Virtual Strategy
With the impending end of support for Windows Server 2003 and expiring hardware support for 2008-based servers, many enterprise IT organizations are exploring evolutionary alternatives to their existing branch office strategies,including cloud storage gateways. However, data size and access patterns need to be a priority when making these decisions, and caching gateways are not always the best option. What follows is an outline of what enterprise IT should consider in light of Microsoft’s upcoming end of support.