks were available for sometime to connect clients and servers in local area networks; we could not network storage until the introduction of Fibre Channel. Unlike storage systems, clients and servers are software that can be put on hold if the network is busy. If a client sends a data packet and the [...]


NetApp News

NetApp Prices $1,000,000,000 of Senior Notes
Wed, 05 Dec 2012

NetApp Announces Offering of Senior Notes
Wed, 05 Dec 2012

Employee-Driven Culture Helps Fuel Customer and Partner Success, Earns NetApp #6 Ranking as Best Place to Work in New York City
Mon, 03 Dec 2012
NetApp New York’s Response to Superstorm Sandy Is Emblematic of a Company Culture That Inspires Employees to Do the Extraordinary


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Lascon latest major updates

Welcome to the Lascon Storage facelift. The site was founded in 2000 and provides hints and tips on how to manage your data, strategic advice, news items and a discussion forum. Here is a list of recent major updates
EMC VPLEX added May 2013
TSM hints and tips from IBM, updated May 2013
VCS Cluster Backups added April 2013
Enterprise disk subsystems updated March 2013
HDS Remote Replicator added February 2013
Some 6.x database updates added February 2013
FDRABR pages updated, February 2013
Oracle Databases added January 2013

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Latest IBM RedBooks

Implementing the IBM Storwize V3500
Tue, 21 May 2013
Redbook, published: Tue, 21 May 2013

- Consolidate and share data with low-cost iSCSI
- Deploy storage in minutes and perform storage management
- Experience peace of mind

Businesses of all sizes are faced with the challenge of managing huge volumes of data that are becoming increasingly valuable.


IBM FlashSystem in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Sun, 19 May 2013
Draft Redpaper, last updated: Sun, 19 May 2013

This Redbrief provides an overview of IBM FlashSystem running in a Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment.