Data Lifecycles

Despite the fact that plenty of storage products are now available, the challenge remains for companies to understand how to align the software to the various departments, divisions, geographical locations, employees and business processes to achieve improved efficiency and profitability. This exciting new text identifies ways to incorporate an intelligent service platform to manage and map the storage of data. It gives an overview of the latest trends and technologies in storage networking and covers critical issues such as worldwide compliance. Discusses storage methodologies, processes, technologies and compliance issues in a single volume. Addresses the need of an encompassing storage management for modern businesses. Gives an overview of the latest storage technologies such as Next Generation NAS/SAN, utility computing and Intelligent Hierarchical Storage Management. Clearly defines and describes data lifecycle management and strategies to ensure growth of critical business data. Shows how to dramatically reduce the total cost of storage ownership and provide rapid return on investment. Enables customers to make decisions directed toward the purchase of storage tools and storage management solutions.