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SlideShare: NAS vs Object – Can NAS Make a Comeback?

Posted on April 19, 2019 by George Crump

For over a decade Network Attached Storage (NAS) was the go to file storage device for organizations needing to store large amounts of unstructured data. But unstructured data is changing. While large file use cases are still prevalent, small file…

Tagged with: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big data, Cloud, Hybrid, IoT, NAS, Object Storage, Qumulo
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SlideShare: 5 Critical Enterprise Cloud Backup Capabilities

Posted on April 19, 2019 by George Crump

The cloud seems like a logical destination for backup data. It is by definition off-site, and the organization no longer needs to worry about allocating valuable floor space to secondary data storage. The problem is that most cloud backup solutions…

Tagged with: Backup, Carbonite, Cloud, dr, DRaaS, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, RPO, RTO
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Streaming Big Data Processing for Media Production and Beyond – Quantum Briefing Note

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Organizations across industries are looking for ways to harness massive sets of streaming data. This pain point is especially true in the media and entertainment industry. High-resolution content is vastly increasing file size, and a growing number of users must…

Tagged with: Cloud, HDD, Hybrid, LTO, ML, NVMe, Quantum, Ransomware, Replication, Scale-Out, Software Defined, SSD, Unstructured data
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Using the Cloud for Backup and Data Protection Modernization

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Krista Macomber

One of the problems created by the modern insights economy and era of strict data privacy regulations is the fact that backup data is growing even faster than production data, and that it also must be retained for longer periods…

Tagged with: Backup, Carbonite, CCPA, Cloud, dr, DRaaS, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, RPO, RTO, SLA
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What is an Endpoint Strategy?

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Krista Macomber

By and large, endpoints (laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc.) are the core vehicle through which employees complete their work every day. These endpoints are also highly susceptible to malware, theft, loss, damage and accidental data deletion – creating a significant business…

Tagged with: Backup, Carbonite, CCPA, Cloud, dr, DRaaS, Endpoint, EU, GDPR, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, RPO, RTO
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15 Minute Webinar: Overcoming the Hybrid Cloud Storage Roadblocks

Posted on April 16, 2019 by George Crump

For most organizations, unstructured data is their biggest problem. The need to store all this data is forcing IT to expand primary storage capacities at an alarming rate. Unstructured data not only threatens to break IT budgets, but also force…

Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Hybrid, infinite io, Metadata, Migration, Object Storage, Virtualization
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SlideShare: Overcoming the Shortcomings of Legacy NAS with Microsoft Azure

Posted on April 12, 2019 by George Crump

Most organizations use Network Attached Storage (NAS) to store data, but the modern workforce and organization expect more capabilities than what the typical NAS can provide. Also, as organizations themselves become more distributed, the idea of a single centralized file…

Tagged with: Cloud, dr, Hybrid, NAS, Nasuni, Replication, RPO, RTO, Unstructured data
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Using HCI to Optimize SMB and ROBO Storage Availability, Capacity and Performance – StarWind Briefing Note

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Krista Macomber

IT organizations at small-to-midsized businesses (SMBs) and remote and branch office (ROBO) environments face unique challenges. Like their counterparts at larger organizations, they are pressured to empower new, data-driven business insights in real-time, to respond with agility to dynamic business…

Tagged with: Flash, HCI, Hybrid, Hypervisor, Ransomware, Replication, ROBO, SDS, SLA, SMB, StarWind, Tape, Virtualization, VM
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The Changing State of Endpoint Backup

Posted on April 9, 2019 by George Crump

Many organizations consider endpoint backup a “nice-to-have”, in that if endpoint get backed up, at least occasionally it’s considered good enough. Considering how critical endpoints are to today’s workforce and their increasing importance in compliance regulations, IT needs to rethink…

Tagged with: Backup, Carbonite, Cloud, Data Protection, dr, DRaaS, Endpoint, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, RPO, RTO
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Primary Storage for VMware on AWS – Zadara Briefing Note

Posted on April 8, 2019 by George Crump

VMware on AWS has been available for over a year, yet there are several missing elements. There are a lack of available data protection solutions and there is a lack of a truly enterprise class storage solution. The primary challenge…