FD Insights Issue 11 | Page 46

.Storage The recent explosion in the amount of data in the workplace has led to constant innovation in data storage solutions. First Distribution’s premier brands are leaders in providing the necessary hardware required to deal with all data including archiving, data backup & recovery, warehousing, replication, virtualisation, content management systems and specialised storage designed to deal with ‘big data’. IBM’s Disk Storage Systems provide storage efficiency solutions such as virtualisation, automated tiering and thin provisioning. Storage efficiency is more vital than ever. Your disk utilisation rate may be as low as 20% — while the amount of data you are required to store is exploding. IBM Storage can help. Oracle offers a complete portfolio of best-of-breed storage products and business-ready storage solutions that optimise performance, maximise data protection and reduce the total cost of ownership. Includes NAS Storage, SAN Storage, Tape Storage, Flash Storage, Storage Software and Storage Networking. EMC: From disk libraries to content management systems to storage area networks, EMC’s products are the ones business and IT professionals use to efficiently store, protect and manage their information. EMC’s storage products include business continuity, data replication, server flash cache and storage systems. Vblock™ Systems from VCE seamlessly integrate best-in-class compute, network, and storage technologies from industry leaders Cisco, EMC, and VM