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Nearline 2.0 and Advanced Data Modeling

On October 27, 2008, Posted by , In Richard Grondin, By , With No Comments

In my last post, I discussed the “Quick Check” method for identifying the benefits that a Nearline 2.0 implementation can deliver in the areas of operational performance, SLAs and TCO. Certainly, it is easy to see how it would be preferable to manage a database that is 1 TB rather…

Global Security Magazine: Intelligent Information Management for the Real World

On October 21, 2008, Posted by , In Media, With Comments Off on Global Security Magazine: Intelligent Information Management for the Real World

By Richard Grondin, SAND Technology Intelligent Information Management is not really a new concept. What is new is the scope and volume of enterprise data that needs to be managed, and the more stringent regulations concerning data governance by which organizations must abide. Now more than ever, enterprise data assets…

Starting Nearline 2.0: The Quick Check Approach

On October 20, 2008, Posted by , In Richard Grondin, By , With No Comments

In previous posts, I introduced the concept of “Best Practices” for Nearline 2.0. Today, I will get down to the details of how and where to start with a Nearline 2.0 solution, beginning with a Best Practices approach designed to quickly identify the benefits of such an implementation in a…

DataCenter Journal: Keep Your Data Lean… and Green

On October 14, 2008, Posted by , In Media, With Comments Off on DataCenter Journal: Keep Your Data Lean… and Green

By Peter Olding, General Manager, SAND Technology UK What keeps you awake at night? Is it having to go to your Board of Directors or CIO tomorrow and explain why your organisation cannot hit agreed service levels around your storage infrastructure or perhaps beg for more capital expenditure to increase…

Nearline 2.0 Best Practices

On October 13, 2008, Posted by , In Richard Grondin, By , With No Comments

In previous posts, we introduced the concept of Nearline 2.0, showed how it represented a significant step forward from traditional archiving practices, and discussed how Nearline 2.0 could help your business. To recapitulate: the major advantage of Nearline 2.0 is its superior data access performance, which enables a more aggressive…

Intelligent Information Management for the Real World

On October 9, 2008, Posted by , In Media, With Comments Off on Intelligent Information Management for the Real World

Richard Grondin, October 9, 2008 Intelligent Information Management is not really a new concept. What is new is the scope and volume of enterprise data that needs to be managed, and the more stringent regulations concerning data governance by which organizations must abide. Read the entire article…

How Can a Nearline 2.0 Solution Help Your Business?

On October 6, 2008, Posted by , In Richard Grondin, By , With No Comments

In my last post, I discussed how a Nearline 2.0 solution allows vast amounts of detail data to be accessed at speeds that rival the per-formance of online systems, which in turn gives business analysts the power to assess and fine-tune important business initiatives on the basis of actual historical…