In the Lightboard Video below, Eran Farajun, Executive Vice President at Asigra, and I discuss the business of being a managed service provider (MSP). In the video, we discuss how MSPs can build value into their businesses by investing in…
Blog Archives
MSP Agent or Provider – What Do Customers Want?
Tagged with: Asigra, Backup, Backup as a Service, Cloud, Compliance, GDPR, MSP, Recovery, SaaS
Posted in Blog
Posted in Blog
Reducing the High Cost of Data Management
Data Management is the process of ensuring data is on the right storage tier at just the right time. IT professionals that run the data management process are trying to strike a balance between saving the organization money by eliminating…
Tagged with: Cloud, Data management, Disk, Migration, NAS, Object Storage, ROI, Spectra Logic, Tape, Virtual machine
Posted in Briefing Note
Posted in Briefing Note
Lightboard Video: SSDs Are Critical for Edge Computing Success
The escalating use of IoT devices, as well as the need for Cloud providers and Content Delivery Network providers to get closer to where their customers are, is driving edge computing. The goal of edge computing is to reduce latency…
SlideShare: Meet The CEOs – Commvault and Hedvig
Commvault has acquired Hedvig. What are the ramifications for the combined companies and the storage industry? Find out in our on demand presentation where we have Sanjay Mirchandani, CEO of Commvault and Avinash Lakshman, CEO of Hedvig in a special…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Commvault, Deduplication, Hedvig, Hybrid, Migration, Ransomware, Replication, Scale Up, Scale-Out, Software Defined
Posted in Webinar
Posted in Webinar
Creating an Accessible Archive for Media and Entertainment
The traditional Media and Entertainment (M&E) market is exploding with new producers of content for movies and television. It is also seeing significant growth in sports television, corporate training and worship broadcasting. All of these content creators benefit from a…
Tagged with: Caringo, Cloud, HPC, M&E, Migration, Object Storage, Replication, Scale-Out
Posted in Briefing Note
Posted in Briefing Note
How Does Tape Work in the Modern Infrastructure?
When considering integrating tape storage into their infrastructure, IT planners must consider the realities of how data is accessed. The IT planner needs to maximize tape’s strengths with the goal to store as much data as possible on tape because…
Tagged with: Analytics, Archive, Cloud, Cyber Attack, Disk, Flash, Fujifilm, HDD, Hybrid, Iron Mountain, Ransomware, Spectra Logic, Tape
Posted in Blog
Posted in Blog
How DR Orchestration Can Improve Success while Lowering Costs
To the organization, all applications are essential, but not all apps are critical. There is a pecking order in terms of what applications need to be back online first. Recovery prioritization is especially crucial during a full-scale disaster where the…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, Disaster recovery, dr, DR Orchestration, Object Store, Replication, Retention, RPO, RTO, Veeam, VM
Posted in Blog
Posted in Blog
Lightboard Video: MSPs Need to Build Value
Managed Service Providers (MSP) are survivors of the reseller purge seen in the early 2000s, or their founders are trying to be careful to avoid the mistakes made in that era. These organizations prevent the sale of one-time solutions and…
Tagged with: Asigra, Backup, Backup as a Service, Cloud, Compliance, GDPR, MSP, Recovery, SaaS
Posted in Video
Posted in Video
Reintroducing Tape to the Modern Data Center – Myth Busting Tape’s Shortcomings
To many IT professionals, tape media and tape libraries seem like an ancient technology used by the “old” IT guys. The reality is tape as a technology can be of significant value to the organization. Almost every data center is…
Tagged with: Analytics, Archive, Cloud, Cyber Attack, Disk, Flash, Fujifilm, HDD, Hybrid, Iron Mountain, Ransomware, Spectra Logic, Tape
Posted in Blog
Posted in Blog
How to Meet the New Data Protection Requirements
Data protection, specifically the backup process, is a foundational element of most data center architectures. The requirements of that foundation though are shifting from an insurance policy that the organization hopes it rarely needs to an active component of the…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Analytics, Cloud, Data Protection, Deduplication, Dell, EMC, Hybrid, Migration, Retention, Scale-Out, Test/Dev
Posted in Briefing Note
Posted in Briefing Note
StorageSwiss.com - The Home of Storage Switzerland 