Storage Pipeline: Hold Everything

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In most data centers, DCIM rests on a shaky foundation of manual record keeping and scattered documentation. OpManager replaces data center documentation with a single repository for data, QRCodes for asset tracking, accurate 3D mapping of asset locations, and a configuration management database (CMDB). In this webcast, sponsored by ManageEngine, you will see how a real-world datacenter mapping stored in racktables gets imported into OpManager, which then provides a 3D visualization of where assets actually are. You'll also see how the QR Code generator helps you make the link between real assets and the monitoring world, and how the layered CMDB provides a single point of view for all your configuration data.

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Thursday, August 8, 2013
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This webinar will help attendees understand the overall concept of SDN and its benefits, describe the different conceptual approaches to SDN, and examine the various technologies, both proprietary and open source, that are emerging. It will also help users decide whether SDN makes sense in their environment, and outline the first steps IT can take for testing SDN technologies.

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Storage Pipeline: Hold Everything

Posted by Dr. John Roberts
November 05, 2003

Over the past year, the percentage of value-added resellers anticipating near-term sales growth of more than 10 percent in storage products has increased by 50 percent, while the percentage of VARs expecting storage sales to decline more than 10 percent has fallen by more than 50 percent. And 41 percent of VARs surveyed in July anticipated storage sales growth of at least 6 percent in the following three months.

Large companies (1,000 or more employees) now rank storage fifth in hardware and software spending priority, behind networking hardware, desktops, PC servers and networking software. And storage-management software is taking on greater importance, CRN's data shows. The percentage of VARs anticipating sales growth of more than 10 percent in storage-management software in the next three months has tripled over the past year.