Blog Archives

Cloud Integrated Backup and DR

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Colm Keegan

The best way to ensure data and application recoverability is to conduct frequent DR testing. The problem is that many organizations rarely, if ever, perform DR testing because it is time consuming, expensive and often it has limited value because…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Data Protection, Datto, Disaster recovery, Infrastructure, Latency, Recovery, Restoration, Storage
Posted in Article

HA and DR must haves for Cloud Based MS-SQL – Podcast

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Storage Switzerland and SIOS Technologies are teaming up for a webinar live on October 29th at 12pm CT or ON Demand if you miss the live presentation on the HA and DR must haves for cloud-based MS-SQL. In this podcast,…

Tagged with: Cloud, Disaster recovery, dr, HA, High Availability, Hybrid Cloud, MS-SQL, SIOS Technology
Posted in Podcast

SQL High Availability at low-cost Cloud prices

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Colm Keegan

Many organizations are considering the cloud for enhancing SQL application availability and business continuity. This is especially true for those small to medium sized businesses that don’t have the budgets to implement redundant data center infrastructure to support high availability…

Tagged with: Cloud, Clustering, Disaster recovery, dr, HA, High Availability, Hybrid Cloud, MS-SQL, SIOS Technology, Software Defined
Posted in Blog

VDI will eat your Storage System – and what to do about it

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Eric Slack

As we’ve mentioned in previous columns, in order for a VDI project to have any chance of success it has to deliver at least the same computing experience users had prior to their desktop being virtualized. That makes sense, but…

Tagged with: Atlantis, Compression, Cost Effective, Deduplication, Desktop Density, Disaster recovery, IBM, ILIO, VDI, Virtual desktop
Posted in Blog

The Enterprise needs Web-Scale Scalability

Posted on October 17, 2014 by George Crump

Data centers of all sizes are investigating Web-Scale architectures to see if they will meet their needs. In our recent webinar, “Web-scale vs. Enterprise IT“, we asked enterprise IT planners “What Appeals Most About a Web-Scale Architecture?”. The top vote…

Tagged with: Architecture, Backup, Compatibility, Disaster recovery, Nutanix, Web-scale
Posted in Blog

What is the cost of Application Downtime?

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Colm Keegan

During a recent Storage Swiss webinar, “Designing Cloud Backup To Reduce DR Downtime”, we asked the audience, “If Your Computer Room Was Flooded, How Long Would You Be Down?” Nearly half the respondents stated that they didn’t know how long…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Data Protection, Datto, Disaster recovery, Infrastructure, Restoration, Storage
Posted in Blog

Can Dell be a leader in the Software Defined, Converged Data Center?

Posted on October 14, 2014 by George Crump

IDC recently recognized Dell as the leader in total terabytes sold (internal and external), and strengthened our stance that Dell is well positioned as we continue down the road to software defined storage and converged infrastructure. Dell is unique among…

Tagged with: Backup, Converged Storage, Dell, Disaster recovery, Service Level Objective, SLO, Software Defined Storage, Virtualization
Posted in Blog

Atlantis and IBM help solve VDI Catch 22

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Eric Slack

Successful VDI deployments must satisfy three groups within the enterprise: 1) users, who want the same experience they had with their desktop PCs; 2) IT managers, who want to simplify operations and reduce risk; and 3) the CFO, who wants…

Tagged with: Atlantis, Compression, Cost Effective, Deduplication, Desktop Density, Disaster recovery, IBM, ILIO, VDI, Virtual desktop
Posted in Product Analysis

Webinar: HA and DR must haves for Cloud Based MS-SQL

Posted on October 7, 2014 by George Crump

Businesses are looking to the cloud to either be an extension of their current MS-SQL application infrastructure (Hybrid Cloud) or they are considering having their MS-SQL applications fully hosted in the cloud. A key consideration in either scenario is how…

Tagged with: Cloud, Disaster recovery, dr, HA, High Availability, Hybrid Cloud, MS-SQL, SIOS Technology
Posted in Webinar

Low cost Cloud Backup and High Availability

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Colm Keegan

Is high availability an affordable option for small to medium sized businesses? Many large enterprise data center environments utilize server clustering and replication technology to protect their critical business systems from disruptive outages. And while these solutions can provide the…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Data Protection, Datto, Disaster recovery, Infrastructure, Restoration, Storage
Posted in Blog