Storage spending at a crossroads
Adding to the infrastructure is the traditional way of beefing up storage, but new offerings could sway more dollars toward services.
Weaning yourself off a storage spending addiction is likely as difficult as quitting smoking. But whereas tobacco companies bear much of the fault for cigarette addiction, it would be unfair to ascribe the unstoppable increase in storage spending to storage vendors alone.
Regulations such as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) — which outline discovery rules for electronic records in the event of litigation — are doing their part to feed the spending beast by increasingly tying storage to management operations that, in turn, require even greater levels of purchasing, both in terms of capacity and tools. …more
Source: Mario Apicella - InfoWorld - 7/13/07
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