TechPerspective: Storage area management

Gartner argues that network administrators should focus on the concept of storage area management (SAM), letting storage area networks (SANs) play a subordinate role in a plan that supports SAM. How do you think storage can be most effectively employed in the enterprise? Do you see SANs or SAM as more valuable? Do you think SAM is a potential solution? What do you think are the best techniques for marketing and providing storage services? You can read the related Gartner article, which will be posted 3 A.M. Monday, at https://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220001023ggp01.htm.