Microsoft Corp.'s recently revamped and renamed Datacenter High Availability Program will bring users additional options for support and a quicker path to swap out minor components from their pretested configurations.
It sounds like a good idea: technology that makes it possible to build less expensive, native IP-based storage networks and mixed Fibre Channel-to-IP storage-area networks.
Like many other IT workers, Jesse Gilleland was laid off this summer. But unlike a lot of other IT professionals, he landed a new job in less than three weeks. He credits his three years of enterprise storage experience for the quick resolution.