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Answering the “Where’s That File Question?”

Posted on July 23, 2019 by George Crump

One of the biggest challenges users face, and the cause for significant productivity losses, is finding those files later. Where did they store it? What was the file name? The problem is bad enough if they store all their data…

Tagged with: Cloud, DaaS, DAS, File Sharing, FileShadow, NAS, VDI, Virtualization
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Breaking Backup with SaaS

Posted on June 27, 2019 by George Crump

Backup is the one process that almost everyone in IT would opt out of if given the choice. In addition to the IT management burden there is often the burden of the infrastructure itself, a never ending need for more…

Tagged with: Actifio, Analytics, Cloud, Cyber Attack, DaaS, Disaster recovery, DPaaS, DRaaS, eDiscovery, Infrastructure, IoT, Migration, Ransomware, RPO, RTO, SaaS, SLA, Test/Dev
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How to Avoid Cloud Pitfalls to Obtain an Infrastructure-Less Backup Strategy

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Meeting requirements for infinite data retention and always-on business continuity is, practically speaking, not possible without using cloud resources in some way. On-premises backup and disaster recovery infrastructures are fraught with unpredictable costs and heavy operational overhead. At the same…

Tagged with: Actifio, Analytics, Cloud, Cyber Attack, DaaS, Disaster recovery, DPaaS, DRaaS, eDiscovery, Infrastructure, IoT, Migration, Ransomware, RPO, RTO, SaaS, SLA, Test/Dev
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What the Enterprise Needs in SaaS Data Protection

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Secondary storage is quickly consuming the data center and becoming too complex to manage. The copy data stored on those secondary systems is distributed across multiple enterprise and cloud storage locations. The secondary data set is being used for a…

Tagged with: Actifio, Analytics, Cloud, Cyber Attack, DaaS, Disaster recovery, DPaaS, DRaaS, eDiscovery, Infrastructure, IoT, Migration, Ransomware, RPO, RTO, SaaS, SLA, Test/Dev
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Overcoming Shortcomings of SaaS Based Data Protection

Posted on May 22, 2019 by George Crump

Most organizations don’t make money off their data protection process; instead they view it as an insurance policy in case something goes wrong. These organizations, however, do make sporadic investments in the data protection infrastructure and these investments consume a…

Tagged with: Actifio, Cloud, Cyber Attack, DaaS, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, Infrastructure, IoT, Migration, Ransomware, SaaS, SLA
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The Problem with Converged Data Protection

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Krista Macomber

When determining the true cost of your data protection infrastructure, a key factor is that infrastructure must be purchased upfront and in bulk, and requires significant management overhead. These costs can quickly break the bank in a world where more…

Tagged with: Actifio, Cloud, Cyber Attack, DaaS, Disaster recovery, Infrastructure, IoT, Migration, Ransomware
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The True Cost of Data Protection Infrastructure

Posted on April 23, 2019 by George Crump

Data protection is essential but expensive. The primary source of data protection expense is the required significant investment in the physical infrastructure. However, the cost of the physical infrastructure is much more than how much the organization spends on storage…

Tagged with: Actifio, Cloud, Cyber Attack, DaaS, Disaster recovery, Infrastructure, IoT, Migration, Ransomware
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SlideShare: How to Create an Infrastructure-less Backup Strategy

Posted on April 5, 2019 by George Crump

Designing architectures to backup primary storage as well as provide rapid recoveries is a challenging task that most IT professionals need to face. It is even more challenging in the face of a rapidly growing data set, increasing demand for…

Tagged with: Actifio, Cloud, Cyber Attack, DaaS, Disaster recovery, Infrastructure, IoT, Migration, Ransomware
Posted in Slideshare

The Impact of Changing Data Protection Requirements on Your Infrastructure

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Krista Macomber

The new state of data protection, whereby enterprises must protect copy data quantities that are growing exponentially on a global basis with instant, up-to-the-minute recovery, places new demands on the secondary storage infrastructure. The key problem lies in the fact…