The IT-Finance Connection Storage Resource Guide

August 19, 2008

Storage is the topic of The IT-Finance Connection’s sixth resource guide. A lot is at stake when storage decisions are made. IT personnel must themselves learn the ever-changing nuances of storage and convey them accurately to senior management.

The other guides–on VoIP, disaster recovery/business continuity, virtualization, mobility/wireless, and software-as-a-service–are available. These guides, in addition to The IT-Finance Connection podcasts, can be linked to from this page.

Photo courtesy of Mark Pellegrini and used under the GNU Free Documentation License.

A Guide to Storage Resources on the Web

Resource	Type of Data	Description
Computer Data Storage	Wikipedia	Good description, lots of links.
Data Storage Today	News	Good overview on what's happening, both in the long and short term.
Store it: Storage Buyer’s Guide	Buyers' guide	Storage is among the most confusing sectors. Buyer's guides can help sort it out.
	Buyers' guide	Online Storage Services Review Storage is moving online. Vendors, ratings are here.
Solutions to Storage Problems	Feature story	A good overview on several issues, with vendor names.
Survey finds disaster recovery is the top issue for organisations	Feature story	Storage and disaster recovery/business continuity are deeply linked.
Will Cloud Computing Transform IT?	Feature story	Cloud-based (or online) storage and is a huge issue.
Storage Networking World	Show agenda	The show is in October, but even after the agenda is valuable for issues and contacts.
Storage Virtualization for Network Administrators	Feature story	No shortage of big issues in the storage sector.
Data Lifecycle Management No Panacea	Feature story	Yes, storage is complicated.
Solving the Storage Error Management Dilemma	Information/Tutorial	Getting different types of storage to play together nicely.
EMC	Vendor site	It pays to follow EMC in the storage sector.
Microsoft Storage	Vendor site	It pays to follow Microsoft in any sector.
Datamation	News site	A good place to follow what's going on in the sector.
Solutions to Storage Problems	Feature story	A good overview on several issues, with vendor names.

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One Response to “The IT-Finance Connection Storage Resource Guide”

Ann on August 19th, 2008 8:42 pm

For all online backup, file sharing and storage related info, I recommend this website:

http://www.BackupReview.info

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