When the word “archive” is used in conversations about storing data, it brings up preconceptions depending on the individuals and their roles in IT. The most common thought is that an archive is where backup data goes, and the term...
Read More »If you were to ask the average enterprise data center administrator how long their organization save its data, the quick answer would be “forever.” It’s been that way for years, in fact decades. Knowingly throwing away data is something that...
Read More »I’ve spent a lot of time talking to IT clients and vendors about archiving and backup, and these discussions made me realize there is a real problem with the terminology used today. For IT clients, the terms have different meanings depending on the...
Read More »There are many opinions regarding how to handle information storage for big data analytics. By big data analytics, I’m referring to information associated with a data analytics operation that does the analysis in near real-time to present immediately actionable results. The most...
Read More »It’s the New Year and it’s time to organize things around home. Throw out some things that are really not needed anymore. Also, take some things that are unlikely to be needed but can’t really make a decision to throw...
Read More »Conversations with IT people about long-term archiving usually begin by focusing on a specific storage device, and then it quickly becomes apparent that much more is involved. Addressing a long-term archive is a complex issue that requires education to understand....
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