Storage At The Edge: Have Data Will Travel; Latest Zona Research Report Reveals 50% of Enterprises Say Network Attached Storage Is Important to Their Distributed Storage Strategy.Business/Technology Editors REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2001 Once upon a time storage was just a repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. for data, but alas the Internet floodgates have opened, saturating businesses with trillions of emails and untold numbers of ecommerce transactions to administer. While each piece of customer information could prove invaluable to Internet savvy enterprise, simply storing, let alone effectively managing this horde of data, could bury Bury (bĕ`rē), city (1991 pop. 60,785) and metropolitan district, NE England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Irwell River and linked by canal with Bolton and Manchester. the existing enterprise data storage infrastructure. For many, the notion of "Storage at the Edge", the strategic placement and management of enterprise data across the network, offers a chance to regain control of the myriad Myriad is a classical Greek name for the number 104 = 10 000. In modern English the word refers to an unspecified large quantity. The term myriad is a progression in the commonly used system of describing numbers using tens and hundreds. stores in the enterprise. But are enterprises successfully rising to the challenge? To answer this and other salient questions, Zona Research announces the release of its latest Zona Market Report, Storage At The Edge: Have Data, Will Travel. The report is packed with primary research from interviews with 203 decision enterprise makers who are currently deploying storage at the edge solutions or plan to do so by 2003. This report addresses storage deployment budgets, deployment plans, barriers to deployment, the benefits of distributed storage Storing data in multiple computers or in computers that are geographically dispersed. This was an early term for storage that evolved into SANs and storage virtualization. See SAN and storage virtualization. as well as preferred purchasing channels for storage solutions. In addition, this report answers the following questions, amongst others: -- What are on companies' wish lists for Storage at the Edge deployments? -- Is there a correlation between company size and storage budget? -- What percentage of storage budgets is being allocated to Storage at the Edge solutions? -- Why do 50% of those surveyed think Network Attached Storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) is an important feature of their distributed storage strategy? -- Is security cited by the larger or smaller firm as a top concern when implementing a storage solution? "Traditionally, data storage has not generated the buzz associated with trendier technologies, but the ongoing avalanche avalanche, rapidly descending large mass of snow, ice, soil, rock, or mixtures of these materials, sliding or falling in response to the force of gravity. Avalanches, which are natural forms of erosion and often seasonal, are usually classified by their content such of Internet-enabled information has transformed storage from a luxury into a necessity, " said Charles King Charles King may refer to:
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storage."Storage at the Edge: Have Data, Will Travel is priced at $895/single user, $1395 for a multi-user edition, and $1895 for enterprise wide distribution. It is available now and can be purchased by contacting Zona toll free at +1 877.999.ZONA (9662), by visiting our Web site at http://zonaresearch.com or visiting our distribution partners at the following Web sites: -- www.thestandard.com -- www.techtarget.com -- www.marketresearch.com -- www.tfn.com -- www.mindbranch.com -- www.internet.com About Zona Research Zona Research provides fact-based forward-looking analysis about leading Internet technology and its market impact. Focusing on Internet technologies, market opportunities and trends, and the new dynamics of the burgeoning electronic economy, Zona's highly regarded team of technology analysts and business consultants provide astute as·tute adj. Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns. See Synonyms at shrewd. [Latin ast interpretations of industry events and insightful recommendations on Web-oriented marketing and business strategies. Zona Research offers information and analysis on the Internet via membership services, reports as well as custom consulting. Zona is based in Redwood City, CA. |
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