Choosing a storage solution for businesses used to be so simple. How much do you need? How fast and reliable does it need to be? What backup solutions do you put in place? Answer those fundamental questions and you were halfway to finding the right product. Now there are so many more questions that need to be asked – and that’s why, in association with HP, we’ve created this Business Feature and video resource centre.

In our first feature, we look at how the best IT can bring together both the technical and business minds within a business and remove the age old barrier between the boardroom and the data centre. Next, we examine the business challenges that companies face and how HP can help tackle the trends with its Converged Storage portfolio. Finally, we delve deeper into one of the biggest issues of the day, Big Data, showing how this explosion of information can be made into a useful tool for furthering your business, if the right infrastructure is put in place.

Less is more: How converged storage can unite IT and the business

Convergence offers an escape from the high-drama, high-stress process of bargaining for ever-more old-style storage, argues Steve Cassidy. And he has some examples to prove his point. 

The business case for converged storage

We know users don¹t want ifs, buts and maybes. They want to know how technology can address the issues in their companies. Here is how HP Converged Storage really solves those business challenges.

The big data battle: How HP can help your business win the war

We have all been warned about the deluge of data hitting our businesses, but how can technology help us make the most out of the situation? We look at how to tackle the issue with HP¹s portfolio.

Big Data requires Big Changes

We explain why choosing your company’s storage architecture is such a crucial decision. We reveal how short-term fixes can lead to long-term problems, and most importantly of all: how to make sure you choose the right solution for your business.

Local vs Cloud backup

Cloud backup is a great invention, but using it as a straight swap for local backup can simply mean swapping one set of risks for another - or it can even leave you exposed to additional risks. We look at how you can "mind the gap" and reach backup nirvana by asking the right questions and using technologies that bridge the gap between local and the cloud.

Peer Motion: How it could change your business

It seems there is no such thing as a smooth rise in storage capacity, whether from a financial or a technical standpoint. In this paper, Steve Cassidy describes the different scales and the different rationales for making use of those scales in your business.