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6 Reasons Why Tape Is the Best Medium for Long-term Storage
As companies store more data for longer timeframes thanks to regulatory, audit and analytic requirements, we think it pays to take the long-term view. -
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. -
Know Before You Go (Down): Will You Be Able to Get Back Up?
Given that we’re retaining data on tape longer than ever before, will we be able to restore from these tapes in the face of a disaster? -
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... -
Will a New Bill Virtually Eliminate the HITECH Act?
Recently legislation was introduced into the house that has some some backers of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act 2009) up in arms. -
The Top Five Blog Posts for January
Once again, I thought it would be nice to hightlight the top five posts (according to traffic) from January, just in case you missed them. -
How the NERSC Gets More Bang for Its Buck with Tape Storage
Not a day goes by without some critic of tape storage declaring its imminent demise, so it's refreshing to see an organization that actually embraces the technology as a robust business tool. -
The Case for Online Dedupe
With data growth challenging IT departments everywhere, deduplication is gaining popularity. But as dedupe algorithms and disk controller hardware improves, offline versus online dedupe remains a hot subject of debate among storage pros. -
A Simple Fix to Improve Performance Problems of Your Storage System
Every administrator knows that their data is ballooning and storage demands are growing. In addition to contributing to data bloat, larger files have another, yet easily fixable, detrimental effect on the performance of a storage system. -
Does the Cloud Need Federal Regulation?
Does Congress need to modernize the laws, adapt them to the cloud, and adopt new measures to protect privacy and promote security? Microsoft says yes.