10 October 2011 United Kingdom
- By Alex McDonald, SNIA CSI Education Chair, NetApp;
Gilles Chekroun, SNIA Europe Technical Chair, Cisco Systems;
Glyn Bowden, SNIA Europe UK committee, NetApp.
Given the financial state that the country finds itself in and the requirement of public sector organisations to lead the way in terms of efficiency and productivity, there has never been a more interesting time to be developing storage solutions for that environment.
07 October 2011 Germany
- Backup auf Tape, Disk und andere Medien Einführung in die Datensicherung: Band-, Laufwerk- und andere Backups von Marcus Schneider, SNIA Europe Board Member, Director Product Segment Data Protection, Fujitsu
In der Praxis steht Datensicherung (Data Protection) für Datenverfügbarkeit: ohne Verfügbarkeit keine Business Continuity. Hierfür müssen Unternehmen alle notwendigen Maßnahmen treffen, um im Schadensfall schnell reagieren zu können. Denn Daten sind ebenso wertvoll wie verwundbar. Sie werden versehentlich manipuliert und gelöscht oder von Viren zerstört; oft misslingen Patches, entstehen administrative Fehler.
07 October 2011 - SNIA Europe's Technical Chair, Pierre Sabloniere explores the emerging dual path of virtualization adoption 'in the box' versus 'in the infrastructure' and elaborates on how these operational models fulfill client's expectations and future cloud solution needs.
06 October 2011 United Kingdom - There is a new page on the SSSI website which describes the wide range of SSD form-factors (physical formats) on the market today. SSSI defines three major categories; Solid State Drive, Solid State Card, and Solid State Module. And the new page provides descriptions and examples of each.
29 September 2011 United Kingdom
- Co-located conferences will be powering the cloud in Frankfurt
London, 29th September 2011.
SNW Europe, Datacenter Technologies and Virtualization Worlds return to Frankfurt in November promises another impressive trio of co-located conferences. The Powering the Cloud theme for 2011 reflects the current trend towards cloud computing in the industry. The new wave of IT architecture, a natural evolution of the widespread adoption of virtualization, service-oriented architectures and utility computing, will be the subject of many sessions, giving the conference a dynamic, exciting feel.
23 September 2011 Italy - Nasce Channel Transformation Alliance, in collaborazione con Hp, Microsoft, CA Technologies, Symantec, Apc, Kingston, oltre a Snia Europe e Solution Provider Community International, con l'obiettivo di aiutare i rivenditori ad affrontare nuovi mdoelli di business.
22 September 2011 United Kingdom - Ingram Micro (UK), a division of Ingram Micro Inc., has announced the launch of the Channel Transformation Alliance. To further accelerate industry adoption and support the IT reseller channel's success with cloud computing, managed services, and emerging technologies, Ingram Micro UK has joined a number of leading IT industry companies to form the Channel Transformation Alliance. Founding members include Ingram Micro, HP, Microsoft, CA Technologies, Symantec, APC, Kingston, SNIA Europe, and Solution Provider Community International.
20 September 2011 United Kingdom
- By Eden Kim, Chair of SNIA Solid State Technical Working Group
Ever been annoyed that solid-state disk (SSD) performance can drop off precipitately once the wretched thing has gone through a few writes, erases and re-writes? That's because the fresh-out-of-the-box (FOB) performance can bear no relation to the steady state performance - none at all. This deep dive explains what's going on and how this tetchy problem can be fixed.
19 September 2011 United Kingdom - The Channel Transformation Alliance helps resellers with cloud offerings. A number of cloud heavyweights have announced their participation in a new high profile industry group, the Channel Transformation Alliance, which has been created to help resellers promote and sell cloud services and other emerging technologies to businesses. The likes of Ingram Micro join HP, Microsoft, CA Technologies, Symantec, APC, Kingston, SNIA Europe, and Solution Provider Community International.
13 September 2011 Germany - Nach den Erfolgen in den vergangenen Jahren veranstalten der Branchenverband Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Europe und Angel Business Communications zum dritten Mal parallel die drei Fachkonferenzen SNW Europe, Virtualization World und Datacenter Technologies.