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Processor Article, “Storage Virtualization At A Glance: Pooling Your Storage Resources Can Save Money & Improve Performance”

A “Cover Focus” feature from the March 12, 2010 issue: Virtualization has gotten a great deal of buzz over the past few years, but sometimes it’s hard to tease out exactly what it is. “Virtualization is one of the most overused and misused terms in the industry. As soon as people hear ‘virtualization,’ too often [...]

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Processor Article, “Virtual Security Essentials: Catbird Offers Virtual Security Solutions That Are As Indispensable As Firewalls”

A “Featured Company” article from the November 20, 2009 issue: Virtualization security vendor Catbird has dealt with confusion over its name since its founding in 2000. “We always get asked, ‘What is a catbird?’” Catbird COO Edmundo Costa says. Some think “catbird” is some sort of strained security metaphor about a cat catching a bird. [...]

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Processor Article, “Virtualized Utility Storage: Attenda Makes The Move To Shared Storage With 3PAR”

A “Case Study” article from the April 10, 2009 issue: Attenda provides managed hosting services, SaaS, and other cloud services to a slew of UK-based companies, including such brand names as bmi, Britain’s second largest airline; NHS (UK National Health Service); Regis; Microsoft; and Access Glasgow, among others. “We not only host their infrastructures, but [...]

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Processor Article, “Top Data Center Money-Saving Tips: Save Money Without Reducing The Performance Of Services”

A “Techs & Trends” article from the February 27, 2009 issue: Data centers are like houses. You buy your first (and perhaps subsequent ones) thinking that the money you were spending in rent is now going to a mortgage, blissfully unaware that your plumbing will explode three months down the road, and no landlord is [...]

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Processor Article, “The Whole Enchilada: Fairway Consulting Group Brings Total Virtualization To SMEs

A “Product of the Week” story from the December 26, 2008 issue: It begins: Although virtualization offers SMEs countless benefits in terms of time, space, and cost, it does tend to add complexity to network setups. “In many cases, especially in [SMEs], even seasoned IT staff likely are not expert in handling virtualization,” says Blane [...]

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