| Storage in a Wired World -
Data storage growth is continuing astronomically. -
Information grows automatically, regardless of human influence. -
Anytime, anywhere availability is required. 1.1 Storage Takes Center Stage -
Storage was traditionally an afterthought to the server or mainframe purchase. -
The storage infrastructure is now paramount to the server and communications infrastructure. -
Elements of best-practice storage deployment are 1.2 The Need for Business Continuance -
Downtime is no longer an option. Availability is everything. -
Demands for business continuity go beyond routine expectations to a measure of corporate competence. -
Business continuity as a practice comes loaded with questions that must be identified, outlined, and addressed. 1.3 Driving Towards Operational Agility -
Storage investments must extend beyond protection schemes to offensive mechanisms to improve operational agility -
While risk-prevention projects may be difficult to justify quantitatively, more agile enterprise storage deployments often have easily measured cost savings. 1.4 Charting a Storage Networking Roadmap -
Develop data storage management as a core competence. -
Extend corporate culture among business units and technology development. -
Deploy storage with appropriate focal points: -
Utilization and efficiency ” Create networked storage architectures -
Availability ” Make use of business continuity practices -
Storage competence/storage agility ” Think defensively and offensively |