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Disaster Recovery Testing Is Becoming a Dying Art
Many companies have disaster recovery systems in place. Relatively few, though, know if they’ll work when disaster strikes. Speaking at a video briefing sponsored by Accela Communications, Gartner Research Vice President David Russell maintained that disaster recovery testing is... -
Cloud Fails to Win Hearts & Minds of Consumers
Cloud computing–the ability to perform online functions typically in the domain of the desktop–has created a deafening buzz in corporate circles but consumers appear to be less than enamored with the technology. A recent Harris Interactive poll, for instance,... -
Cloud Computing’s Seven Top Security Threats
As attractive as the promises of cloud computing are, an overarching concern over security in the nimbus has become a drag chute on the technology’s adoption by businesses. Why are companies concerned? Here are seven of the major risks... -
What RFID Tag is Best for Your Data Center?
When mulling over a data center asset management system that uses RFID technology, one of the first things to consider is what flavor of tag to use. The technology underpinning both active and passive tags has advanced significantly in... -
Is There Hypocrisy in the Cloud?
Do as I say, not as I do. How many times has a child heard that bit of sophistry from a hypocritical adult? That kind of lip service isn’t reserved to duplicitous parents, though, as Robin Harris recently pointed... -
The Top 10 Things to Consider Before You Move to the Cloud.
If you want to reap the benefits of cloud computing for your organization, you’ll make sure that any business you conduct with a provider is grounded in a solid legal agreement and not thin air. -
Foul Weather in the Cloud for Lawyers?
Wherever you turn in the tech space these days it seems that you can’t escape the cloud. The idea that the burden information technology has imposed on businesses for years can be sloughed off to some magic realm where... -
Playing Russian Roulette with Corporate Data
A recent survey of IT professionals revealed some startling findings about the state of corporate data management. Due to budget constraints and data overload, it seems many IT departments are engaged in a dicey game of Russian roulette with... -
Bandwidth Concerns Boost Source Dedupe’s Popularity
As organizations look for alternatives to tape for backups, one that’s attracting their attention is source deduplication. -
XML Tags Provide Relief for eDiscovery
In a civil lawsuit, the plaintiffs try to get as much information through discovery as they can from the defendants in the case, and the defendants try to give their opponents as little information as possible without running afoul...