Hitachi's Approaches for an Increasingly Cost Conscious Data Storage World

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Hitachi's Approaches for an
Increasingly Cost-Conscious
Data Storage World

By Mark Peters January, 2009 Copyright 2009, The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ESG WHITE PAPERHitachi's Approaches to an Increasingly Cost-Conscious Data Storage World
Table of Contents Table of Contents..................................................................................................................................................... i The Issues Defined ................................................................................................................................................. 1 Cost Consciousness and Storage ........................................................................................................................ 2 What's New and What's Not? ............................................................................................................................... 2 Themes and Challenges ....................................................................................................................................... 2 How Cost-Consciousness Affects Storage Strategies and Priorities .................................................................... 5 Specific IT and Business Challenges ................................................................................................................... 7 Addressing the Challenges with Hitachi's Offerings and Approaches ............................................................. 9 Review of Hitachi's Offerings ................................................................................................................................ 9 Hitachi is Addressing the IT and Business Challenges ...................................................................................... 10 Implementation Considerations .......................................................................................................................... 13 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 All trademark names are property of their respective companies. Information contained in this publication has been obtained by sources The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) considers to be reliable but is not warranted by ESG. This publication may contain opinions of ESG, which are subject to change from time to time. This publication is copyrighted by The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. Any reproduction or redistribution of this publication, in whole or in part, whether in hard-copy format, electronically, or otherwise to persons not authorized to receive it, without the express consent of the Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc., is in violation of U.S. copyright law and will be subject to an action for civil damages and, if applicable, criminal prosecution. Should you have any questions, please contact ESG Client Relations at (508) 482-0188. This ESG White Paper was developed with the assistance and funding of Hitachi Data Systems.
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