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Embrace IT digital transformation and the new tech landscape
This article is part of the Storage issue of March 2018, Vol. 17, No. 1
There's a lot of talk about IT digital transformation. This is certainly the case when it comes to technologies such as cloud, hyper-converged infrastructure, converged infrastructure and software-defined data center architectures. Even the shift from disk to all-flash storage is having a profound impact. True, IT has always been transforming, with a stream of new technologies, each superior to the last. So why does it seem so different this time? The answer: Business is becoming defined by the digital economy. IT and revenue are more tightly linked than ever. And IT is increasingly becoming the business. In most cases, you can use one of the following three phases to define the relationship between a business and its data: Data is necessary for business. As the business grows, you need more data and more IT to support that data. Databases get larger and demand more resources. Email and file directories scale as the business adds employees. This is the way IT has been for decades. Data optimizes the business. Here we introduce ...
Features in this issue
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NVMe SSDs: Is there a need for all this speed?
Everything you should know to decide if nonvolatile memory express is right for your enterprise and, if it is, how to plan for the future of flash storage.
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Primary storage optimization overcomes a range of challenges
Enterprises turn to different products, technologies and tools to optimize primary storage, overcome data storage challenges and make networked storage deployments more efficient.
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Ten ways to protect intellectual property and trade secrets
Industrial espionage is on the rise, and more data means more risk. Find out how to control the growth of data stores and secure your organization's most valuable assets.
Columns in this issue
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The EU's GDPR will make us better storage managers
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation has organizations worldwide rethinking storage management to their and their customers' benefit.
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The danger of ageism in the tech industry and ignoring the past
Monolithic storage rules the day in spite of the advent of software-defined storage, because vendors and enterprises ignore data storage history and discount experience.
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Is demand for data storage or supply driving increased storage?
Figuring out whether we're storing more data than ever because we're producing more data or because constantly evolving storage technology lets us store more of it isn't easy.