GlassHouse Technologies is the leading vendor-independent
provider of data protection and storage management services, from consulting to
operational services. These services are designed to reduce cost, mitigate risk
and improve control and reporting of service levels. GlassHouse focuses on
driving business controls and measurement to the management of infrastructure by
developing processes, procedures and methodologies that allow clients to better
utilize their infrastructure investments. GlassHouse clients include Biogen
Idec, Inc., B&Q, Dixons, Virgin Mobile, Visa, Autodesk and Research in
Motion (RIM). More information about GlassHouse is available at
www.glasshouse.com.
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The Need
For Independent Storage Consultants - article by GlassHouse Technologies
With
storage now accounting for somewhere in the region of 40%-60% of the average IT
budget, there is still general agreement that most IT organizations do not have
a cohesive strategy around storage. Myriad emerging technologies crowd an
already full marketplace, yet most companies are still trying to understand not
how to integrate even another technology but rather how to address the issues in
the current operation. While it remains a good market for hiring people,
Storage Administration is a relatively new competence and not readily available.
Where there are people, they are expensive and unless there's a lot of on-going
high-end work, they will bore easily once the initial re-architecture is done.
Also, the mix of competencies necessary in a storage administrator encompasses
technical architecture, operations expertise, and business acumen. This is not
an easy mix to find, even in these days. ...read the article,
...GlassHouse
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