Backup Data

Better Backups of Virtual Data

Virtualization has produced many benefits for corporate data centers, but it’s also produced some challenges. One of those challenges is how to protect the data on the new crop of virtual servers while maintaining their high availability to users.

How to Smoothly Switch to a New Backup System.

 With so much new tech appearing every day, your old backup system may start to look like an old Toyota with 100,000 miles on it. Unlike dumping an old gas burner, though, moving to a new backup application can...

eDiscovery Creeps into Arbitration.

Arbitration is supposed to be a quicker and more economical way to settle disputes than litigation, but the introduction of electronic discovery (eDiscovery) into the process could take away its appeal to businesses. How to handle requests for electronic...

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...

Most eDiscovery Costs Wasted on Extraneous Information.

 Most of the money spent on electronic discovery today is squandered on reviewing irrelevant documents, according to a white paper recently released by Forensics Consulting Solutions, of Phoenix, Ariz. According to the document authored by Mark G. Walker, Roland...

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...

LTO 5 Makers Bring High Speed Tape to Market

The promise of greater tape capacities and faster transfer rates came a step closer to fulfillment as two companies announced that they are ready to start shipping tape cartridges that meet the LTO 5 standard. Both Imation, of Oakdale, Minn....

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...

Cloud Disaster Recovery is Just Pie in the Sky (at least right now)

 While some cloud computing vendors would like you to believe backing up data to the nimbus is the same as disaster recovery from it, it isn’t. Cloud backup involves replicating data and storing it off the premises of its...

Business Balking on Cloud Storage

 While the cloud may have an irresistible attraction to some businesses for some purposes, storage doesn’t seem to be one of them—at least according to some recent findings from Forrester Research. In a report titled “Business Users Are Not...