Don’t go hog wild on storage: Gartner

By: Greg Meckbach - ComputerWorld Canada (07 Aug 2008) A research firm advises companies to invest in information access technologies to flag critical information for storage. Find out what’s driving the storage semiconductor market IT managers who comply with information storage regulations by buying more storage and saving every single record will probably spend too much. This was one tip released this week by Gartner Inc. of Stamford, Conn. Instead of going on a hardware buying binge, companies should instead look at information access technologies that help identify redundant information and decide what to save on primary storage. More storage news from ComputerWorld Canada A day in the life of a data recovery engineer In a press release, Gartner quoted Wilt Andrews, one of its vice-presidents and distinguished analysts,... [read full story]