Data Consolidation and Migration

Physical infrastructure still preferable for established systems

There are many reasons why companies might consider moving to the cloud these days, but many of them are impractical for a variety of different businesses. Firms with existing hardware and those with less data infrastructure to manage should carefully...

Shrinking backup windows essential to performance

The process of backing up an entire day's information may feel like it's taking longer all the time for many firms.

Brace your data center, big data is coming

For years now, it seems IT experts have been warning of the coming of big data, like street preachers continually decrying that the end is nigh. The past year or so has shown that these volumes are no longer a...

Getting your big data money’s worth

Over the last few years, companies have been trying to make better use of the resources they currently have at their disposal. Cloud computing, virtualization and mobile tools are making for a more convoluted, potentially dangerous IT environment all the...

New generation of machines all about learning

There are so many different things that IT professionals need to know these days in order to remain competitive and keep their corporations ahead of the curve. Big data inundations are making for larger, faster hard disk management tools,...

Tapes find secret identity in storage centers

One of the biggest technology trends this year is likely going to be big data.

Data storage revolution isn’t just full of hot air

For years, some experts have remained adamantly skeptical that backup and archive solutions would staya solid-state affair, looking to cloud and virtualized servers to host everything from long-term financial records to daily operational files. If business continuity issues have...

Hard disk drive management may get to up its game

The world of continuity management is not necessarily the most exciting realm, but there are plenty of companies looking to spice up the offerings available in this sector.

Dealing with data

There have been a lot of concerns raised in the last couple of years about big data and cloud computing, specifically how backup tape management can be improved to deal with these dilemmas.

Hard disk drive management takes on a life of its own

In the old days, when information was written on tape or hard disk drives (HDD), it tended to stay put. These files could be recalled, copied, transferred, archived or deleted, and at the worst of times they might be...