Data

5 Tips for Preventing a Data Breach in 2015

As we wrap up another year, I think we can sum up 2014 as the year of data breaches.  As we look ahead to 2015, we can say goodbye to hearing about breaches every other week.  Say goodbye to...

(My) Top 5 Data Breaches of 2014… and what we can learn from them

I have to start out by saying that it was very difficult to choose only five data breaches that have been announced in 2014 to highlight.  However, it is not so much about the details of the breach but rather...

Tape Storage 2011 in Review

As we near the end of the calendar year, the time seems right for a look back at the biggest stories in 2011 related to tape storage. I’ve covered a lot of ground in this blog over the past...

Your Next Big Career Move: Data Management?

When you think about what might lead to the next step forward in your career, data management might not be at the top of your list—but maybe it should be.

3 Things to Consider When It Comes to Cloud Compliance

Among the new challenges and unsolved mysteries presented by cloud storage, how to maintain compliance in a cloud environment is one of the most daunting for firms in regulated industries like financial services and healthcare. Here are three things...

Storage Tips from the Kings of Big Data

Big Data might be the next big thing in terms of helping companies better understand and meet customer needs, but it’s far from easy to manage. Here are some tips from companies who deal with big data every day.

Don’t Let a Data Breach Kill Your Corporate Reputation

Following a data breach, companies undoubtedly tally the financial impact in terms of the time and money it takes to respond to and recover from the breach—but do most organizations also quantify the impact on their corporate reputation or...

eDiscovery Compliance Just Got Harder – Are You Ready?

E-mails are no longer the most commonly requested documents in eDiscovery requests. Files and documents now top the list of types of data companies must produce to meet eDiscovery requests, followed by database or application data. Facing this challenge...

Data Loss Happens—It’s How You Recover that Matters

More than half of the companies queried for the Cibecs 2011 Business Data Loss Survey have lost data already in 2011. The

8 Strategies for an Efficient Post-Recession Data Center

Data center spending is forecast to rebound to pre-recession levels and beyond. But even though a loosening of the purse strings is a good thing, we shouldn’t ignore the data center efficiency lessons we learned from the recession. There...