Archive for July, 2011
I’ve just had a vacation and–like all of you, I’m sure–the first day or two back always involves a lot of catching up–not just in terms of work and projects but in terms of what happened while you were gone. This time I was struck by the wide range of ...
Franco-American relations are still at a low this summer here in New York, as the media has kept stoking the ongoing Dominique Strauss-Kahn legal affair. DSK’s trial fills both the sex scandal vacuum created when Anthony Weiner left office, and the flashpoint nationalism slot following our common exhaustion over arguing ...
About a year ago I posted a blog about deduplicating data “upstream” from the backup target. In it, I referenced EMC’s introduction of Data Domain Boost. In a move that rivals EMC Data Domain, Quantum announced its newest addition to the DXi portfolio: DXi Accent, which offloads some deduplication processing ...
Law firms and legal departments too often underappreciate service providers' expertise, while service providers focus too broadly on custom projects and too narrowly on research and development, analysts Brian Babineau and Katey Wood concluded in Initial Case Assessments with e-Discovery: Integrating e-Discovery Tools in Corporate Investigations.
via Customers, Service Providers May ...
I've been telling everyone to keep their eyes on Quantum. This is not a company that will simply lay down and let the competition walk right over it, nor is it a company that is satisfied with "good enough."
In spite of Quantum falling short in its most recent earnings call, ...
Under the recently-completed Vivek Kundra era, the U.S. federal government became an aggressive proponent of cloud computing. Much of this was pure folly leading to wasteful IT assessments and check-box planning, but the feds did come up with a few model cloud computing projects. One of these, ...
Data protection activities remain a key area of investment for most organizations and represent a core function of the IT department. But constantly growing data volumes puts pressure on data protection systems, processes, and budgets, particularly as server virtualization deployments aggregate workloads and strain resources. This ESG Lab Validation Report ...
Julie Lockner, a data management analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group ESG, says all mergers are complex, but they're especially complicated for retailers that will need to address compliance issues and figure out how old data sets will be maintained after moving to one companywide system.
via Replacing legacy applications: Four problems ...
IT organizations attempting to manage data growth and improve backup and recovery processes while adhering to budget constraints are pressured to identify solutions that will improve overall operations and show a speedy return on investment. Considering deduplication as a remedy brings compromises in performance, total cost of ownership, and adaptability ...
Quest Software recently introduced an alternative licensing program for NetVault Backup customers. In addition to perpetual, component-based licensing, the company offers a license based on the volume of data being protected by NetVault Backup.
Overview
Over the last few years, the industry has seen a number of shifts in infrastructure that impact ...
