Filed in archive Security
by Lori Widmer on March 30, 2007
You're sitting in a coffee shop sipping down a double half-caf mocha Latte and checking your emails from work. But have you considered that the wireless network you're on may in fact be an...
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Filed in archive Security
by Lori Widmer on March 30, 2007
You can't ignore rootkits any longer - so says a white paper published by Trend Micro. Rootkits, those software apps designed to conceal your system data, files and more, are now the tool of...
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It's tough keeping up with the Joneses, especially when your professional life depends on it. Technology changes at lightning speed, and as a result, companies get caught up in legal arguments...
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Three dimensional storage? To hear it, many people begin to envision the return of the file cabinet. Yet thanks to holographic technology, millions of pages (that's right - pages) of information...
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Four times faster than flash memory - is it possible? Yes, says Dutch company Attorn, which recently announced its solid state hyperdrive. The drive, made from DRAM memory chips, sports 32 GB of...
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Even the government can't get it right. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing a data mining tool that allows for faster searches through mountains of data. However, according to...
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Filed in archive News
by Lori Widmer on March 22, 2007
Who hasn't experienced that one irreversible mistake that has wiped out an entire document and, in some cases, an entire hard drive? Then you understand the pain that one computer techie felt...
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by Lori Widmer on March 21, 2007
So how many incidents of lost data did your organization suffer last year? That many? You're not alone. According to an IT policy compliance Group study, 20 percent of organizations suffer from...
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Oh, how quickly data can turn on you. Where once you had a nice neat system for storing your company data, you now have an unwieldy and complicated mesh of multiple-vendor apps, add ons and a lot...
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Filed in archive Grid
by Lori Widmer on March 19, 2007
Does your data storage plan include a plan for more power? No? That may turn into the problem you didn't expect as your system grows and new equipment is added. According to a white paper...
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Filed in archive Opinion
by Lori Widmer on March 17, 2007
This St. Patty's Day, some companies are wearing more green than others. Who'd have thought that green was possible in a data center? Beyond more efficient hardware, what's there to be...
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Can it really be true? Can your database drive your sales? One software vendor would like you to believe so. Salesforce.com has released a webcast that explains how you can use your existing customer...
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by Lori Widmer on March 14, 2007
No matter what size enterprise you operate, there's something for everyone on Victor Loh's Top Five Storage Developments of the Year list. The list, published by eWeek Labs, showcases...
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Filed in archive Security
by Lori Widmer on March 13, 2007
If you're a smaller company storing customer data, ask yourself this - is what I'm storing (and spending time, energy and resources storing) necessary? If the answer is no, consider this - a...
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If you haven't transitioned to SOA (service-oriented architecture), help is out there. Oracle has released a white paper on what you need to know before you Transition your current system to SOA,...
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How can you cut your three email servers down to one? Can it be done? You bet. If you're like most people, your data storage has outgrown its current parameters. You deploy more servers - you need...
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Filed in archive Backup
by Lori Widmer on March 08, 2007
If five of the largest storage manufacturers have anything to say about it, you'll soon have new technology designed to improve system performance and introduce the world to hybrid disks. Hitachi...
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by Lori Widmer on March 07, 2007
Times were simpler in the good old days - you know, before the government decided a change in daylight savings time was in order. Instead of having to change clocks (ahead in the spring - back in the...
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Filed in archive Security
by Lori Widmer on March 06, 2007
If you're upgrading to Microsoft's Vista OS, hear this; if you're running a CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup, you're going to need a patch. That's because a previously patched...
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Sun Microsystems is co-sponsoring a number of events with TechTarget designed to answer your storage questions, and to help you get the most of your data storage. These seminars are repeated...
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If you use tape to backup your files, you might want to consider IBM's tape enhancement, the largest physical capacity linear tape media currently available. The company's tape can now hold a...
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