SmartBiz IT Research Library

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - It isn't always easy to know when to upgrade to the latest hardware or software release. In the case of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, there are many compelling reasons to make the move, including: Enhanced business intelligence; improved business continuity features; better performance and better management capabilities.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Server Software | Databases | SQL Server

EGUIDE - Outsourcing an application means your organization relinquishes some control. In this article Heather Clancy will offer seven questions that you should resolve with your provider before investing in SaaS.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Authentication | Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Data Security | Encryption Standards | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines the vulnerabilities of today’s remote and branch office IT landscape, and details the advantages of a disk-based backup and recovery strategy for managing and protecting the data contained in these systems.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Online Backups | Remote Backups | Remote Computing | Remote Network Management | Remote Office Connectivity | Remote Offices | ROBO

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

EGUIDE - This expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Sun, and Intel, discusses how to successfully buy, configure and manage a virtual server environment.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | CIOs | Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Disaster Recovery | HIPAA Compliance | IT Management | IT Managers | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtualization Security

CASE STUDY - When Clinical Financial Services, LLC needed to reduce its disaster recovery risk and reassure their clients, they turned to i365. Their solution was EVault SaaS plus Agent plug-ins for Microsoft Exchange and SQL Servers and Open Transaction Manager working in conjunction with EVault Remote Disaster Recovery service.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Published: November 13, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Business Continuity Planning Software | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines the importance of maintaining a consistent two-factor authentication policy during a business disruption. In addition, it provides insight into how to develop plans that enable cost-effective, rapid binding of users to their credentials in the event of an emergency. Read on to learn more.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: August 12, 2009


Topics:  Authentication | Authorization | Business Continuity Planning | ERP | Identity Management | Password Authentication Protocol | Password Management | Password Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper will discuss the 5 areas of Virtualisation technology and introduce you to a virtualized framework solution from Virtustream that will not only provide the maximum ROI, but will address issues from a business perspective as well as an IT perspective, with a constant eye on the calculator for any business investment - your TCO.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Applications Software | Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | High Availability | ROI | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper will discuss the challenges you can have to backup and protect using native tools and how you can successfully protect your SharePoint environment using Mimosa NearPoint™ for SharePoint.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Data Recovery | Databases | Electronic Discovery Software | IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | SQL

PODCAST - Listen to this podcast to learn how to optimize your storage infrastructure using the latest NAND technologies, HDD and DRAM.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Premiered: February 20, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Continuity Planning | Data Management | Disk Backups | Economic Environment | Solid State Disks | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Strategic Planning

WEBCAST - View this mediacast and learn how to optimize your storage infrastructure using the latest NAND technologies, HDD and DRAM.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Premiered: February 20, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Continuity Planning | Data Management | Disk Backups | Economic Environment | Solid State Disks | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Strategic Planning

PODCAST - Does your organization have a reliable and cost-effective site recovery system? This podcast explores how site recovery tools along with virtualization enables IT pros to deliver secure application and data availability, implement site-wide disaster recovery and automate fail-over and fail back.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Premiered: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Clustering | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | Microsoft Hyper-V | Microsoft Office | Virtualization Security

PODCAST - How does outsourcing fit into your business strategy? Outsourcing your backup data can be a convenient and reliable method of handling backups — if you select the right vendor and ask the right questions. This podcast covers some of the questions you should ask any potential vendor before you sign on the dotted line.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Premiered: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Disaster Recovery | Online Backups | Remote Backups | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Service Providers | Storage Systems

DATA SHEET - Check out this price list and specifications of all of Zenith's ARCA (Advanced Recovery and Continuity Appliance) models available.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Remote Office Connectivity | ROBO | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - Dealing with disasters at remote offices, where you likely have little or no technical staff, can be challenging—and, if you're not careful, expensive. Here are our top 10 tips for optimizing branch office DR while achieving overall improvements in cost efficiency.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Cloud Computing | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Downtime | Remote Office Connectivity | ROBO | RPO | RTO | Server Virtualization | SMBs