Feature Articles

31. Disaster Recovery Moving Into The Cloud 4/10/2011
    Cloud computing is one of the most talked-about trends in IT, and the market for cloud services is exploding. In fact, IDC says cloud computing was a $17.4B market in 2009, but is expected to grow to $44.2B in 2013. By Bob Roudebush, VP of marketing, Neverfail
32. Going Beyond Deduplication To Treat The Data Disease, Not Just The Symptoms 4/5/2011
    Data deduplication has been a viable IT strategy for managing data for some time; in fact, it has become a basic IT assumption. By Peter Eicher, Senior Product Manager - Data Protection, Syncsort
33. Do I Need A Data Center? 3/22/2011
    If you still own your own data center and this question has not already crossed your mind, then you might be spending more money than you need, subjecting your organization to unnecessary risk, or both. By Chris Witt, WAKE TSI
34. The Cloud — Soft And Fluffy, Or Serious Contender? 3/22/2011
    With what appears to be limitless storage options, for many the cloud is an attractive proposition.By Andy Cordial, MD Origin Storage
35. Is Your Tape Archive A Ticking Time Bomb? 3/14/2011
    Despite reports of its demise, tape remains the predominant repository for historical business information. In fact, recent research from the Enterprise Strategy Grup (ESG) shows that 82 percent of organizations still use tape to support all or at least a portion of onsite backup processes. However, many organizations still do not have the proper procedures and controls in place to keep track of their data. By Jeff Pederson, manager of Ontrack Data Recovery operations and Jim Reinert, VP of product development
36. Guest Column: Midrange Storage Is A Balancing Act 3/7/2011
    The most important skill for today's storage administrator or engineer is balance. That’s because all storage management is a balancing act. The primary determinant of success of a storage engineer is managing certain resources to keep capacity and utilization in balance, thus reducing (and keeping) bottlenecks to a minimum. By Tony Hobart, Laurus Technologies
37. Tape Or Disk: Why Not Both? 2/15/2011
    Both disk and tape were created for purposes aside from protecting data; both have moved into the data protection arena; and both look to be there to stay. By Spectra Logic Corporation
38. White Paper: Tape Or Disk: Why Not Both? 2/15/2011
    Both disk and tape were created for purposes aside from protecting data; both have moved into the data protection arena; and both look to be there to stay. By Spectra Logic Corporation
39. Guest Column: DCIG 2011 Virtual Server Backup Software Buyer's Guide Now Available 2/2/2011
    Today DCIG and SMB Research are pleased to jointly announce the availability of a new, comprehensive 2011 Virtual Server Backup Software Buyer's Guide that weights, scores and ranks over 20 virtual server backup software products. By Jerome M Wendt, Lead Analyst and President, DCIG Inc.
40. Guest Column: How SSDs Can Be Leveraged To Deliver Inline Deduplication For Primary Storage 2/2/2011
    In late January 2010 someone posted a comment in response to a blog that I wrote in the October 2009 time frame. This individual was questioning the value that an inline deduplication solution like the Exar Hifn BitWackr DR1605 provides since most of the performance bottleneck associated with deduplication is primarily in the disk I/O. By Jerome M Wendt, Lead Analyst and President, DCIG Inc.