Tech OnTap Newsletter February 2012

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February 2012

Back to Basics: Data Compression What Does Data ONTAP Stand For? Vote for Your Favorite IT Survivor vSphere 5 Best Practices New Microsoft Community Tech OnTap Archive

Mina Eng Tech OnTap Editor

I know a lot of our readers follow Vaughn Stewarts’ blog and we are thrilled to have him back this month as a contributor to talk about virtualization, of course.   We are also bringing back another chapter of our popular Back to Basics series focusing on NetApp’s data compression technology. Speaking of popular, be sure to check out which IT survivor is ahead right now in our Top IT Survivor contest.  You can still vote for your favorite.

vSphere 5 Best Practices and More Vaughn Stewart, Director and Virtualization Evangelist

vSphere® 5 and Data ONTAP® 8 include a variety of enhancements to support business-critical applications, including storage DRS, storage I/O control, and an updated version of NetApp® VSC. Learn about updated best practices and find out how you can automate cross-domain IT to streamline provisioning without giving up control.

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Back to Basics Data Compression Sandra Moulton, Technical Marketing Engineer NetApp compression squeezes more data into less storage while minimizing performance impact. Learn how it works, use cases, how to deploy it, and more. More

Dave's Blog What Does Data ONTAP Stand For? Dave Hitz, NetApp Founder Imagine your favorite fermented beverage on tap—always accessible to you. But this tap allows you to get it from any faucet, at any sink, anywhere. Just imagine… Read Dave's Blog

Our News Show Special Field Report IT Top Survivor Contest Check out the finalists and their videos.  Vote for your favorite and help us reward IT’s Top Survivor.  The video with the most likes wins a Vespa! See the Special Field Report Video See the Finalists and Vote

Community Spotlight The New Microsoft Community Congregate with your peers in our new Microsoft Apps and Environments Community.  Experts are on hand to talk about all things Microsoft, including the PowerShell Toolkit, and of course Microsoft® apps. Also be sure to check out the NetApp for Microsoft Environments blog.