SmartBiz IT Research Library

ANALYST BRIEF - To understand the impact of server virtualization, Syncsort commissioned Ziff Davis Media to conduct a survey around end-user experiences with migrating physical servers to virtual machines (referred to as P2V migration). Read the results here.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

EGUIDE - Read this E-Guide and explore how careful negotiation of data integration licenses can help your company save $100,000 or more on data integration costs. Learn about vital data integration trends and business drivers as well as how you can ensure a successful business intelligence (BI) initiative with key data integration considerations.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Integration | Licensing | Software | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - This paper details non-disruptive strategies for eliminating performance problems in existing data integration environments.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management Software | Data Management | Data Management Software | Database Performance Management | Database Performance Management Software | Performance Testing

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of DMExpress on their organizations. Forrester’s aim is to clearly show all calculations and assumptions used in the analysis.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: August 25, 2008


Topics:  Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Customer Data Management Software | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Management

WHITE PAPER - Coupling NetApp’s SnapMirror and SnapVault technology with Syncsort’s BEX software has created an integrated disk-based solution for data protection and disaster recovery of mission-critical digital assets. Within minutes of an outage or disaster, applications, databases and users can be accessing data and resuming business.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: January 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Continuity Planning Software | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

CASE STUDY - Because their data center was reaching its physical limits, Taco, Inc. found their backup and restore processes getting noticeably slower. With their exposure to IT disaster scenarios a distinct reality, they turned to Syncsort for their data protection needs.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

DATA SHEET - Fast backup. Instant recovery. Superior data protection for physical and virtual environments. BEX Delivers excellent value for the lowest total cost of ownership. Read this data sheet for the specifics and benefits of BEX 3.1.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

DATA SHEET - Because their IT department couldn’t guarantee prompt, efficient data restores, Kerzner International centralize backups by combining SyncSort with NetApp storage. The result was quicker and more efficient restores.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Management | Data Storage | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

DATA SHEET - Syncsort BEX source side data reduction can be used to significantly decrease the amount of data sent to a backup target, reducing network traffic and CPU impact. Read this solution sheet for details.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Data Deduplication | Data Management | Storage Management | Storage Standards | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes an innovative, unified data protection model – developed by Syncsort – that not only supports each of these imperatives, but leverages them to provide actual return on your business investments.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Management | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - As data center resource consolidation gains traction, many organizations are missing the big picture. For reducing primary storage footprints, they're looking at virtualization in isolation; for reducing secondary backup storage, they're focusing on deduplication in isolation. To consolidate optimally, they must consider the full landscape.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Deduplication | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - For processing data for BI analytics and other applications, the usual go-to software products include various extract, transform, load (ETL) and data warehousing solutions. However, these products do not always provide the speed required to deliver data on time. An additional product can speed the processing of high volumes of data.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: October 12, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Quality | Data Storage | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | ETL (Software)

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the reasons why data volumes are increasing and where bottlenecks most frequently occur. It then explains why adding more hardware isn’t a solution to these performance problems and delves into the various methods that can be used to break through the bottlenecks to speed applications.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: October 12, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Data Center Management | Data Classification | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Quality | Data Storage | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Management