Opinion

Opinion

• What's new with data protection systems? Everything

  The next backup hardware you purchase will likely come with integrated backup software. That changes the buying dynamic and complicates the decision-making process.  Continue Reading

• Modern data backup technologies afford merging opportunities

  Through technologies such as copy data management, vendors are merging primary and secondary storage. There's more convergence ahead, within the likes of solid-state drives.  Continue Reading

• The EU's GDPR will make us better storage managers

  The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation has organizations worldwide rethinking storage management to their and their customers' benefit.  Continue Reading

• Modern data backup trends include cloud archiving, analytics

  While technologies like snapshots may need some tweaking before becoming a widely used backup tool, the cloud will have a big year in the backup and data protection sphere.  Continue Reading

• LTO-8 tape standard to provide insurance against disaster

  LTO-8 tape, the next-generation Linear Tape-Open standard, arrives at a fortuitous moment for organizations of all sizes looking to store and protect more data than ever.  Continue Reading

• Integrating the data protection process in the data center

  There are four approaches to an integrated data protection plan. Choosing among these and the many individual integrated data products available is a challenge for IT pros.  Continue Reading

• Start backing up to the cloud and merging disaster recovery

  To have strong cloud backup and recovery, choose your software and cloud service provider wisely. Then make sure you upload and update your data effectively.  Continue Reading

• When it comes to the role of tape, don't count it out just yet

  Tape data storage is very much alive as a means of seeding clouds with local data and as the main method for storing and archiving the tsunami of data facing all of us.  Continue Reading

• Object storage helps with ransomware protection

  Object storage that supports immutability or versioning can ensure a faster and easier recovery from ransomware attacks.  Continue Reading

• How the cloud fits in an enterprise data protection strategy

  Questions to ask when deciding which cloud services to use for backup, disaster recovery and other parts of your data protection strategy.  Continue Reading

• Your enterprise data protection strategy should include cloud and tape

  The cloud generally makes sense for shorter-term data retention, but find out how it can also play a role in keeping data for longer periods of time.  Continue Reading

• Ransomware protection best served by backing up your data

  A recent survey illustrates how extensive ransomware threats have been, and Rich Castagna says backing up data remains your best defense  Continue Reading

• Align data protection requirements and compliance

  While many compliance mandates discuss the importance of data protection guidelines, not all are as prescriptive as you'd think or like them to be.  Continue Reading

• Hyper-convergence boosts data protection systems

  Though hyper-convergence originally dealt only with primary storage, these days, hyper-converged systems are an essential part of your data protection toolkit.  Continue Reading

• Navigate the chaos of ephemeral data storage

  You may hear chatter that data is too ephemeral to go through the trouble of backing up and archiving it, but Jon Toigo says it's a worthy exercise.  Continue Reading