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Have we misinterpreted the business value of the long tail?: I've been thinking about the economics of the long tail and its impact on the business of Silicon Valley's largest Internet companies and discovering some very interesting issues, which have lead me to some startling conclusions. But please check my math... My thinking about the long tail...; Tags: Long Tail, Data Storage, 3PARData Inc., Storage Management, Storage, Hardware, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-03-20
Top Law Firm Relies on Storage From Network Appliance and 3PAR: One the top law firms in the United States represents clients in high-stakes litigation, complex financing and regulatory matters, government affairs, and corporate and technology transactions. With data growing about 30% annually, storage was increasingly complicated to manage. So the customer looked into storage solutions that would allow them to...; Tags: Network Appliance Inc., 3PARData Inc., NetApp, Storage, Litigation, Hardware, Business Operations; Case studies 2008-02-01
Using ESX Server With 3PAR Utility Storage to Optimize Virtual Computing Deployments: By using VMware Infrastructure in combination with a storage platform that is more efficient and flexible, users can dramatically increase the benefits of virtualization. 3PAR Utility Storage represents a new class of storage whose benefits extend well beyond the boundaries of traditional storage devices. With breakthrough hardware and software innovations,...; Tags: Server, VMWare ESX Server, 3PARData Inc., 3PAR Utility Storage, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2006-09-12
ESG Report: Why 3PAR is "The Giant Killer" Among Enterprise Storage Systems: This report from Enterprise Strategy Group reviews the 3PAR InServ Storage Server, an enterprise-grade storage system that competes directly against offerings from EMC, HDS, IBM, and Sun. The paper highlights the key capabilities that set InServ apart from its competition, including: Thin provisioning Flexible scaling...; Tags: Enterprise Storage, 3PARData Inc., Storage, Data Management, Storage Management, Hardware; White papers 2006-05-01
ESG Report: Thin Provisioning: ESG believes that Thin Provisioning is one of the most important yet misunderstood advancements within data storage. This report defines and discusses Thin Provisioning, its economic impact and how it works. Thin Provisioning minimizes the cumbersome task of storage provisioning while improving capacity utilization. The economic impact...; Tags: Provisioning, Storage System, 3PARData Inc., ESG, Thin Provisioning, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware; White papers 2006-04-01

Integrated Data Lifecycle Management: A TIP Research Paper: Here's an information-packed white paper from TheInfoPro TIP that delivers findings from one-on-one interviews with Fortune 1000 storage professionals. The paper explains how the deployment of tiered storage has driven the need for data migration in Fortune 1000 companies, and why those enterprises are now looking for more mature storage...; Tags: Lifecycle Management, 3PARData Inc., Storage, Hardware; White papers 2006-03-01
Another reason most IT data centers are on the way out: A conversation about fine-grained virtualization in enterprise data storage might not sound very appealing. However, David Scott, CEO of 3PAR, managed to make it a very interesting topic of conversation and one that I'm sure a lot of CIOs will soon be having internally.We know that server utilization can be...; Tags: data storage, storage; Blog posts 2005-12-07
Investment Bank Cuts Costs, Simplifies Data Storage: When the San Francisco-based investment banking firm of Thomas Weisel Partners needed a more manageable, cost-effective, and highly available storage environment, it replaced its old direct-attached storage DAS systems with a centralized storage solution that pairs Microsoft Multipath I/O technology with 3PAR Utility Storage. This case study explains how the...; Tags: Bank, Data Storage, Investment, 3PARData Inc., Storage, Hardware; Case studies 2005-08-01
3PARdata Reduces Application Support Costs by 30%: Founded in 1999, 3PARdata, Inc. is a leading provider of a new category of enterprise storage arrays called utility storage. As a new company, 3PAR had few business systems in place, relying on spreadsheets and email to exchange information. It didn't take long for 3PAR to realize it would need...; Tags: Oracle Corp., 3PARData Inc., Storage, Storage Management, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Finance, Software; Case studies
How the Oracle Enterprise Technology Center Scaled its Storage Infrastructure to Meet Customer Demand: As its largest hands-on training facility, Oracle's Enterprise Technology Center ETC is used by Oracle and its customers to develop, demonstrate, and test Oracle solutions in a full-scale enterprise environment. But prior to a February 2005 storage upgrade, capacity limitations prevented the Oracle ETC from satisfying all its customers' support...; Tags: Oracle Corp., 3PARData Inc., Storage, Workforce Management, Hardware, Human Resources; Case studies
Storage Consolidation Pays Off Big for Priceline.com: This case study from 3PARdata highlights the growth-related issues that caused e-commerce giant Priceline.com to look for a storage solution that offered increased flexibility and higher utilization rates at a lower total cost of ownership TCO. The paper details the impressive results Priceline has achieved since consolidating its mission-critical, SAN-resident...; Tags: Storage Consolidation, 3PARData Inc., Priceline.com Inc., Storage, Roi/Tco, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting; Case studies