Abstract The paper overviews enterprise datastorage management as well as the future trends in information management and datastorage. The paper explores the information life cycle management (ILM) and tiered storage solutions for network storage. The paper also looks at other types of storage systems, like networked attached storage (NAS) and storage area network (SAN). A discussion on risk mitigation for each alternative is included as well as a discussion on electronic discovery and deduplication.
Outline:
Enterprise DataStorage DataStorage Industry and where it is going
Information Life Cycle
Tiered Storage Solution
Networked Attached Storage Storage Area Network
Cost Analysis
Risk Mitigation of each Alternative
E-discovery and Deduplication
Business Model
From the Paper "Data Storage is generally divided into two; one is customer storage, which only uses typical disk drives, flash drives or local hard disk in PC or in laptop. While Enterprise Data Storage is the mainly use for large enterprise storage for big industry or company. The data that is being stored in this centralize storage comes from a variety of source, it can either come from customer transactions, that can come from the different parts of the globe, it can also include local data storage for development purposes, like these storage can hold data samples for integration testing and Users Acceptance Testing by both the development team and the customers respectively."
Abstract This paper is an introductory essay on the physics behind holography and the growing number of applications, paying particular attention to the emerging field of datastorage. It offers comparisons with more traditional methods, such as optical and magnetic datastorage, and gives an historical context for the whole field.
From the Paper "In today's society most people are familiar with the concept of a hologram. They are a well known security feature and can be seen on bank notes, credit cards and video labels to name but a few. They hold a fascination for many people, perhaps largely because they seem so mysterious, and yet the closest many people get to understanding how they are made is to think of them as a trick of lights and mirrors."
Abstract The paper provides a literature review of the peer-to-peer storage and storage area network (SAN) technology areas. Storage area networks are defined as a network storage infrastructure environment dedicated to assuring accessibility to data on a scalable, reliable IT infrastructure. The paper compares what industry leading experts maintain, relative to the strengths and weaknesses of these technologies. The paper explains that Internet Protocol-based networks need to show greater scalability and fault tolerance to be considered ready for enterprise-wide use.
Outline:
Introduction
Peer-to-Peer Technologies Literature Review
Storage Area Networking (SAN) Literature Review
From the Paper "International Data Corporation (2003), Gartner Group (2005) and several other research organizations have validated the fact that peer-to-peer based storage architectures are critical for the growth of emerging enterprises. Accentuating this market requirement is the growth in compliance requirements for all publicly-traded companies in the U.S. as defined by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002). The combined effects of transparent access to data to enable market responsiveness, in essence the need for agility in their emerging growth markets on the one hand, and the need for compliance on the other is driving the adoption of peer-to-peer storage networking architectures."
Abstract This paper provides a literature review of the peer-to-peer storage and storage area network (SAN) technology areas, comparing what industry leading experts are saying relative to the strengths and weaknesses of these technologies. The paper also compares the opinions of various industry experts.
Outline:
Introduction
Peer-to-Peer Technologies Literature Review
P2P Emerging Standards
Summary - Changing Models Redefining the Peer-to-Peer Landscape
Storage Area Networking (SAN) Literature Review
Introduction
From the Paper "Columbus and Murphy (2002) defined through their series of research initiatives on the adoption of enterprise content management (ECM) as a unifying strategy across all content stores had a 5% penetration rate into many organizations. The implications of this finding for peer-to-peer storage technologies are clear. The more balkanized and fragmented content sources are in an organization the greater the need for peer-to-peer storage architectures. Columbus and Murphy found that business strategies are driving the need for peer-to-peer integration points across homegrown, legacy, third party, best-of-breed, and ERP systems' databases. Gartner Consulting (2001) found that three key trends are driving the need for peer-to-peer storage networks. These include the exponential growth in unstructured content, critical need to manage content from a business strategy versus IT focus, and the need for interoperability and collaboration between enterprises were the market drivers. While Gartner Consulting through their research highlighted collaboration, many other industry experts, advisory firms and industry-lead consortiums defining architectures see collaboration as a function of the platform itself, not an add-on element. "
Abstract This report focuses on backing up data on a pc or network using technology for data preservation. The report tries to explore how some of these technologies work while also taking into consideration some related backup storage cost concerns and other essential bits of information. The paper attempts to provide details about why it is important to use either a hardware or software driven backup system for a Personal Computer or network.
From the Paper "The problem is that most individuals take for granted just how much information is in on a private or networked computer. Imagine the effect for a typical college student if his or her hard drive were to crash near midterms or finals. Or, consider the effect on a small business if a main file server for the accounting system was to suddenly be lost around tax time. Ironically, replacing hardware has become the least of the average computer user's problems. Today, any high school kid with a D average can get a PC back up and running. But, replacing data that was corrupted or even worse, completely wiped out is an almost impossible task."
Abstract The writer looks at different types of data warehouses and shows the development as technology has expanded in the direction of the internet. The paper discusses the types of companies and organizations that use storage mechanisms. It also cites reasons why such warehouses can be security risks when storing confidential information.
