With virtualization comes a higher tax on the I/O of a system. Storage and networking will have to work overtime to keep up, and storage demands are just going to continue to increase. A company called NetEx has become the first WAN optimization vendor to go virtual with its HyperIP for VMware solution. And server virtualization platforms are partnering with storage and virtual storage vendors in order to keep up with this demand. With a look at storage, analyst firm IDC offers 10 storage predictions for 2008. 
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Posted by David Marshall on January 15, 2008 04:48 AM
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