Data Management Institute Launches StorageTV.com.DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Toigo Partners International (TPI (Tracks Per Inch) The measurement of the density of the storage channels on a disk or tape. Track density on magnetic disks has reached 125,000 tpi (125 Ktpi). See bpi, areal density and magnetic disk. ), storage products test laboratory TPI Technologies, and the Data Management Institute, a professional development community for IT decision-makers who manage and protect data, announced today the launch of StorageTV.com, a "video blog See vlog. " providing short video clips A short video presentation. featuring interviews with storage industry insiders and end users. In addition to vendor and consumer interviews, StorgageTV.com provides video clips featuring products under testing at TPI Technologies, footage from industry seminars and events, plus rants and raves about storage technologies by founder Jon Toigo and other partners. Clips are freely accessible with registration, and a comment feature allows viewers to chat back with their thoughts about each video, providing an interactive community experience. The site will be adding new clips on an ongoing basis and will provide an excellent opportunity to learn about technology and to get information straight from users and testers about products that work and those that don't. "In the ever-expanding universe of technology, data remains the center of IT, and how we host and manage data determines the value of IT to business," said Toigo. "StorageTV.com is the latest offering in our expanding line card of on-line community sites that enable real-time information exchange, as well as unfettered commentary and gloves off reviews of products intended to separate vendor chaff chaff 1. chaffed hay; called also chop. 2. the winnowings from a threshing, consisting of awns, husks, glumes and other relatively indigestible materials. from factual wheat. We promise StorageTV.com will never feature pay-per-view white papers, smug smug adj. smug·ger, smug·gest Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one's situation; self-righteously complacent: advertorials or "death by PowerPoint" slideshows." Already drawing attention are video clips from the Disaster Recovery & Data Protection Summit, plus interviews with Tek-Tools and DataCore Software, and a recent debate between Toigo and Enterprise Management Associates senior analyst Mike Karp, staged at MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology . End users who would like to record a 10 to 15-minute commentary for StorageTV are invited to contact the producers. StorageTV is part of a growing community-building effort by Toigo Partners International and the Data Management Institute, which currently operate: * The Data Management Institute: A professional development community for data managers (www.datainstitute.org) * DR Planning.org: A community site for disaster recovery and business continuity planners (www.drplanning.org) * Storage Management.org: A community site for storage managers and administrators (www.storagemgt.org) * IT-Sense.org: Common-sense information about IT for clients of Toigo Partners International (www.it-sense.org) * Disaster Recovery and Data Protection Summit: Registration and information site for the premiere conference on data protection (http://summit.datainstitute.org) * National Data Awareness Project: An educational and informational initiative bringing together business, government and industry players interested in better data protection (http://ndap.datainstitute.org) About Jon Toigo Toigo, a veteran with more than 20 years of IT operations and management experience both inside corporate IT organizations and as an external consultant, architect and integrator is also a noted author of 13 books on information technology, including what some critics regard as the Bible of storage technology - The Holy Grail Holy Grail: see Grail, Holy. A very desired object or outcome that borders on a sacred quest. There are several Holy Grails in the computer business. of Data Storage Management (Prentice Hall Prentice Hall is a leading educational publisher. It is an imprint of Pearson Education, Inc., based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA. Prentice Hall publishes print and digital content for the 6-12 and higher education market. History In 1913, law professor Dr. PTR PTR Pointer (as used in DNS records; an address points to a name) PTR Partner PTR Painter PTR Proton Transfer Reaction PTR Pupil/Teacher Ratio PTR Public Test Realm (gaming, World of Warcraft) : 2000) - and several editions of Disaster Recovery Planning, a practical guide to contingency planning used by organizations throughout the world. Toigo is also a prominent columnist for several online and print magazines covering IT, including SearchStorage.com, Enterprise Systems Journal online (esj.com), and Storage Networking World Storage Networking World (commonly called SNW) is a for data storage professionals in the United States. Sponsored by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association, SNW is held twice each year. online, where his commentary on data storage technology and data protection is read by more than nearly 500,000 subscribers monthly. Toigo adds another 120,000 readers with his hugely popular blog, DrunkenData.com, covering storage technology and data management issues. About TPI's Data Management Institute DMI (Desktop Management Interface) The first desktop management standard from the DMTF. Enabling PCs to be monitored from a central console, it was superseded by the DMTF's Common Information Model (see CIM). is a membership organization to establish a professional identity for those who administer, manage and design data storage infrastructure for their organizations. It provides a location for end users to share their problems and solutions in day-to-day storage operations and compare experiences with specific storage products implemented in their shops. The institute offers a training and certification program designed to educate and empower IT workers who specialize in data management and storage administration. DMI is also the sponsor of several technology initiatives, including the National Data Awareness Project (NDAP NDAP National Digital Archives Program (Taiwan) NDAP Novell Directory Access Protocol NDAP National Disability Advocacy Program ), StorageRevolution.com (an effort to build an open source application-aware framework for storage management), the Disaster Recovery and Data Protection Summit, and the Purpose-Built Storage Initiative. |
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