Filed in archive Security
by Lori Widmer on August 31, 2007
It doesn't matter what your employees do on wireless devices - until they plug into or connect to your company network. Then it becomes a huge problem for you. Palm has released a white paper...
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It's a mighty big market - the software as a service (SaaS) market hit $6.3 billion in sales last year, and Gartner Group believes the market will hit $19.3 billion by 2011. Typically used for...
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If you've shied away from service oriented architecture (SOA) solutions thinking they wouldn't deliver the optimization you want, perhaps it's time you rethink your strategy. A new white...
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border="0"/> The emphasis on protecting data is important, but what one does with that data remains to be seen. According to a Business Objects report, raw data is not fundamentally...
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Filed in archive Virtual
by Lori Widmer on August 27, 2007
A low-cost virtual tape library that's affordable and comes with a dense footprint - is that possible? Sun Microsystems says yes. They've introduced their latest Sun StorageTek Virtual Tape...
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Filed in archive Vendor
by Lori Widmer on August 24, 2007
Imagine a hard drive that combined a 250 GB pocket-sized drive with backup and disaster-recovery software included. That's what you get with Iomega's latest suite of offerings - the Iomega...
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Filed in archive Humor
by Lori Widmer on August 23, 2007
Leave it to Mike Vizard to get it right and deliver the message with humor. His latest slideshow at the eWeek web site, titled The Five States of IT Grief, walks us through the grief cycle of the...
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Filed in archive Virtual
by Lori Widmer on August 22, 2007
It's such a no-brainer, it's brilliant. John Shessley over at Tech Republic writes about how he's handling virtualization to reallocate storage assets. What's brilliant is that...
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Thanks once again to Ziff Davis Media for providing valuable online workshops and seminars to help harness your data. Two of the more notable include these recent podcasts: Salesforce.com and...
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Filed in archive Security
by Lori Widmer on August 20, 2007
Your disaster and recovery plan may be a great one, but your inability to test could sink your data before any disaster strikes. Sure, you must be compliant, but in truth your move from tape backup...
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Filed in archive Opinion
by Lori Widmer on August 17, 2007
I'll be the first to admit it - I'm a storage blogger, but I can't hold a candle to the experts who have absorbed this industry like an oversized Sponge. These are the guys and gals who I...
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Filed in archive Security
by Lori Widmer on August 16, 2007
If only things were like the good old days. Back when phishing first appeared on the Internet horizon, it was used to steal AOL passwords and take over one's account. However, theft is not that...
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Filed in archive Virtual
by Lori Widmer on August 15, 2007
How often have you heard mention of the need for virtualization? Wow, that many? Make room for one more push for what may be the inevitable - I/O virtualization. But are hardware and software vendors...
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Filed in archive Opinion
by Lori Widmer on August 14, 2007
Blogs are great in that we're able to share ideas and build a community of information and camaraderie. As a storage blogger, I'm always on the lookout for fresh voices and ideas that can...
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Filed in archive Opinion
by Lori Widmer on August 13, 2007
Why is it we just don't learn? An article at Data Storage Today showed the ugly truth - a recent Scott and Scott LLP study found that 46 percent of companies that had already experienced a data...
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Filed in archive News
by Lori Widmer on August 10, 2007
Here's a "duh" statement if ever there was one - "Digital information is at risk of being lost." That from the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). SNIA released...
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Filed in archive Security
by Lori Widmer on August 09, 2007
Just because your company houses data does not mean it's being protected. And folks are noticing - a recent study by OpenSky Research found that only 12 percent of those asked believed with...
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Got an hour to improve your total cost of ownership? Check out a few of the better webcasts, both featuring Tony Asaro of Enterprise Strategy Group, whose expertise in storage and strategy has helped...
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Filed in archive Virtual
by Lori Widmer on August 08, 2007
Overland Storage, Inc. announces its new appliance - the REO™ 4500, the latest addition to its next-generation REO series of versatile, disk-based backup, recovery and virtual tape library (VTL)...
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Filed in archive Security
by Lori Widmer on August 07, 2007
It's rare to find a really good security tool. What's even more rare is finding one that's free. Yet good security tools that cost you nothing do exist. Thanks to ZDNet, you're about...
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Filed in archive Opinion
by Lori Widmer on August 04, 2007
In nearly every survey asking "what are you top IT issues?", the issue of effective data mining in the midst of data Overload appears. You'll also see mention of better integration,...
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Filed in archive HP
by Lori Widmer on August 04, 2007
When your data center is new, it's hard to imagine how quickly it will become inefficient. Yet nearly every data center faces that inefficiency all too quickly. Growing needs for data storage can...
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