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Technical Insight: Oracle Integrates Virtual Tape Storage with Public Cloud Economics

Published June 21st, 2016. John Webster, Senior Analyst with Evaluator Group, discusses Oracle's Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) 7 System and its potential value in creating a new tape storage model for the integration of cloud-based archival storage resources. Download the free report now!
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Technical Insight: Enterprise Cloud “Survey of Surveys”

Published April 11th, 2016. John Webster, Senior Analyst at Evaluator Group, gives insight in enterprise cloud usage with his survey of surveys Industry Insight paper. Download your copy now!
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Technical Insight: Enhancing Continuous Operations and Data Integrity for Microsoft Hyper-V Environments

Originally published April, 2015 with GSP announcement. Hitachi Next Generation VSP Storage Systems in Microsoft Environments. Download now to read this free White Paper by Sr. Analyst, John Webster. Download the free report now!
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Technology Insight: Enhancing Continuous Operations and Data Integrity for VMware vSphere Environments

Originally published April, 2015 with GSP announcement. Hitachi’s Next Generation VSP Storage in VMware Environments. Download now to read this free White Paper by Sr. Analyst, John Webster. Download the free report now!
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Technical Insight: VM Infrastructure Efficiency

Published March 14th, 2016. Solving VM Storage Challenges with VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes and Hitachi Storage. Download now to read this free White Paper by Sr. Analyst, Russ Fellows. Download the free report now!
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Technical Insight: Are x86 Servers the Right Platform for Running Mission Critical Applications?

Published February 1st, 2016. x86 Servers are popular because of their low cost, but are they the right platform for mission critical applications? Download the free white paper now.
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Strategy Considerations for 2016

Published January 8th, 2016. Free White Paper on data storage strategy considerations for 2016. White Paper by Randy Kerns.
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Technical Insight: Hadoop from Sandbox to Production

Published December 14th, 2015. White paper by John Webster, Sr. Analyst at Evaluator Group, discussing the production state and elements of Hadoop qnd IBM Spectrum Scale. Download the free report now!
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Technical Insight: The Rebirth of Parallel I/O and Its Impact on Hyperconverged Price Performance

Published December 8th, 2015. Download the free report now!
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Overcoming IT Limitations with Storage Federation

Evaluator Group studies how to overcome IT limitations with Storage Federation. White Paper by Russ Fellows, Sr. Analyst with Evaluator Group.
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Industry Insight: Object Storage in Traditional IT Environments

This 21 page analyst research document explores adoption of Object Storage in traditional IT environments. Download the free report now!
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Technology Insight: Transitioning to a New Storage Acquisition Model

Published online June 2015. 10-page whitepaper sponsored by NetApp on the new storage acquisition model of bi-dimensional scaling and TCO. Download the free report now!

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