The SNIA has published the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) Cloud Storage standard for implementation by cloud storage vendors as well as Public and Private clouds. This workshop will overview the features of the new standard and explain how interoperability between clouds is achieved.* Now that the standard is available, what should you be requiring from your cloud vendors ?* How can you expect this standard to roll out in implementations?This workshop will be interactive and include a demonstration of CDMI in practice. There will be opportunities to discuss specific implementations and who has plans for CDMI roll out.

Join in this exploration of the various facets of Cloud Storage and learn about the potential of the Cloud evolution. The discussion will provide an overview of the Cloud Storage landscape and the major use cases and requirements. Hear how Cloud Storage can strategically anticipate today’s IT needs and prepare for tomorrow’s automated IT.

This session covers how Dell helps simplify deployment and ongoing management of your IT assets with optimized systems, fast-start services, and an open approach to management. Dell’s virtualization solutions provide an efficient and agile foundation that can easily scale in-step with your business.

An introduction to Ekahau’s Real Time Location Solution, reviewing the market drivers and financial benefits of this technology. Discover the advantages of deploying a single architecture software solution. This session will demonstrate the technical and functional deliverables, whilst evaluating the return on investment from an existing client.

"Most network managers are aware that 80% of network outages are caused by change. What they don't know is perhaps even more simple :- When a change is made, was it in keeping with best practices?- Did the change introduce a gremlin that will cause an outage in a few days' time ?- Regardless of whether it was a 'good quality' change or not, what was the impact - did it actually make things better, or worse?"

Attend this session to learn how to control the stress on your business and your budget by designing, building and implementing an information management, litigation readiness and eDisclosure program that will ensure you get the most from your information while minimizing the associated risks and costs.

As technology continues to evolve, some data centre challenges become more complex even while new opportunities emerge. Learn how Hitachi Data Systems is taking storage to the 3rd dimension helping turn data centres into information centres.

Founded in 1996, Claranet has evolved from being a pioneering ISP (Internet Service Provider) into an MSP (Managed Services Provider) with annual revenues of around €100 million. We have 520 employees with an international footprint in six countries and although Claranet has grown internationally, the focus has always been on local service, out of local offices, using local data centres. Claranet brings together the best people, process and technology to provide flexible, secure and cost-e...

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Compellent Technologies (NYSE: CML) provides Fluid Data storage solutions that automate the movement and management of data at a granular level, enabling organizations to constantly adapt to change, slash costs and secure information against downtime and disaster. This patented, built-in storage intelligence easily delivers significant efficiency, scalability and flexibility. With an all-channel sales network in 35 countries, Compellent is one of the fastest growing enterprise storage compani...

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LSI (NYSE: LSI) is a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products, which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content together. The company offers a broad portfolio of capabilities and services including custom and standard product ICs, adapters, systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and Networking markets. Visit LSI on stand 728 to find out more about...

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Overland Storage is the trusted global provider of effortless data management and data protection solutions across the data lifecycle. By providing an integrated range of technologies and services for primary, nearline, offline, archival, and cloud data storage, Overland makes it cost effective to manage different tiers of information over time. Whether distributed data is across the hall or across the globe, Overland enables companies to focus on building their business instead of worrying a...

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ThinkingSafe is a privately owned UK company, based in Egham, Surrey, providing world class Corporate Data Protection software and services. We have worked closely with our customers for over ten years to deliver reliable, easy to use and cost effective solutions. The data management challenges we address are widespread - exponential data growth, decreasing backup windows, complex virtualised environments, network bandwidth constraints, disaster recovery and compliance. ThinkingSafe so...

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The London Borough of Hillingdon’s IT team approached Fordway to find an effective and greener way to handle the Borough’s rapidly growing data storage requirements. They needed a solution that would provide effective data prioritisation and management and drive down costs, while also providing increased resilience and reducing power consumption. The Borough’s existing five year old storage area network (SAN) could not handle the expanding level of data, and the associated IT infrastructure was unable to support the IT team as it struggled to manage growth and prioritise data manually.

Fordway designed and implemented a migration to a new storage area network (SAN) solution combined with a virtual server environment. This has provided substantial cost savings, improved data prioritisation and an effective business continuity solution. As well as providing disaster recovery for the Borough, the solution has been extended to provide disaster recovery for the local health authority, Hillingdon Primary Care Trust, and will enable the Borough to recover its operating costs in the not-for-profit agreement with the trust.

A major component in reducing ongoing cost of IT infrastructure by 25% annually while meeting business objectives, improving business efficiency, resilience and maximising return on investment

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Challenge: Inefficient and time-consuming backup software was jeopardising data integrity for the company and its clients

Solution: Hitachi Consulting chose the laptop backup service from Iron Mountain, and flexible contract terms were offered to manage the transition

Value: Productivity improvements pay for the Iron Mountain solution, while data loss risk is mitigated and compliance is assured

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UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) processes more than 2 million applications every year for courses at Universities and Colleges in the UK. The UCAS IT team explain how NCE helped them find the right solution to handle their ever increasing storage requirements.

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Is your data always safe and available? Iron Mountain Digital lets you eliminate the risk of data loss on desktops and laptops with our simple, automatic, secure and reliable online backup solution.

The need is clear: you want to protect sensitive information stored on PCs, Macs and laptops, especially those far outside the data centre. You want to eliminate frantic firefighting, lost data and painful recoveries that divert IT resources—so that you can spend time on your business instead of your backup concerns.

Our Connected Backup solution can lighten your data protection burden and provide the rapid recovery and uncompromised security your business needs.

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Converged Infrastructure:
A converged infrastructure enables an organisation to do more with fewer resources. Converged Infrastructure solutions drive business agility, innovation and performance improvements, while reducing risk, complexity and cost.
IT proliferation has stretched many businesses to breaking point, and business agility is severely constrained. Converged infrastructure, a holistic solution that enables all end user sub systems to work in tandem on a single IP network, offers new and more effective ways of working which address the following typical challenges:

• Escalating IT management and administration costs
• A desire to move mission-critical environments to standards-based infrastructure
• Limited datacenter space; need to improve server consolidation, virtualisation, and utilisation
• Risk associated with older legacy systems
• A need to grow and scale capacity in line with shrinking IT budgets
• Break free of proprietary solutions to achieve true inter-operability through the adoption of open industry standards
• An approach to unifying multiple communications methods: voice, e-mail, messaging, video etc
• Security threats