Storage management a black hole

Local offerings “non-existent”.

Darren Pauli (Computerworld) 19/08/2008 11:29:00

Enterprises are being stranded by a lack of managed storage offerings and a shortage of IT skills according to experts.

Storage management has become harder than ever with tightening regulatory requirements, sophisticated Web applications and virtualization.

Rob Stirling, managing director of storage vendor Orchesys and former local executive director of Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), said high-end storage management offerings are “virtually non-existent”.

“Enterprises are used to having everything managed and monitored with feedback and audits, but this just doesn't exist in storage [despite] its growth,” Stirling said.

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