Posts Tagged ‘data’
Is the Cloud the Next Iteration of Data Security?
Sitting in a meeting with a partner of ours, who provides cloud-based desktop and application services, I was struck by a statement by one of the company founders. He said “Yes, we provide customers with an efficient way to access their corporate data, consume application resources in the cloud, and drive down costs. But I’ve always maintained that our number one value to our customers is that we protect and secure their data.” Read More »
Earthquakes? Vacations? Always On: Highly Available Data
How long can your business survive without your data? What data, you ask? We’ll get back to that in a minute.
How long can your business survive if your people can’t access the internet? How long can you go without cable or satellite TV at home, especially in football season or <insert your sport here>?
How long can you go without a mobile phone signal, where you can’t text, call or browse with your BB/Android/iPhone? Read More »
How to Get a Grip on Storage Growth (and Reduce Costs)
Too much data! According to a couple of recent surveys administered by IBM and other research organizations, up to 80% of data stored on hard drives is “unstructured.” Simply put; this means messy, unorganized, redundant and duplicated files. But you still have to back it up – over and over and over again. Read More »
