Research by Storage Expo (www.storage-expo.com) has found that the top data storage challenge facing organisations is how to implement the right disaster recovery strategy (83%).
The second most important issues of concern to the 252 organisations covered in the research was ensuring data security for the business (82%) and third was the management of increasing volumes of data (81%). Centralising data access was a concern for 79% of organisations closely followed by how to store data cost effectively (77%). Ensuring compliance with the latest data storage legislation and knowing what regulations to comply with are of concern to 68% of organisations. Achieving interoperability across existing storage solutions was an issue for 60% of organisations.
About Storage Expo 2008
At the National Hall, Olympia on the 15th and 16th October, it’s a UK event for data storage, information and content management. The show features over 100 storage vendors; and speakers, including sessions that will address the latest issues on how to tackle data growth and disaster recovery. The keynotes at Storage Expo reflect the change in the data storage and information management landscape, here is a selection of what’s on offer at the show:
With data storage volumes still growing at over 50% per annum, the need for efficient Storage architecture has never been greater. Jon Collins, Service Director, Freeform Dynamics chairs a panel on Architecting for Efficiency and Effectiveness with senior executives from EMC, Pillar Data, Double-Take Software, NetApp, HP and HDS.
John Abbott, Chief Analyst, The 451 Group chairs a panel on Improving Asset Utilisation with Virtualisation with Dr Zafar Chaudry, Director of Information Management and Technology, Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust and Steven Shaw, IT Manager, British Horseracing Authority.
Simon Robinson, Research Director, The 451 Group leads a panel on Reducing your data footprint with De-duplication with Steve Bruck, Infrastructure Architect, Associated Newspapers Ltd and Simon Spence, CIO, CB Richard Ellis.
Graeme Hackland, IT Manager, Renault F1 Team will give an insight into modular architecture and growing with clustered storage. The keynote on protecting your data with back-up strategies has case studies and debate from Dylan Matthias, Unix and Storage Manager, Britannia Building Society and Graeme Walker, Senior Systems Engineer, Carlsberg looking at the rationale and technology behind what are the best back-up solutions in the world. Probably!
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