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4 Best Practices for Automating Your Data Center
Reaping the value of automation isn’t automatic. There’s more to it than just implementing new software. Automating a convoluted process that isn’t working well to begin with is going to create more work for IT, not less; lower efficiency,... -
How 9/11 Has Changed the Data Center
If you haven't rethought your data center disaster recovery strategy lately, maybe now is a good opportunity to revisit this important topic. -
Cloud Backup: We’re Not There Yet
A few weeks back, short-lived cloud outages at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Office 365 reminded us of one of the uncertainties that linger about cloud computing: its reliability. -
With Tape Storage, Everything Old is New Again
Somewhere in between the old days of tape’s dominance and the new world of peaceful storage media coexistence, tape-bashing came into vogue. But as we've said before, and we'll say again, tape is very much alive and the best... -
A Hurricane Disaster Recovery Plan Checklist
When it comes to disaster recovery (DR), planning is the key. But what lessons can IT learn from previous disaster to help us get ready for the next one? -
3 Things Hurricane Irene Can Teach Us about IT Disaster Recovery
Over the past several days, Hurricane Irene has wreaked havoc on the East Coast of the U.S. where our company is based, impacting millions of people with wind, rain and flooding. Our thoughts are with those who are even... -
Overcoming The Top Five Tape Backup Challenges
A very interesting webinar took place yesterday from George Crump of Storage Switzerland. In fact it was so good, I thought we’d embed it here on our blog. It’s definiely worth the listen. -
What’s Ahead for LTO
With licenses now available for the still-under-development LTO-6, the next step for LTO tape is in progress. As the LTO roadmap shows, data center managers have a lot to look forward to when it comes to the future of... -
Tape Backup Trumps Decentralization for SMBs
Some industry pundits promote the decentralized storage model. But I would argue that, while this model might be ideal for a larger organization with vast resources at its disposal, it’s simply out of reach for your average small to... -
Social Media, Compliance and the Law: Part 3
The challenges of managing social media data to meet compliance and legal requirements can be daunting, especially as many companies are still struggling to understand how to incorporate these emerging requirements. And even after you understand your business requirements,...