The current situation we are in worldwide has created challenges in the Information Technology industry. Projects have been put on hold. Orders are to minimize IT changes with the fear that a change will cause a potential disruption. And, an...
Read More »Due to many factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic, professionals in Information Technology have been focused on optimizing their environments and reducing expenses. Recent strategic projects with our IT clients have provided new insights into the current needs and methods for...
Read More »The challenging time we are in has led to many creative approaches to continue operations in some manner. In the information technology industry, the work-from-home concept has been taken to a new level, straining network connections in some locales. Online...
Read More »Data is critical to organizations and companies is a conclusion reached by most everyone. In the different groups, there is wide variation in what is required to provide the necessary infrastructure to store, access, and manage information. Decisions to implement...
Read More »The EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 goes into effect in May of 2018 and has the potential to be very disruptive to Information Storage and Management in addition to the many other aspects of business. Much has been written...
Read More »Relatively new in the storage world is a cloud-based application (Software as a Service or SaaS) that receives telemetry data from storage systems providing real-time dashboards along with reports and analytics. The analytics can predict potential failures, out of space...
Read More »New features and functionality are constantly being added to storage systems. As operations have come to depend on functions such as remote replication and snapshots embedded in the storage systems, the features have become competitive requirements for products. We’ve recently...
Read More »Direct and flat backups are part of a recent change in the data protection model. Explore the issues associated with the technologies and which products are implementing them. Data protection is one of the most basic functions in information technology...
Read More »Creating copies of data is a tried-and-true method of data protection, but the number of copies can quickly get out of hand. Copy data management is one way to combat the issue. Copy data management has entered the lexicon of...
Read More »Shared storage access for servers has been the most basic requirement for storage networks. Performance demands for multiple systems accessing data continually increase due to improvements in compute and a desire to get more work done from infrastructure investments. These...
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