From the Paper "Traditional database management systems are passive; retrieval commands are executed by the database when requested by a user or application program. Active databases, differ in that they offer the ability to monitor and react to specific circumstances and perimeters of relevance to an application. The active database system provides a knowledge model (a description mechanism) and an execution model (i.e., a runtime strategy for supporting reactive behavior based upon the parameters of the software.)"
Tags: internet, storage, organization, system, business
Abstract This paper considers major issues facing database administrators today, including privacy, networking, security, datastorage, staff training and staff retention. It includes a technical description of these issues including firewalls protection, data warehousing, need for effective database administration, bounded and unbounded media.
From the Paper "It is difficult to imagine how most companies could operate without databases in today's business environment. Indeed most organizations whether private or public profit or non-profit depend on ..."
Abstract This paper takes an in-depth look at issues relating to information systems and virtual datastorage at the Irwin Financial Corporation (IFC). The paper reports that any technology initiative aimed at budget analysis, reducing expenses and improving the efficiency ratio, with a projected return on investment (ROI) aggressive enough to pay for itself in six months to a year, would be welcomed by the CEO and bank management as a whole.
Outline:
Company Information
Operating Challenges
Technical Environment
Management
Recommendation: Data Management, Business Intelligence and Integration
Areas For Future Improvement
Cost Savings
Functionality
Compliance
From the Paper "HDS' advantage may also come down to successfully convincing IT management that the HDS array system is better than IBM's storage virtualization controller (SVC). HDS has been ahead of EMC in virtualization, and EMC considers the first version of Invista a high-end product. However, IBM has had early success in mid-range land, claiming 1,000 customers for SVC. Virtualization gives HDS a mid-tier product that EMC won't have until the middle of next year at this price range. HDS' virtualization performance should be similar to (if not better than) IBM's. Overall, however, IBM's edge is in implementation with IFC, whereas HDS' edge may be in price and functionality. Again, using Pacific Capital Bancorp in California as a case study, citing its recent award as the winner of Storage Networking World's Best Practices in Storage Systems Implementation, could be used by IS management."
Abstract This report identifies both the technical and human areas associated the selection of the new operating system for the computer. It describes a survey that was conducted to assess employee feelings about the old system and assess potential reactions to the new system. The paper analyzes the differences between the company's existing UNIX-based Linux system and the proposed Windows XP system.
Table of Contents
Abstract
Introduction
Project Definition and Objectives
Literature Review
Factors Involved in Choosing an Operating System
Traditional System Life Cycle
System Needs
Information Archiving and DataStorage Security
Types of Operating Systems
Choosing an Operating System
Unix, Linux and Windows
The History of Unix and Windows
The Linux Operating System
The Windows Operating System
Other Operating Systems
The True Cost of an Operating System
A&K System Analysis
Types of Information by Department
Information Isolation and Integration
Perceived Security Needs
Computer Literacy and User Questionnaire
User Survey Results
Final Conclusions and Recommendations
How This Will Improve the Company
Training
Implementation Strategy
Recruitment and Selection
Overcoming Resistance to Change
Self Critique
Works Cited
APPENDIX I ? Windows vs. Linux
APPENDIX II ? User Survey
From the Paper "Changing the computer systems at A&K Ltd. is only one of the major changes caused by its massive expansion. The company is undergoing many policy and structural changes as well. The command structure of the company is being re-structured and the managerial and departmental hierarchy is changing as well. A&K Ltd. began as a small family business and is now on the verge of becoming a world player. The same strategies and structure that worked as a small business no longer work efficiently for a large corporation. "
Abstract This paper provides information on the evolution of computer hard drives. Included in this paper is the history of hard drive, from the time it was developed as computer hardware up to the continuous production of new and upgraded performance of datastorage mediums. The various types of this technology, its changing features, and the companies who provide us with this dependable hardware are also discussed in this paper.
From the Paper "Of the diverse parts of a computer, the hard drive perhaps is the most fast changing component that experiences constant improvement and upgrade. Only a few years back, the capacity of a hard drive as data storage amounts to some megabytes of data or sometimes one gigabyte at the most. Before, this amount of space was considered large enough to completely fill with data by a computer user. It was believed that there is not enough need to fill such large amount of hard disk space. However, as new applications and software are being developed, the need for larger data storage became necessary in order to accommodate the processing requirements of new software. Production of higher capacity hard drives, hence, comes along with the movement of new developed software to meet system requirements and data needs."
Abstract This paper reviews and discusses the various methods of data input. The paper takes a look at the accuracy, convenience and quality of these methods of data input, focusing primarily on the accuracy of each.
