It’s time for the SMB data center to come out of the closet. For far too long, many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have operated their IT infrastructures on shoestring budgets by resorting to consumer grade systems, like laptops and…
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Hybrid Cloud Storage for the SMB
Tagged with: Cloud, Data deduplication, Disaster recovery, Hybrid Cloud, NAS, SMB, storage efficiency, Western Digital
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How a NAS can be the IT Upgrade an SMB Needs
When a small company is in a business that leverages online interactions with their customers they’re committing themselves to providing the kind of uptime, accuracy and responsiveness that the general public is used to. For many small to medium-sized businesses…
The Real ROI of SMB Cloud vs. SMB NAS
Small businesses can range in size from a few employees to a few hundred and the IT needs of these organizations are similarly varied. As they climb their way up from “small” and into “medium” those IT needs evolve, one…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cloud Sharing, Data Protection, NAS, ROI, SMB, TCO, Western Digital
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The New Storage Center for SMBs – Podcast
Small to medium-sized businesses have special needs for their data centers. I recently sat down with Storage Switzerland Senior Analyst Eric Slack and WD Senior Product Line Manager Paul Chen to talk about how SMBs can use the cloud. Click…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cloud and the Data Center, Cloud computing, Cloud storage, Data center, SMB, Western Digital
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The Right Way for SMBs to Get into the Cloud
Watch our On Demand Webinar “Three Reasons why an SMB’s First Server should be more than a NAS” and get an exclusive white paper. The cloud is an attractive option for small to medium-sized businesses because it allows a company…
A One-box Upgrade for Small Business IT – Part 2
The DS5100/6100 is a compact, network attached storage (NAS) system from Western Digital (WD), one of the two primary disk drive manufacturers in the world today. Although designed for the small- to medium-sized business, it features Windows Storage Server 2012…
Three Reasons why an SMB’s First Server should be More than a NAS
Watch the On Demand Webinar “Three Reasons Why an SMB’s First Server Should Be More Than a NAS” to get an exclusive white paper. Small to Medium-sized Business (SMB) owners face some unique challenges regarding IT. They understand the value…
A One-Box Upgrade for Small Business IT
Watch our On Demand Webinar “Three Reasons why an SMB’s First Server should be more than a NAS” and get an exclusive white paper. The DS6100 is a compact file server system from Western Digital (WD), one of the two…
WD’s New SMB Backup Appliances Leverage Arkeia Software
At the beginning of this year, WD acquired Arkeia, a company with a long history in the primary backup software market. Arkeia was known in the industry as a technology leader in deduplication, with technology they acquired from Kadena Systems…
Tagged with: Arkeia, Network-attached storage, Solid-state drive, SSD, Standard RAID levels, USB 3.0, VMware, Western Digital
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WD’s New Storage Appliance Makes an Ideal First Server and more
As one of the two primary disk drive manufacturers in the world, Western Digital certainly knows storage products and they’re in a position to be a value leader in this NAS market as well. As a first server, WD’s line…
Tagged with: Microsoft Windows, Servers, Storage, Western Digital, Windows Azure
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