Nearline 2.0 and the Data Management Framework
In my last post, I outlined some of the advanced data modeling options that have been made possible by the advent of Nearline 2.0. Today, I want to discuss how Nearline 2.0 can act as an essential component in a data management framework. The data management framework, which can be…
Data Warehouse Evolution at TDWI New Orleans
November 5th 2008, 6pm – 7pm in meeting room Balcony N on the 4th floor. (Or visit Booth 306 on the exhibit floor.) All the data you want, when and how you want it While lowering TCO and improving performance. Sound impossible? Join SAND technology experts and executives to learn…
TDWI World Conference – New Orleans, LA
November 2-7, 2008, Booth #306 One of the harsh realities of data warehousing today is the urgent need to make more data more available, for more applications with more users – and to do so without causing a disruptive “revolution” in existing systems. At TDWI New Orleans, you will have…
Nearline 2.0 and Advanced Data Modeling
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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…