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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... -
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 -
Tape Management: A Necessary Nuisance
Tape is a fact of life for many companies, especially in the age of big data. And love or hate it, you still need to effectively manage it for backups, archival data, compliance audits, or a combination of the... -
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. -
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... -
Why There Is No Excuse for Missing Data Tapes
As a business that helps its clients manage their backup tapes, it can be frustrating for us when we learn that yet another company is struggling with the loss of a data tape containing crucial customer information. It doesn't... -
SMBs Have Some Thinking to Do About Disaster Recovery Planning
A January 2011 Symantec study revealed that of the 1,288 small and mid-sized businesses, 57 percent do not have a DR plan in place. Even more disturbing, this number represents an increase from last year’s survey. -
The Epsilon Data Breach: What the Rest of Us Can Learn
Organizations would be wise to consider offline storage for tier 1 data now—before the failure to do so makes an Epsilon out of your organization. -
Why the Google Incident Proves Relevance of Tape Storage
The death of tape stroage has been talked about for 20 years, yet when a software bug got into Gmail on Feb. 28 and threatened to seriously disable the accounts of tens of thousands of users, Google used tape...
