Storage: knowledge is power

Do you know where your data is? Most CIOs really don't know where their companies' data is stored and managed (the data center?), but that knowledge is critical when it comes to compliance, security and privacy issues. Large enterprises in particular need the skills and tools to understand what they have and where. The pinnacle is getting to a holistic, end-to-end vision for delivering enterprise storage business solutions. Line-of-business insight is important, along with geographical and cost code breakdowns. Another important part is application information alignment; it's the applications that hold the real value to the business. One LOB uses some applications and another uses others; however, there are invariably interdependencies, and the degree to which these exist is not well documented.

Learn more about knowing your storage:
- read the article at IT-Director.com

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