Strategic Storage: Six ways to spend less for enterprise storage

[Strategic Storage]

Title: Strategic Storage

November 24, 2004 Published by  TechTarget Strategic Storage Staying one step ahead Issue Sponsored By:   > IBM TotalStorage(R) Brought to you in partnership with: Six ways to spend less for enterprise storage [by Carol Hildebrand, Contributing Writer] Storage managers find that saving is as much about good management as it is new technology. Read on to find out how savvy managers and experts suggest you stretch your storage dollars. Storage budgets might finally be showing signs of positive growth, but that doesn't mean the free-spending days are back. Instead, storage managers are cannily trying to get their budgets to stretch as far as possible. "Managers want to make sure that they get the absolute most for their dollar," says Bill Peldzus, director of storage architecture for GlassHouse Technologies Inc., a storage consultancy in Framingham, Mass. Interestingly, the most successful gambits have just as much to do with how storage executives use their grey matter as they do with bits and bytes. "Savings have to come from management decisions as to how to allocate dollars," says John McKnight, research director at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), a storage-oriented research company in Milford, Mass. "Savings are not necessarily a technical issue -- good management practices have to come into play." While there are no silver-bullet practices out there, there are some interesting approaches that experts say are cropping up frequently. What follows is a look at six ways to ultimately spend less for storage. > Click here for full article RELATED INFORMATION: > Learning Guide: Low-cost storage > 2004 purchasing intentions survey > Tiered storage and disk backup budgeted for '05   IBM TotalStorage(R) Roadshow -- In Major Cities Now Attend a special event and gain more insight into the powerful range of innovative storage solutions and enterprise-class performance offered by IBM TotalStorage(R). Running in major cities for a limited time, this road show features insights into meeting customer business challenges, details on enterprise-class storage for clients of all sizes, and product presentations that set the new standard. Click here for more.   QUIZ:  Thanksgiving: Do you speak geek? What are we thankful for? In a word -- you, our readers! We'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you for contributing to SearchStorage.com and helping us to keep the site growing and useful. Please join us for our traditional Thanksgiving quiz-feast of tasty IT terms. SEACHSTORAGE.COM EXCLUSIVES:  Product Roundup Series Everyone in storage today needs to take a look at our Product Roundup Series. Find the latest information on tape technology, switches, archiving tools, disk subsystems and virtualization. LEARNING CENTER:  2004 purchasing intentions survey The results of Storage magazine's 2004 purchasing intentions survey are in. Find out where your fellow IT pros are spending budget dollars and see if your plan fits in. Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free E-Newsletters! Select e-newsletters you would like to receive via e-mail! SearchStorage: Today's News Not a Member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Strategic Storage: Staying one step ahead": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchTechTarget.techtarget.com/u?cid=497356&lid=430804&track=NL-64 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: TechTarget Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494