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The StorageIO group is an information technology analyst and consulting firm founded by storage veteran, industry analyst and author Greg Schulz providing services to technology vendors, end users, press and media. Focused on data infrastructure topics including storage, green storage, power, cooling, environmental, storage strategies, storage management and networking, StorageIO provides industry insight, advise and consul on applicable technologies. StorageIO brings a deep diverse skill-set understanding technologies, strategies, best practices and markets from a vendor and IT customer point of view. [ Read More... ]

Additional coverage areas include among others server, storage and I/O virtualization, data protection and management, clustered and NAS storage, performance and capacity planning, VMware and data protection, power, cooling, floor-space, green storage and other environmental or green IT along with next generation data center related topics.

The following are a sampling of the content available on the StorageIO reports page, portfolio page and events page where you can find additional webcast, pod casts and video e-learning.

Scalable Storage for Unstructured and Web 2.0 Applications
Intelligent Power Management (IPM) and MAID 2.0: Energy Savings Without Performance Compromises
Tiered Storage - Tiered access, protection, storage mediums - more than green storage
Data footprint reduction (Archiving, compression, de-duplication to support green storage)
Data center performance bottlenecks and the server storage I/O performance gap
PACE yourself to address storage, power and cooling needs or Beyond Green Wash for green storage
Data protection management (DPM) and event correlation analysis and reporting
Summary and analysis of EPA report to congress - What it means for IT and green storage
I/O, I/O, its off to Virtual Work We Go - The many faces of I/O Virtualization and converged networks
Achieving Energy Efficiency and Savings with FLASH based SSD - Leveraging Tiered green storage
Not Just a Flash in the Pan - Article about the many difference faces and uses of SSD storage
The Many Faces of MAID Storage Technology - Overview of MAID as a green storage technology
Beyond Green-Wash: IT Data Center Power, Cooling, Floor-space and Environmental (PCFE) trends
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) - Overview of FCoE technology and value proposition

Several new dates and venues have been added for StorageIO speaking and keynote engagements on the events page including Storage Decisions (Chicago) among others. The StorageIO Group participates in many industry events including presenting at conferences, customer and vendor events, moderating panel discussions, delivering podcasts and webinars in addition to custom research and consulting engagements. Checkout our events page to see where StorageIO will be or contact us via info@storageio.com or 651-275-1563 to arrange a briefing, learn about our services and how StorageIO can be of assistance to your storage and data infrastructure needs.

Updated 6/28/08