SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - As mid-size enterprises find themselves strapped for time, money and management resources, they have to find ways of doing more with less. Age-in-Place is a data management strategy that means no more tiers – the easiest and most cost effective way to manage the life-cycle of your data.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Governance | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Management | Data Mirroring | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Storage Capacity | Tiered Storage

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This transcript documents a presentation featuring Brad Blake, Director, IT at Boston Medical Center. Mr. Blake will discuss how he initially started working with Data Domain as part of a VMware project. The meat of his presentation focuses on architecting deduplication and virtualisation for best of breed data protection.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Deduplication | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices | Storage Virtualization

WEBCAST - Please watch this presentation featuring Brad Blake, Director, IT at Boston Medical Center. The presentation will illuminate topics such as Boston Medical Center’s decision process and successful implementation of Data Domain deduplication storage - as well as the economic benefits received by going tapeless for backup and disaster recovery.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Premiered: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Deduplication | Data Management | Data Recovery | Data Storage | Disaster Recovery

WHITE PAPER - Cloud storage presents Managed Service Providers an exciting opportunity to help customers accommodate data growth, but can raise doubts about security, privacy, and compliance. As THINKStrategies notes, choosing the right cloud storage partner is essential to maintaining customers’ trust.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Management | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Stewardship | Data Storage | Storage Management | Storage Standards

WHITE PAPER - Managed Service Providers working with smaller businesses can help them better protect their data with two cloud-based strategies from Iron Mountain. Learn how LiveVault and CloudRecovery can bring your customers peace of mind.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Cloud Computing | Data Management | Data Migration | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Disk Backups

WHITE PAPER - In this paper – first in a three part series - we will examine the difficulties of working with keywords during a matter, the many challenges associated with relying on keyword search, and the cost and risk associated with attempting to “guess” one’s way to a relevant document set.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Data Storage | Databases | Document Management | Documentation | Electronic Discovery | Email Archiving | Email Management | Legal Compliance Software

PRODUCT REVIEW - EVault Remote Disaster Recovery Service (RDR) is a hosted service to help you quickly recover your key servers and data after a site disaster, and remotely access them in a secure virtual environment.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Deduplication | Data Management | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Hosting Services | Online Backups | Remote Backups

ANALYST REPORT - As improving business functionality increasingly depends on IT, CIOs find themselves between the proverbial rock and a hard place. They must find ways to bring new and dynamic value to the business with fewer resources. To meet this challenge, more CIOs are sourcing IT through vendors that offer multiple delivery options.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Recovery | Data Storage | Disaster Recovery | Online Backups | Outsourcing | Remote Backups

WHITE PAPER - Disasters happen in many ways and can disrupt or even completely destroy your business. What happens if and when disaster strikes? Do you have duplicate copies of your mission critical data stored offsite? How fast and reliable will your recovery of information be? Will your company survive?
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Data Deduplication | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Security | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Online Backups | Security Threats

WHITE PAPER - This white paper reviews options for a multifaceted recovery strategy, ensuring that your key systems are protected with maximum efficiency at minimal cost.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Continuous Data Protection | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Recovery | Data Storage | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime

DATA SHEET - EVault SaaS is our automated online backup and recovery offering that provides secure, reliable, efficient protection of your organization’s critical data, directly through the Internet. With EVault SaaS, you get a world-class data protection infrastructure that lets you safeguard your data without additional capital or IT expenses.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Data Collection | Data Compression | Data Deduplication | Data Encryption | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Storage | Online Backup Software | Online Backups | Remote Backups | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - Read this whitepaper to learn about how Double-Take Backup reduces the window for data loss, is more efficient than tape, and less costly than tape or other replications solutions.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Data Storage | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Management Software | Storage Virtualization

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD - Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer delivers all-in-one monitoring for the data center. A single interface provides a view to the availability and performance of servers and network and storage devices on a network. It eases troubleshooting without agents.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Published: November 12, 2009


Topics:  Data Acquisition Hardware | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Recovery | Data Storage | Database Administration | High Availability | IT Management | IT Managers | LAN | SAN

WHITE PAPER - In the age of tighter budgets and continuing data growth, storage administrators are facing an ever increasing challenge of aligning storage resources with the demands of business applications. Read this IDC paper for information on how to implement effective storage efficiency practices.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: September 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Storage | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Spending | Storage Systems | Tiered Storage

PRODUCT DEMO - Tape export is process of moving data from virtual tape to physical tape. Tape stacking allows multiple virtual tapes to be consolidated onto a single physical tape in order to save on tape media consumption. The concept is very simple and also very useful. Please watch this video for examples of how FalconStor VTL functions.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Consolidation | Data Storage | Storage Consolidation | Tape Backups | Tape Libraries | Virtual Machine Backups | Virtual Tape Libraries