Many storage end - users are skeptical of competing vendor claims surrounding virtualization and tiered storage and rightly so. It is a significant change from tried-and-true practices and technologies, and IT executives and managers are naturally cautious about such a major type of deployment. However the fact remains that many end-users have been implementing virtualization and tiered storage environments over the past couple of years, and they are experiencing a significant positive impact on their business and IT operations. In this discussion, Scott Genereux will examine the apprehension - you might even say fear- that remains, and in the process of effectively moving beyond this new frontier.
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