Tips to lower data storage costs: Don't always fall for the new stuff

Last week's Storage Decisions in Chicago provided a fountain of storage tips for storage administrators as experts delivered advice on how to reduce data storage costs when buying and deploying emerging technologies.

Jon Toigo, CEO and managing principal of Toigo Partners International, opened the second day of the show with his keynote, "Sharks in the storage pool: 10 ways to cut your storage costs now." A main theme of his presentation was that tape archiving and other, less sexy storage media, including refurbished systems, have a place in a sound, economical storage strategy.

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Plan data protection strategy around business case: Storage Decisions speaker

CHICAGO -- Storage organizations need to plan their data protection strategy around a solid business case instead of buzzword technologies, Jon Toigo told Storage Decisions attendees during his keynote speech on the final day of the show.

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Stretching computer budgets remains high priority with storage administrators at Storage Decisions Chicago conference

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June 2, 2009

Surviving the economic downturn is at the top of storage administrators' priorities lists at the first Storage Decisions conference of 2009. Full Story