"Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch."
Tim Berners-Lee
"The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation."
Oscar Wilde
"At some point, you can't lift this boulder with just your own strength. And if you find that you need to move bigger and bigger boulders up hills, you will need more and more help."
Vinton Cerf, Google
"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act."
Bill Gates, Microsoft
"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."
Steve Jobs, Apple
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke
"The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it."
Linus Torvalds, Linux
Despite the benefits achieved from today’s advanced network storage infrastructures, organizations continue to struggle with data growth, compliance issues, and storage expenditures that exceed IT budgets. As an independent storage architect, Citadel Perimeter is able to design, integrate, and support a wide array of storage providers such as HP, Equallogic, Pillar Data, EMC and IBM. Citadel Perimeter uses a 4 point storage assessment – Analysis, Architecture Design, Integration, and Service/Support, to structure the correct project plan, ensure a smooth implementation, and knowledge transfer, as well as the proper service and support.
KEY BENEFITS
Strategically align data storage needs with the proper architecture, system implementation, and enterprise requirements
Reduce operational costs and increase information availability, recovery and storage capabilities and implement cost effective, scalable storage solutions with easy to use data recovery tools
Our certified engineers are able to implement internal SAN or NAS devices using iSCSI or Fibre Channel solutions depending on the client’s needs
Offsite storage solutions are available with our world class SAS 70 Type II datacenters, fully encrypted data transfers, rapid recovery and file restore, as well as 24×7 support and automated pre-set backup intervals
A tiered approach – where older data is migrated to a lower tier – increases the capacity of production servers and results in a lower total cost of ownership
KEY STATISTICS
Industry analysts predict that external storage system growth will rise at an annual growth rate of 60% per year.
According to market intelligence from IDC, 97 Billion email messages were generated in 2007 alone.
According to market research firm The Radicati Group, the average corporate user required 16.4MB of storage for email in 2006. The firm estimates that by 2010 emails will require about 21.4MB of space daily for the average corporate user.
A 2007 study done by Strategic Research shows that the #1 problem IT leaders are spending money on to solve is complexity of the environment (42.3%), followed by backup solutions(27.6%), disaster recovery (12.4%), and consolidation (9.1%).
The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 places personal requirements on corporate executives to approve their firm’s financial statements and to have the ability to audit the firm’s records, including electronic communication. With the implementation of legislation like the Sarbanes Oxley Act, a systematic storage and email archive solution is critical in today’s business environment.
