James F. Koopmann works as a freelance writer and database specialist. James has over 20 years experience in database technology. He has worked with a variety of storage vendors and database centric software and tools vendors as strategist, architect, DBA, performance expert, and product evangelist. Considered an expert in the database community, James has successfully started a database monitoring company as well as a consulting practice. He is a highly sought after consultant, speaker, writer, and blogger.

James is an accomplished author appearing regularly within printed publications and across the Web, and speaking at local area User Groups as well as industry conferences.

James received a B.S. degree in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Recent work by James Koopmann

• Solix ExAPPS Brings New Relief to Application Retirement Anxiety

• COPAN Systems tops the news

• Zero is Thin Provisioning's New Calling Card

• HP Reseller Option Kits (ROKs) Create New Flexibility for Bundled OEM Solutions

• One Service Provider Says Goodbye to FC Disk Drives And Hello to ATA for its Oracle Production Workloads

• Are We Really Ready for Deduplication of Databases on Primary Storage? I Still Say No

• Self-help Publishing Company Helps Itself to Deduplication

• Deduplication of Databases on Primary Storage Just Rubs Me the Wrong Way

• HP Versus Dell: It's Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later

• Driving Down Development Costs Calls for A New Model Based on End-to-End Linux Support

• Priming Oracle Data Files before Migrating to Thinly Provisioned Storage

• Email--Not Just Communication But a Legal Document of Record

• Solix EDMS Provides a Stimulus for Archiving Data in Oracle's FLEXCUBE

• Thin Provisioning - One of the Silver Linings in Today's Environment of Doom and Gloom

• Utility Storage is the Right "Technology Inside" For Flailing Web 2.0 Storage Infrastructures

• Five Good Reasons to Keep Using Tape

• Can Better Storage Systems Leave You Breathing Cleaner Air?

• Improve Oracle's Automatic Storage Management (ASM) Feature Using Thin Provisioning

• Cracking the Oracle RMAN Code Delivers 4-5X Improvements in Deduplication Ratios

• Dynamic, Agile Infrastructures are Key to Picking Today's MSPs

• NEO 8000e Readies Itself to Assume Archiving Role in Enterprise Data Management

• The Overland Storage N2000 Goes Rich in Features but Stays Sensitive in Price

• Disaster Recovery is Definitely a "Start Small but Think Big" Application when it comes to Virtualization

• Recent HP ProLiant G6 Server Management Innovations Take Edge Off of Ongoing OPEX Costs

• Cloud Storage Horror Stories Got You Spooked? Get Your Data Center Cloud Ready Now

• Oracle Leverages FalconStor to Complement Oracle VM's Native Data Protection Strategy

• Tape Libraries and NAS Devices Covered under New 'Cash for Junkers' Program

• A Half Million Dollars in Savings - Good; A Fully Supported Storage Solution - Priceless

• 67% Performance Boost and WORM Functionality Highlight Latest NEC HYDRAstor Software Release

• Deciphering Application Metadata is Data Deduplication's Next Frontier

• FalconStor Transcends both Physical and Virtual Boundaries with new VMware Initiative

• New REO BCA Simplifies Backup and Automates Recovery in Virtualized Environments

• Branded Solutions or White Boxes for Geeks: Bell Micro Supplies and Supports Both

• HP-Bell Micro OEM Relationship Puts Focus on TCO

• CA's Acquisition of Orchestria May Fail to Answer Forthcoming SEC Compliance Concerns

• Storage Fundamentals are the Basis for New Storage Innovation

• Legacy Video Surveillance Solutions are Giving Way to new IP Cameras that Use Networked Storage

• SPC Engineer Swallows the Automated Performance Tuning Pill

• Autonomy Remains Fully Committed to the Support and Development of EAS

• Mobotix-Overland Partnership Snaps into Place in Fast Growing Video Surveillance Market

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