Supplier News
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Tackling The (Data) Monster Of Mohave
8/3/2005
"Our problem? Too much data," says Mike Matthews, IT director for Mohave, a sprawling county in northwestern Arizona. "Our ArcGIS (geographic information system) alone is a monster data eater, incorporating TIFF images of the entire county; that’s over 13,000 square miles. The graphics files are huge." But the GIS was only part of the problem. Submitted by Xiotech
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SAN System Helps Joyce Meyer Ministries Spread 'The Good Word'
8/3/2005
In early 2004, Sal Cincotta was looking for a storage area network (SAN) system he could have faith in. As information technology manager for Joyce Meyer Ministries, a worldwide media-based nonprofit organization, Cincotta was responsible for administering more than 25 million records dating back to 1992 and handling a peak load of up to 50,000 business transactions a day. He needed a SAN solution that could handle this heavy workload. Submitted by Xiotech
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Accommodating HIPAA And PACS Data At Fort HealthCare—Without The Brain Surgery
8/3/2005
How much raw storage will you need: Today? Tomorrow? Next year? In five years? Getting an answer is more art than science. But the cost of getting it wrong is high. Not enough storage, and you could be facing the cost and time involved in a "forklift upgrade." Too much storage, and it consumes too much of your budget. On-the-fly scalability from Magnitude 3D resolved the problem for one heathcare provider. Submitted by Xiotech
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Keeping Information Flowing At Dry Creek Elementary
8/3/2005
The Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District knew they needed a storage area network (SAN) to meet their requirements for uptime and scalability. Reliability was also a consideration. The district's eight schools are interconnected with fiber and span two completely separate power grids, one of which is subject to periodic outages. Submitted by Xiotech
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City Of Arvada Improves Emergency 911 System With Storage Platform
8/3/2005
When lightening struck nine-year-old Geoff Banninger at a baseball game in Arvada, Colorado, the call for help was routed through the city's new 911 emergency response system. Thanks to Arvada's team of IT experts and a storage solution from Xiotech Corporation, the computer-aided dispatch (CAD) technology was ready to respond with life-saving emergency information and assistance. Submitted by Xiotech
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Disaster Recovery Without Tiers?
8/3/2005
Whether you're a business, a government agency, a healthcare organization, or an educational institution, you must ensure that you're prepared for when—not if—disaster strikes. A protracted interruption in your organization’s ability to access data will disrupt daily operations. This can lead to the loss of customers and revenue, a drop in share price, or possible noncompliance fines or even jail time. Submitted by Xiotech
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Storage Virtualization: How Much Is Enough?
8/3/2005
Storage virtualization is very different from the virtual world of the Internet, but its goals are similar. Like the Internet, virtualized storage aims for simplicity, transparency, flexibility, scalability, and resilience. But unlike the Internet, which is dispersed, storage virtualization is designed to allow centralized control. And while the Internet is maintained by the collective efforts of millions of individuals, a virtualized storage system is designed to reduce demands on support staff to the barest minimum. Submitted by Xiotech
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Xiotech's Usage And Attitude Survey: Reading The Market's Mind
8/3/2005
As Xiotech prepared to release its third-generation product, the company thought it time once again to tune its offering to users' requirements and expectations. To this end, the company engaged NOP World, a leading global research organization, to interview users of storage management systems — from Xiotech and leading competitors — regarding their needs and views of suppliers in the market. Submitted by Xiotech
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Information Lifecycle Management: To File Or Not To File
8/3/2005
In today's competitive global markets, companies simply cannot afford the cost of unlimited active storage. Nor can they afford the risks of loss or poor availability that can come from moving data prematurely into low-cost, archival storage. To meet the needs of today's global business, information flow must be more flexible, easier to implement, and more economical than ever before. Submitted by Xiotech
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Magnitude 3D: Enterprise Clustering Meets Easy SAN Management
8/3/2005
Magnitude 3D realizes the proven benefits of clustering within an agile storage infrastructure, enabling businesses to respond quickly and transparently to changes. Better still, Magnitude 3D storage clusters deliver the easiest storage area network (SAN) deployment and management capabilities available today. Submitted by Xiotech
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