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Why You Should Encrypt Your Backup Tapes
Even organizations that routinely encrypt their data usually omit one area from their encryption plans: their tape backups. That might not be such a good idea. -
Top B&L Blog Posts for October
The Top 5 Blog Posts from B&L Associates for October 2010. -
How to Expand Your Backup Windows with WAN Optimization
We all know the story: so little time so much data. Well instead of enlarging the "pipes", it may be far cheaper and more effective to focus on shrinking what's traveling through the pipes. -
IT Pros Embrace the Cloud, But Security Is Still an Issue
While perceptions about security and integration continue to arise in big picture discussions about cloud computing, a survey of IT pros paints a different picture about the nimbus once an organization commits to the technology. -
Dedupe Catching on Slowly.
Deduplication has been hailed as a significant tool for coping with runaway data growth in the data center, but adoption of the technology remains slow, according to survey from InformationWeek. -
Recovery from Disaster Miscalculated by Most Companies
How long will it take for your organization to recover from a disaster? Chances are that your response to that question is woefully inaccurate. Many people underestimate the window of disruption caused by calamity at their businesses. -
Storage Firm Sanctioned $150K for eDiscovery Snafu
When you make your money making storage devices it’s a little embarrassing to show up in court without data that’s supposed to be safely stored on your hardware. It can be costly, too. That’s what storage titan SanDisk discovered... -
The (5.2 Billion-Dollar) Future of the Mobile Cloud
Mobile devices will be playing a major role in the expansion of cloud computing in the coming years, according to ABI Research, a technology analysis and forecasting firm based in New York City. In a report released earlier this... -
Will SharePoint Hurt Your Backup?
Microsoft’s sharing and collaboration platform, SharePoint, has been attracting users since its introduction in 2001. Companies are finding the software’s document sharing, team discussion and document-based workflow features hard to resist. However, organizations that depend only on the native... -
Should the cloud be more regulated?
Should the federal government regulate the cloud? Apparently, Microsoft thinks so. Softzilla is asking Congress to pass legislation to regulate cloud computing.