The Clipper Group's Publications

Last updated November 24, 2008 ---- A listing of all of The Clipper Group's publications that are on the web relating to storage and networking, in reverse chronological order.

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The Clipper Group's Research and Publications on Storage and Networking

This is a subset of our Publications Catalog for publications related to Storage and Storage Networking, including administration and management. For a full list, go to Clipper's Publication Catalog.

We publish many newsletters, but only when we have something important to say to our clients and prospects. Nearly 600 reports are on this web site.

The Clipper Group Navigator^TM, first published in 1993, describes new technologies and innovative products and the business values that they bring to the enterprise. It is targeted at business readers, in general, and decision makers in the information technology community, in particular.

The Clipper Group Explorer^TM, first published in 1996, is a tutorial on a complex information technology issue from a business value perspective. The targeted readers are senior executives who are not necessarily IT experts.

The Clipper Group Observer^TM, first published in 1996, focuses on users' experiences with leading-edge technology. The goal is to present mini case studies that describe what works, and to clarify the important business values.

The Clipper Group Captain's Log^TM, created in 2001, is a quick take on a vendor or product announcement, or other relevant happening. These are short opinion pieces.

The Clipper Group Voyager^TM, begun in 2005, focuses on mid-sized and smaller organizations. The goal is to have a special bulletin for those orgainzations with smaller IT operations and budgets than found in the largest enterprises.

Clipper Notes^TM, begun in 2007, is our new bulletin for tutorials. Here you will get vendor-agnostic explanations and advice targeted at the IT buyer. Our goal is to keep these up-to-date.

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Clipper's Storage and Networking Publications

The publications below are listed in reverse chronological order. All are copyrighted by The Clipper Group, Inc.

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Storage and Networking Publications in 2008

	Clipper Notes^TM	*Capping Energy Demand in the Data Center - "It's Not Easy Being Green!"* *(November 24, 2008)*
	Captain's Log^TM	*Are You Running Your Data Center Like A Hedge Fund?* *(October 31, 2008)*
	Navigator^TM	*Virtualizing the High-End Tape Environment - IBM Enhances VTL Offering* *(October 21, 2008)*
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Disk and Tape Square Off Again - Tape Remains King of the Hill with LTO-4* *(Updated October 21, 2008)*
	Navigator^TM	*The Dirty, Little Secret of the Data Center - Data Corruption is Alive on Your Disks (...and what you can do about it)* *(October 15, 2008)*
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Greening the Data Center Requires Refocusing from "Bigger-Better-Sooner" to "Wise Use"* *(September 25, 2008)*
	Navigator^TM	*Designing Optimized Use of Business Information with The IBM Global Archive Solutions Center* *(September 25, 2008)*
	Navigator^TM	*Universal Encryption - Has it come to this? Brocade Brings a Foundation* *(September* 22, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Data Center Information Retention and Security - Enterprise Functionality for the SMB* *(September* 18, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*NetApp Asks: Why Not Deduplicate All Data?* *(September* 12, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*NEC Brings Vast Scalability to Tier-2 Storage* *(September* 11, 2008)
	Captain's Log^TM	*Is IBM is Serious about Managing Information Instead of Storage Infrastructure?* *(September* 8, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*The Future of Virtual I/O in the Data Center is Now* *(August* 28, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*New CLARiiON CX4 Delivers Less and Much More - Less Power, Less Footprint, Less Wasted Capacity - with Doubled Performance, Scale and Connectivity* *(August* 5, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Lowering the TCO of the Data Center - IBM Innovates Tape Architecture ... Again!* *(July* 16, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Xiotech Changes the Storage Paradigm* *(July* 11, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*HP Adds Blades to NonStop Architecture - Improves Performance, No Impact on Reliability* *(June* 26, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Nimbus Breeze Hybrid Series - IP Storage for the Heart of the Bell Curve* *(June* 16, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*EMC Intros New Disk Library Models, Plus Deduplication and Spin-Down for Efficiency* *(June* 13, 2008)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*The Long-Term Challenges of Digital Archives - What You Really Need to Know* *(June* 6, 2008)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Making Use of Virtual Tape in a D2D2T Environment* *(May* 28, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Protect Your Tape Storage Investment � Scale-Up with Spectra Logic* *(May* 7, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*HP Upgrades EVA to Lower TCO for the Mid-Sized Enterprise* *(April* 14, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*NetApp's Multiple Angles on Storage Efficiency* *(April* 14, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Protect Your Enterprise � Remotely Track Your Tapes* *(April* 9, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Dell Delivers a Storage Infrastructure for the Virtual Environment* *(March* 17, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Reliability, Responsiveness, Risk-Reduced - HP Delivers Scalable Storage to the SMB* *(March* 14, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Continuity Software Launches DR Assurance Service as Complement to RecoverGuard* *(March* 7, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*EMC RecoverPoint V3.0 Asks "Why Not Both?" to CDP and Remote Replication* *(February* 25, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Symantec's Online Backup as a Service for SMBs* *(February* 18, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Dell Simplifies Storage with New, Flexible, Scalable Array* *(February* 18, 2008)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Disk and Tape Square Off Again - Tape Remains King of the Hill with LTO-4* *(February* 13, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*Microsoft 2008 is Here - and EMC is a Key Partner in Enabling Its Reach into Mission-Critical IT* *(January* 24, 2008)
	Captain's Log^TM	*A New Year Dawns for I.T. - IBM Adds New Paradigm to its Storage Architecture* *(January* 15, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*EMC Symmetrix DMX to Offer Flash Drives for Ultra-High Performance* *(January* 14, 2008)
	Navigator^TM	*EMC NetWorker Becomes Access Portal for Next-Gen Backup and Recovery* *(January* 2, 2008)

