Strategic Info Management: Long-Term Storage
Long-term storage doesn't have to stink. We give you the options available to keep media rot and poor processes at bay--and data available when you need it.
Product Analysis: Continuous Data Protection Products
We tested eight products that promise to keep business data safe from server crashes. Find out which offering was awarded our Editor's Choice for its comprehensiveness, manageability and price.
Strategic Info Management: Virtually Extend Your Data Center
Face it: We're going to continue to store data at remote offices. In the past, we've relied on a single process--the nightly backup to tape--to protect against data loss. But is there a better strategy? We say yes.
Managing Enterprise Storage
Thin provisioning, data deduplication, and compression are fine technologies,but they're no substitute for real storage management.
The State of Data Backup Protection
Cheap disks and smoking bandwidth have changed the face of backup. In tandem with evolving technologies like de-duplication and more efficient use of VTLs, backup is hot. We explore new approaches to data archiving that won't bust your budget.
Analysis: Data De-Duping
Backup devices are filled with redundant data. These tools and techniques for de-dumping promise a 20-to-1 reduction in storage requirements by extending the time backups reside on disk and saving bandwidth during off-site storage.
Analysis: Information Lifecycle Management
We examine the business value of adopting ILM tools and practices to manage your data, and why vendors continue to take a scattershot approach to data retention. Can IT pull together a unified game plan? Plus, we review three file-classification products that can help you get a handle on data management.
