New Products, New Possibilities

  Why External Storage?

• Data portability
• Backup computers fast
• Backup automatically
• Extend PC storage easily
• Share data in network
• Hold a media library
• Speed up Vista
• Hold a bootable Operating System
• Hold a personal application set
• Cheaper than buying another server

  External Storage versus a new server

• External storage is quicker to set-up
• External storage is cheaper per Gigabyte
• Less licensing costs
• More skills are required to maintain a server
• Backup of multiple server storage is complex
• External Storage uses less power and requires less cooling
• Storage greater than 1 TB within a server is difficult

  Big Storage Projects

• Business Intelligence data collection and analysis
• Tougher data collection rules (SOX)
• Call Recording all calls with matching database
• Paper scanning for archive purposes with matching database
• Growth in email storage
• Photo / Video / IPTV / music collections
• Radio and television broadcasting and streaming