From the Paper "When dealing with printed questionnaires, keyboard entry is the best choice for data input. Unlike handwriting, which most of the times is unclear and therefore severely affects the accuracy of data input, the keyboard method avoids uncertainty. Among this method's advantages, one of the most important is that most people are familiar with using keyboards and with the key's layouts, so there is no or little training required for using keyboards. Also, an optical mark recognizer can be used. Optical mark recognition is a fast and accurate data input method that basically refers to capturing data by contrast reflectivity at predetermined positions on a page. This data input method presents several advantages, like the wide range of application. It can be applied for community surveys, consumer surveys, tests and assessments, evaluations and feedback, data compilation, product evaluation, inventory counts, membership subscription forms, and other printed material. Also, the optical mark recognizer identifies rapidly the answers marked by users and calculates scores. However, this method has its disadvantages also: it is not suitable for large amounts of text, or some data can be lost in the scanning process. "
Abstract This paper explores the changes incurred by the merger that created Hitachi Global Storage Technology. The paper describes the adverse effects the merger had on employees, including the initial layoffs and relocation for many remaining employees. The paper further describes skills that workers and management alike needed to develop to accommodate all of these changes including flexibility; patience; tolerance for ambiguity; tolerance for change; open-mindedness; patience; and resiliency.
From the Paper "Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST), a trans-national Hard Disk Drive business, is the result of a still-uneasy blending of two traditional organizational models, IBM and Hitachi (Vance, 2004; Taing, 2005), into a single, trans-globally formed, and thereby completely transformed organizational model. HGST today, the result of a 2003 merger between IBM's and Hitachi's Hard Disk Drive (HDD) facilities (Miyagi, 2002), has had some growing pains, as a separate and distinct organization because it has had to combine two very different organizational cultures: a quintessentially Japanese one (Hitachi) with a quintessentially American one (IBM), to form a whole new corporation (Hara, 2003; Letterman, 2004; Vance, 2004) "
Abstract Data mining has become a very important concept today and is used by companies all over the world to increase their profits and target the right market. The paper talks about the different aspects of data mining, tools used, and future trends in data mining. Data mining benefits are discussed in detail, and an entire discussion related to the trends in data mining is presented.
1-Background
2-Introduction
3-Data Mining Growth and Tools
4-The Data Mining Process
5-Data Mining Market Place Trends
6-The Data in Data Mining and Meta Data 7-Types of Data Mining Problems
8-Privacy and Ethical Sensitivity in Data Mining Results
9-Future Prospects of Data Mining
10-Works Cited
From the Paper "Data, particularly in the vast diversity and immense quantity that it is available to modern business, was till recently almost very hard to find and understand. Yet, the comprehension of data is the most crucial step to extracting the knowledge that it contains. The scenario has drastically changed today where data is much more easily available and has become more "meaningful" with the utilization of Data Mining. Today, technology offers business managers powerful new tools for gleaning knowledge from data-the essentials of data mining. Data mining has become increasingly important to mainstream companies to become more competitive both in their workings and their customer based relationships. Data mining, as such is of great interest because it is imperative for organizations to grasp the competitive value of information contained within their data repositories. There are a number of pertinent benefits of data mining. First of all, data mining provides the tools and techniques that are essential for optimization of customer relationships. Secondly, data mining provides an automatic method of discovering patterns in data. Thirdly, but not the least, data mining tools can identify the relationships that are actually present in historical data."
Abstract The paper discusses how the many advances in data and text mining are already revolutionizing the librarian profession. The paper explores how the ability of data mining tools to extract, transfer and load (ETL) massive amounts of data at a single time, is changing how all tasks in an organization get completed.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Content Integration Is Key
Data Mining
i) Principles of Data Mining
ii) Data Mining Timeline
Data Mining Implications for Librarianship
Text Mining
i) Text Mining Timeline
ii) Data Mining versus Text Mining
iii) Mining Blogs: An Example of How Text Mining Works
Text Mining Implications for Librarianship
Conclusion
From the Paper "At the intersection of text mining, linguistic analysis, statistical analysis, and latent semantic indexing techniques (Wikipedia Latent Semantic Indexing 2006). is the future of text mining that has the power to discover and report trending in highly unstructured content. At the center of text-mining's' rapid growth is the increasing sophistication of Natural Language Processing (CRM Buyer 2005). IBM and their significant research efforts in natural language processing are well documented on their website, as are the efforts and investments Microsoft is making."
Tags: latent, semantic, indexing, clustering, hosted, applications, Island, Data, Attensity
Abstract This paper relates that the use of data mining, its adjunct technologies for text mining and the ability to interpret, analyze and create linguistic models from unstructured content is revolutionizing the concept of data mining away from being purely used for structured content in data warehouses to now encompass unstructured content found throughout organizations globally.
The paper then provides insights into various areas of data mining, and the currently high levels of growth analytics use and applications software are experiencing as a result.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Using Data Mining in Business Research
Exploring the principles of Data Mining in Business Research
Predictive Methods in Data Mining
From the Paper "A second predictive approach is called deviation detection. The purpose of this method is to discover the most significant changes in data from previously measured or median values. An example of the type of use for this predictive approach would be the development of strategies for selling tickets to frequent flyers who booked months in advance versus those that consistently book within a few weeks of their departure. A third approach to using data mining to predict future outcomes is using the classification approach, or technique. This predictive approach of classification uses a collection of records (training set) -- each record contains several attributes, one of them is the class (Ng & Han, 10). The task is to find a model for the class attribute as a function of other attributes, so, after that, previously unknown records can be assigned a very accurate class."
