Storage Expo Podcasts

The new Storage Expo FREE podcast series will include cutting-edge views from the industrys leading experts, as well as practical tips and strategies to help you tackle mounting data growth.  Brought to you on a regular basis, the series will include a mix of both audio and video episodes.

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Future Directions: What Is On The Horizon That Will Shape Storage Strategies Tomorrow?

With Ms. Carla Arend, European Infrastructure Software, IDC Group

Carla Arend    It is as important today than it has ever been to try and understand what is on the horizon in terms of data storage, information and content management to capitalise your IT spend and investment. This discussion will consider both what specific technologies and industry trends we are already witnessing, and what is around the corner 6 months/12 months/2 years from now!? 

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Listen to new podcasts from a selection of Keynote Speakers

Virtualisation
Dr Zafar Chaudry, Director of Information Management and Technology, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation trust.

Business Issues in Storage
Duncan Scott, CIO, DTZ

Information Management
Theresa Regli, Principal, CMS Watch

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Special Considerations for Handling Vast Amounts of Data


With Dave Lipsey, IS Infrastrasture Manager, Ordnance Survey

There are certain organisations and projects that produce and require the storage of vast amounts of data; throwing up a different scale of issues faced by most businesses. In this podcast, Dave Lipsey, IS Infrastrasture Manager, Ordnance Survey explores the special considerations relating to the technologies, policies and utilisation of data on this massive scale.

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Thin Provisioning - What's the buzz about?


 Paul Sudlow		   
With Paul Sudlow, Systems Engineering Director, EqualLogic
Thin Provisioning allows administrators to maintain a single free space buffer pool to service the data growth requirements of all applications; driving storage capacity efficiency up towards 100%. In this podcast, Paul Sudlow, Systems Engineering Director, EMEA, EqualLogic explores the advantages this brings in terms of capital savings up front, deferring storage capacity upgrades in line with actual business usage and savings in operating costs.

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Green IT - Reducing the Carbon Burden through Data Storage Technology

Steve O'Donnell        There is no bigger issue on the boardroom table today than reducing your organisation’s carbon footprint. Both for device utilisation and hosting, there are some clear strategies and technologies that can be utilised to reduce the carbon appetite of your Storage environment. In this podcast, Steve O’Donnell, Global Head of Data Centres and Customer Experience Management at B,  looks at some practical steps that you can take to reduce the footprint of your operations.

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This podcast is sponsored by:
BT

Data Storage - A Market Update

Jon Collins       There is no argument that the complexity and volume of business information is increasing exponentially, and hence the rapid evolution of the supporting storage technology. Tools such as data de-duplication, virtualisation and thin provisioning are moving with great speed from the drawing board to mass adoption. In this podcast, Jon Collins, Service Director, Freeform Dynamics, looks at the latest technologies entering the storage market, and predicts trends for the medium term.

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Virtualisation – Putting Virtualisation into Practice

Matt Watts   

With Matt Watts, Senior Technical Advisor, Network Appliance
Virtualisation is the method of partitioning the resources of a system, such that services and physical systems are separated. In 2007, 7% of servers are virtualised – by 2011 this is predicted to be 50%. In this podcast, Matt Watts, Senior Technical Advisor, Network Appliance gives practical tips on how you can adopt and exploit virtualisation.

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This podcast is sponsored by:

NetApp

Understanding Information Lifecycle Management


With Bob Plumridge, Member of the Board of Directors, SNIA

Information lifecycle management is based on the theory that not all information is equal. Over time, the value of information will increase or decrease – depending on time since creation and value to the business. In this podcast, Bob Plumridge, Member of the Board of Directors, SNIA, explores the processes and techniques used to understand the value of information to your organisation, and how adoption of sound lifecycle management can deliver tangible business benefits.

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Business Continuity – Protecting your data

Michael Faber

With Michael Faber, Director, Institute of Operational Risk
In the beginning business continuity was only a consideration for the IT department, but it has evolved into one of the key discussions topics on the boardroom agenda. With the ever increasing threat landscape, protecting your electronic assets is not simply an important issue – it's one that can actually be realised by intelligent investment in technology.

The importance of this cannot be understated.  Understanding where the risks lie, and how employing the right technology and policies can reduce your vulnerability, is one way that businesses can ensure their survival in the event of an incident.

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Part 2: Michael Faber's experience of the 1992 IRA bombings and the impact on both technology and Business Continuity
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Green IT - the role of data storage

Dan Sutherland   With Dan Sutherland, Acting Chair, Green Technology Initiative
ICT accounts for 2% of the carbon burden – roughly equivalent to that of the aviation industry - and data storage contributes a significant part of this. It’s also estimated that for every Terabyte of data stored this produces a tonne of CO2 per annum. In our first podcast Dan Sutherland, Acting Chair, Green Technology Initiative will look at the scope of the issue as well as the practical and technological steps that can help your company quantifiably reduce it's carbon burden.

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