Disk-to-Disk for Backup and Information Lifecycle Management -ILM- Are the Hottest Technologies in TheInfoPro's Latest Storage Management Study.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Findings from over 150 Hour-Long Interviews with Fortune 1000 Storage Professionals Show Slow Adoption of Vendor Storage Management Products and Homegrown Solutions Still in Use TheInfoPro (TIP), www.TheInfoPro.net, has released Wave 4 of their study of the Storage Networking and Storage Management market. Leading the way in TIP's industry standard "Technology Heat Index" for the Storage Management Study was Disk-to-Disk for Backup, followed by Information Lifecycle Management Information Lifecycle Management refers to a wide-ranging set of strategies for administering storage systems on computing devices. Specifically, four categories of storage strategies may be considered under the auspices of ILM. (ILM). The proprietary Heat Index factors in the current and planned usage of over 20 different storage management technologies, prioritizing them based on near-term spending. Rounding out the top five hottest technologies are: Capacity Utilization Systems, Storage Resource Management (SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. ) and Email Storage Management. New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. based TIP investigates key technology sectors in six month intervals or "waves" by interviewing hundreds of decision makers, pre-screened for domain expertise, for an average of one hour. Known as the "voice of the customer," thousands of IT professionals, technology providers and institutional investors rely on TIP research for robust vendor spending and ratings data, information about technology adoption - overlaying the vendors poised to benefit - and rich narrative commentary. "Disk-to-Disk had made a big jump from Wave 2 to Wave 3 and is now in the top spot in Wave 4," notes TIP's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Ken Male. "It matches what we are witnessing in the companion Storage Networking Heat Index, where Serial ATA drives are number one. Storage pros are using low-cost alternatives to stage data before ultimately using Tape. Tape does not go away; it is taking on a form of archiving with the goal to be limiting how much is needed." Over twenty-five different vendor solutions were cited as in use or in plan for Disk-to-Disk including: EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Network Appliance, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , HDS (Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA, www.hds.com) A leading provider of high-end storage hardware, software and services. Part of the Information Systems & Telecommunications Division of Hitachi Ltd. , HP, IBM, StorageTek, ADIC and VERITAS. Also cited were companies specializing in this growing market, including: FalconStor, COPAN Co·pán A ruined Mayan city of western Honduras that flourished from c. 300 b.c. to a.d. 900. The ruins include the Hieroglyphic Stairway with nearly 2,000 glyphs. , Diligent, Avamar, Sepaton and DataDomain. Vendor promotion of ILM is resonating with the Storage Pro evidenced by its elevation from the number 17 slot in TIP's Wave 3 study (February 2004) all the way to number two in Wave 4. "The vision of ILM is being bought into, and the move we are seeing to Tiered Storage helps set the table," adds Male. "However, a high bar has been raised and storage pros are looking for a robust, automated solution." A hallmark of TIP's research is the detailed narrative commentary captured in the one-on-one interviews, and the narratives on ILM were very telling citing the need for "robust solutions" that entail: Backup, Policy Management, Hierarchical Storage Management See HSM. (HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. ) for the right tier, Compliance, Data Mobility tools, Data Classification tools and Naming Services. Some cited the current offerings as a "rude awakening" with no mature suite readily available. A large portion of the study is vendor specific including: performance ratings, spending plans and appearance on the short list of companies being considered to deliver new functionality. Vendors discussed often were EMC, VERITAS, IBM, CA, HDS, HP. McDATA and Microsoft. As expected many storage pure plays are either in use or in consideration for the 20 technologies studied by TIP including: CommVault, AppIQ, CreekPath, SyncSort, NSI See Network Solutions. NSI - Network Solutions, Inc. , Storability, StoreAge, Softek, DataCore, Tek-Tools, Onaro, OuterBay, Kazeon, Revivio and Princeton Softech. "IBM rated well for their Storage Network Management products and we saw VERITAS ratings improve slightly wave over wave especially for Backup," notes TIP's Chief Research Officer, David Taylor, PhD. Taylor adds, "EMC's appearance on the short list is dramatic as they cross-sell into their installed base placing them as the lead vendor "in plan" for many of the management technologies we ask about." Storage Resource Management and Storage Network Management continue to gain adoption; however, storage pros say the pace of implementation is not as fast as expected. A myriad of reasons are discussed for the sluggish pace including: scalability, along with the volume and the location of agents needed to be installed. Male adds, "We are witnessing a bit of the classic 'over-promising and under-delivering' dynamic, as well as the storage pro's determination to fix some very specific pain points around Email and Backup which are of a higher priority." To view a rich media presentation of findings visit: http://www.brainshark.com/theinfopro/SorW4_MGT MGT Management MGT Multi-Gigabit Transceiver MGT Master Guide Table MGT Midwestern Gas Transmission (gas pipeline company) MGT Measured Gas Temperature MGT Mobile Global Title MGT Marine Gas Turbine MGT Mobile Ground Terminal _WebSite. In addition to Storage Networking and Management, TIP studies the Information Security, Networking, and Server markets. Over 800 technology decision makers are members of the TIPNetwork, including JPMorgan Chase, BellSouth, Honeywell, P&G and Visa. To learn more about TIP's independent, objective research process where results are delivered without any analyst spin or bias visit www.TheInfoPro.net. |
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