The StorageIO Group - IT Industry Analyst and Consultants, the Green IT Computing Experts

The StorageIO group is an information technology analyst and consulting firm providing services to technology vendors, end users, press and media. Focused on data infrastructure topics including storage, green storage, power, cooling, environmental, storage strategies, storage management and networking, StorageIO provides industry insight, advise and consul on applicable technologies. StorageIO brings a deep diverse skill-set understanding technologies, strategies, best practices and markets from a vendor and IT customer point of view across servers, storage, I/O networking, hardware, software and services [ Read More... ]. Check out Greg's StorageIO Blog to see what's new.

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Here are some popular articles and industry trends perspectives white paper reports by StorageIO:

Data Protection Options for Virtualized Servers - Demystifying Virtual Server Data Protection
Intelligent Power Management (IPM) and MAID 2.0: Energy Savings Without Performance Compromises
Data footprint reduction (Archiving, compression, de-duplication to support green storage)
Data center performance bottlenecks and the server storage I/O performance gap
Achieving Energy Efficiency and Savings with FLASH based SSD - Leveraging Tiered green storage
Not Just a Flash in the Pan - Article about the many difference faces and uses of SSD storage
FAQ from SearchChannelStorge: Green data storage projects
The Many Faces of MAID Storage Technology - Overview of MAID as a green storage technology
Scalable Storage for Unstructured and Web 2.0 Applications - Addressing scalable NAS and bulk storage
FAQ from SearchStorge: Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
I/O, I/O, its off to Virtual Work We Go - The many faces of I/O Virtualization and converged networks
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) - Overview of FCoE technology and value proposition
Tape's Changing Role in Data Protection - Tape for ultra-efficent and green in-active and off-line bulk storage
Closing the Green Gap - Green washing and hype may be endangered, energy efficiency topics are here to stay
FAQ from SearchSMBStorge: Direct Attached Storage
Tiered Storage - Tiered access, protection, storage mediums - more than green storage
PACE yourself to address storage, power and cooling needs or Beyond Green Wash for green storage
Data protection management (DPM) and event correlation analysis and reporting
Summary and analysis of EPA report to congress - What it means for IT and green storage
Beyond Green-Wash: IT Data Center Power, Cooling, Floor-space and Environmental (PCFE) trends
Comments on Brocade buying Foundry Networks - Formerly entering the LAN networking market

Additional coverage areas include among others server, storage and I/O virtualization, data protection and management, clustered and NAS storage, performance and capacity planning, VMware and data protection, power, cooling, floor-space, clustered and green servers, storage and virtual and converged I/O networks along with next generation data center related topics. Contact us via info@storageio.com or 651-275-1563 to arrange a briefing, learn about our services and how StorageIO can be of assistance to your storage and data infrastructure needs.

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