Storage is a vast topic to discuss around the table: from the latest attachable hard drives to the complex strategies that must dictate how a global corporation stores its data. Many experts have opinions to share. Brainstorm invited several storage specialists to discuss the current issues and found that particular topics are front-of-mind.

Present at the roundtable discussion were: Allen Smith, managing director of Continuity SA Adrian Hollier, storage product manager at Comztek John Jordaan, storage programme manager at Unisys Alex Robertson, TS manager at EMC South Africa David Chancellor-Madison, of IBM's storage and technology group Sheldon Hand, storage specialist at Symantec Grant Morgan, CTO at Dimension Data Royden Tustin, general manager of EMC at Business Connexion Uresh Naran, channel manager of Adic Africa James Greig, account manager at Faritec Raul del Fabbro, manager of the solutions group at Drive Control Corporation Barry Gill, SA technical manager of Mimecast, and Manfred Gramlich, storage practice lead at Sun Microsystems SA.