Storage Decisions is a conference for data storage

Data storage

Data storage can refer to:* Computer data storage; memory, components, devices and media that retain digital computer data used for computing for some interval of time....

 professionals in the United States

United States

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. Produced by TechTarget, Storage Decisions has been held multiple times per year in the United States since 2001. TechTarget also presents a series one one-day seminars under the "Storage Decisions" name in the United States and Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

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Storage Decisions events are oriented towards end users of data storage equipment and software. Presentations are given by independent analysts, end users, and storage experts. One differentiator for Storage Decisions events is the reduced access given to sponsoring product vendors: They are restricted from giving or attending presentations and are allowed to interact with the audience only during a short trade show session each day.

Despite the restrictions, the Storage Decisions events are popular with product vendors. Recent event sponsors include BlueArc

BlueArc

BlueArc Corporation is a network storage device manufacturer headquartered in San Jose, California. BlueArc was founded in 1998 by Geoff Barrall, Jeff Pinkham and Jon Meyer. Initially based in the UK, BlueArc transitioned its HQ to the US in 2000 and became a US corporation at that time although...

, Dell

Dell

Dell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...

, EMC

EMC

EMC may refer to:In organizations:* EMC Corporation, an information management company* IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, a worldwide professional engineering society* Eastern Media Centre, a television channel in the UK...

, HP, IBM

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

, and Symantec

Symantec

Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:...

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Notable Launches

• 2003 - Microsoft
  Microsoft
  Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
  
   Windows Storage Server 2003, Cisco
  Cisco
  Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
  
   MDS 9100 and SN5428 Fibre Channel
  Fibre Channel
  Fibre Channel, or FC, is a gigabit-speed network technology primarily used for storage networking. Fibre Channel is standardized in the T11 Technical Committee of the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards , an American National Standards Institute –accredited standards...
  
   switches
• 2004 - Sun
  Sun Microsystems
  Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
  
   StorEdge 5210 and 6920, Cisco MDS 92161i and MDS 9000 Multiprotocol Services Module, Overland Storage
  Overland Storage
  Overland Storage was founded in 1980 as "Overland Data" in San Diego, California, and is a provider of data protection appliances for midrange and distributed enterprises...
  
   REO 9000
• 2005 - Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager
  System Center Data Protection Manager
  System Center Data Protection Manager is a software product from Microsoft, designed to help IT professionals manage the Windows environment. It is part of the Microsoft System Center family of products and integrates disk-to-disk and near-continuous data protection for reliable recovery of...
  
   (DPM) 2006, Symantec
  Symantec
  Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:...
  
   Backup Exec
  Backup Exec
  Backup Exec is proprietary backup software currently developed by Symantec. Backup Exec has a long history of being sold from one company to another. Its earliest roots stretch back to the early 1980s when Maynard Electronics created a bundle of software drivers to help sell their tape drive...
  
   10D
• 2010 - Cirtas Systems