Storage and Networking Publications in 2007

	Navigator^TM	*Do You Know the Health of Your Network? - With NetWisdom, You Would* *(November* 23, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*iSCSI Train Gains Steam - Dell Moves Ahead on the Fast Track* *(November* 15, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Trimming the Branches - Storage Consolidation at the Edge* *(Updated November* 13, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Top 10 Buying Considerations for Storage Virtualization Solution* *(Updated November* 13, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*Fusion ioDrive Sparks a Storage Revolution* (October 30, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*How to Derive Value Effectively from All Your Business Information* ( September 27, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Reference Data Concepts - What IT Folks Should Learn from Libraries and Archives* ( Updated September 14, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*NEC HYDRAstor - A Leap Forward in Online Backup and Archive Storage* (September 14, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*Dell Expands Storage Tiers for the SMB - Introduces Low-Cost, Extensible Storage* ( Updated September 10, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*Sun's Honeycomb - A Sweet, Next-Generation Information Repository* (August 28, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*Continuity Software's RecoverGuard Closes the Gap on Disaster Recovery* (August 24, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*You Should Be Excited about E-mail Archiving* (Updated August 21, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*ILM Stage 2 - Full Spectrum Information Lifecycle Management* (Updated August 8, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*A Tape Solution for Every Size Enterprise - IBM Adds LTO-4 to Tape Family* (August 2, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*Faster and Greener - The New EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 and Performance-Enhanced Enginuity* (July 17, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*Optimizing Business Continuity - Virtualizing the Enterprise Tape Environment* (July 13, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*LTO-4 Pounces into the Data Center with New Life, Greater Capacity, Higher Performance* (July 12, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*EMC Builds an Information Solution for Transactional Content Management* (June 30, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*HP's Everything Box for Storage Consolidation - The StorageWorks XP24000* (June 6, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*Brocade 2007 - More than Fibre Channel SANs* (May 23, 2007)
	Captain's Log^TM	*EMC Thinks Differently about IT (as We Used to Know It)* (May 15, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Watts Up? How Much Electricity Does It Take to Backup Your Data?* (May 11, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*NEC D-Series Storage Line Spans Midrange through High End* (May 9, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*HP's DRAGON Does Data Retention Right for European Telecommunications Operators* (May 8, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*Business Opportunity is Fleeting - Seize the Day with HP Neoview* (May 7, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*The Many Sides of Quantum's StorNext* (April 24, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*NEC's HYDRAStor Tames the Multi-headed Monster* *(April* 18, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Evaluating Email Archiving Solutions* *(March* 31, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Continuous Data Protection - Now Ready for Prime Time* *(March* 31, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Managing IT Procurement - Partnership is Better than Transaction* *(Updated* April 22, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*"Moonwalk" Your Data* *(March* 26, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*Illuminator Virtual Recovery Engine Bridges the Recovery Management Gap* *(March* 12, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Recovery in Perspective - Ensuring Access to Enterprise Data* *(Updated* March 31, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Data Copying - A Toolbox of Business Solutions* *(March* 10, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Storage Security - Where Are Your Vulnerabilities?* *(March* 10, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Business Continuity Goes Better With SANs - The 3 Rs of Resilience* *(March* 10, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Top 10 Things You Should Know About Information Lifecycle Management* *(March* 10, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*The Accounting Pendulum Swings at Storage (or, Why The Taxman Cometh?)* *(March* 10, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*iSCSI SANs: Panacea or Placebo?* *(March* 5, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*Security for Small Data Centers - Right-Sizing Tape Encryption* (March 5, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System � Simple, Reliable and Very Affordable* (March 5, 2007)
	Navigator^TM	*It's 10 PM - Do You Know Where Your Tape Is?* (March 5, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Breaking the I/O Paradigm - SAS Enters the Nearline Storage Race* *(March* 1, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	Tiered Storage Saves Money - Getting The Most Out Of Your Storage Infrastructure (March 1, 2007)
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Networked Storage - Evaluation Criteria* *(March 1, 2007)*
	Navigator^TM	*Veritas Storage Foundation HA for Windows Increases Performance and Availability* *(February 23, 2007)*
	Navigator^TM	*3PAR Enables Low-Cost Utility Storage for AIX HACMP Environments* *(February 21, 2007)*
	Clipper Notes^TM	*The Truth about Tape - Nine Myths to Reconsider* *(February 21, 2007)*
	Navigator^TM	*Choosing the Right Archival Solution - HP Leads the Way* *(February 14, 2007)*
	Navigator^TM	*Imation's StorSentry - Taking the Complexity Out of Tape Management* *(February 7, 2007)*
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Practical Steps Toward Information Lifecycle Management* *(Updated April 24, 2007)*
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Mid-Tier Array Replication - Large Array Features at Mid-Tier Pricing* *(February 1, 2007)*
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Archiving - Choosing the Right Architecture (Second of a two-part series)* *(Updated March 31, 2007)*
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Archiving - Do You Need It? (First of a two-part series)* *(February 1, 2007)*
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Data Backup May Not Be Enough - The Key Is Recovery Management* *(February 1, 2007)*
	Clipper Notes^TM	*The Evolution of Backups - Part Two - Improving Capacity* *(February 1, 2007)*
	Clipper Notes^TM	*The Evolution of Backups - Part One - Improving Performance* *(February 1, 2007)*
	Clipper Notes^TM	*Tape and Disk Costs - What It Really Costs to Power the Equipment* *(February 1, 2007)*