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5 Ways to Build a Better Retention Policy
There is no doubt that developing a retention policy that works for your business is a complex endeavor. Here are 5 tips to help get you started. -
4 Reasons You Need a Retention Policy
Creating and implementing a good data retention policy is not as straightforward as it seems. But the answer to the question of whether or not you need one is clear. Here are 4 reasons you need a retention policy. -
Why B&L Is Looking Forward to Symantec Vision 2011
Archiving is part of the solution for alleviating the challenges and costs of managing production catalogs bloated with inactive data. I’m looking forward to discussing this issue in more detail at the upcoming Symantec Vision 2011 conference in Las... -
Managing Inactive Data
An estimated 60 to 90 percent of production catalogs is inactive data. How do we get a handle on this growing mountain of information? We think archiving is the answer. -
The Economics of Tape
For some business needs and data segments, the need to achieve rapid recovery time objectives will outweigh the cost benefits of tape. But for other business requirements and data segments—specifically for long-term storage and archiving, as we’ve said—intelligently incorporating... -
LTO-5: Changing the Way You Look at Tape
LTO-5 is changing what have been accepted facts about tape in our industry for some time. As a result, here are some of the new facts of life when it comes to tape. -
6 Reasons Why Tape Is the Best Medium for Long-term Storage
As companies store more data for longer timeframes thanks to regulatory, audit and analytic requirements, we think it pays to take the long-term view. -
The Epsilon Data Breach: What the Rest of Us Can Learn
Organizations would be wise to consider offline storage for tier 1 data now—before the failure to do so makes an Epsilon out of your organization. -
It’s Time for Tape to Go on the Offensive
It's time to stop defending tape and start focusing proactively on the benefits tape brings to the enterprise and the complementary role it plays to other storage media. -
Our Hearts Go Out to the People of Japan; Our Thoughts Turn to Disaster Recovery
How many disaster recovery plans assume that recovery will take weeks, or even months or longer? How many plans consider that none of the company’s technology—from cell phones to servers—may be working for some time? What is your DR...