White Papers

All too often in IT generally—and in storage infrastructures specifically—there’s a tendency for an “assumption gap” to exist. This paper is an attempt to close that gap; in a pragmatic and accessible manner, it covers the real value of storage virtualisation (from both business and IT perspectives) and offers explanations of the varying storage virtualisation approaches with advice on how to make a technology and vendor decision.

Application delivery controllers (ADC) are one of the most critical elements of cloud infrastructures and enterprise data centre architectures. ADCs strongly impact performance, scale and security of the entire application environment, so it is extremely important for IT leaders to choose the right one.

According to a recent report by Gartner, “By 2014, at least 30% of organizations will have changed backup vendors due to frustration over cost, complexity and/or capability. ”However, replacing a backup infrastructure can be a painful and disruptive process. The best replacement solution will beone that not only addresses these issues, but also demonstrates significant cost savings, enables a rapid return on investment and ensures a seamless transition.This white paper describes 10 ways that IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager solutions can help organizations save money while addressing their data storage challenges, including those associated with exponential data growth.