In storage trends that will gain momentum in 2010 are virtualization, de-duplication and the introduction of energy-effcient features, says Abhilesh Guleria, Country Head, ITPF, NEC India.

In 2010, de-duplication will gain prominence as a feature, rather than a standalone technology, Guleria says. Majority of enterprises still have not deployed de-duplication, but will leverage easier deployments next year as it becomes built into most storage offerings – everything from back-up software, to primary storage, to replication and archiving software. "As more enterprises reap the benefits of de-duplication and the gap it bridges with information management, the primary issue will become management of storage resources," he says. As a result, enterprises will look to vendors to deploy simplifed and cross-platform de-duplication management that save time and money.

Guleria notes that in 2009, organizations began to shiftfrom implementing ‘green’ technologies primarily for cost reduction purposes, to a more balanced awareness of also improving the organization’s environmental standing. In 2010, these two drivers will push most enterprise organizations to implement a ‘green’ strategy. IT decision makers are increasingly justifying green IT solutions by more than cost and IT effciency benefts.

NEC has recently launched NEC Storage E-Series that have iSCSI interface or Fibre channel interface. Initial costs can be minimized and customers can leverage the existing LAN also. In the Fibre channel model, one can have the beneft of high performance with 4Gbps host interface.

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