Hybrid IT is the standard by which most organizations operate. Protecting both on-premises and cloud-based data sets is more critical than ever. The problem is that protecting these environments require separate software applications. The process for protecting cloud-native applications is…
The focus of backup is now on unstructured data instead of databases. Indeed, protection of databases is as important as it ever has been, but the backup process is probably not the right way to protect that data. Organizations have…
All-Flash Arrays (AFA) have one stunning attribute. They are fast. In some cases, an AFA provides more performance than the typical data center needs. As a result, it seems that AFAs render traditional data management practices obsolete. AFAs are typically…
Scaling is a capability that almost every vendor claims but few execute well. Most vendors claim to provide scalability via a scale-out storage system, but scale-out by itself is not enough to address all the scaling demands of a Commercial…
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline for implementation has come and gone. Many organizations have achieved a basic level of compliance, so now is the time to dig deeper, tie up loose ends and try to simplify…
Selecting a cloud backup solution also means selecting a cloud provider. For enterprises, cloud provider options range from the megacloud providers like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud to small regional providers. Another decision for enterprises is in selecting…
Many enterprises have started or are well down the path of exploring the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence, deep learning and machine learning. The result of all of these initiatives is the cognitive era where systems almost appear to think…
The first step in providing an answer to any question is to narrow down the choices. Analytics applications, both modern and legacy, are no different. In response to a query, they must scan massive amounts of data to select the…
Users need to collaborate on projects, which means sharing file data with other internal users as well as external business partners. More often than not, to accomplish this file sharing, they leverage cloud-based file-sync and share solutions. The problem is…
If ransomware gets through an organization’s defenses, they have two choices. Recover or pay. Given the growth in the number of ransomware attacks, many organizations choose to pay, which only further fuels the industry making the next round of ransomware…
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