Research Snapshot: Enterprise StorageResearch Snapshot: Enterprise Storage

Storage-related costs will consume a larger portion of system acquisition expenditures, even as storage hardware prices decline by more than 30% annually. Purchase emphasis will shift to storage software, storage-area networks (SANs), and services. This Research Snapshot covers developments in the nascent storage server provider (SSP) market; criteria for SAN implementation and purchase decisions; integrating storage requirements with e-business initiatives; and creation of a framework for enterprise storage architecture.

Table of Contents
The SSP: Management of Data Archives
Making a SANe Storage Decision
E-Business, Meet Storage
Enterprise Storage Architecture: The How

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