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Back Up Or Pack Up |
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Information is the lifeblood of estate agents - after all, its what their business runs on. Whether its property details, buyer/seller contact information and requirements, billing data or legal correspondence, it is something ... |
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01.03.07
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When Size Matters |
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Next to price, capacity has been among the top issues that level out solid-state flash disk with magnetic hard drives. If not for those two factors, solid-state disks would be the runaway winner offering ruggedness, speed and ... |
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26.10.06
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A New Approach To Data Protection |
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In the struggle to ensure data protection, reduce backup windows, and manage costs - both capital and operational - IT managers face increasing challenges. Continual data growth, spurred by an increase in business data from ... |
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28.09.06
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The Compliance & Risk Management Burden |
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It has been particularly interesting to watch the dramatic changes in the market over the last couple of years and the motivation of organisations to archive digital records. In the past, those organisations that put in place ... |
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17.08.06
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VXA & DDS Face Off |
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Not all tape-based backup solutions are the same. Tape, in general, is the smart-choice backup solution, particularly among small to medium businesses (SMBs). Yet rival tape formats, 15-year-old Digital Data Storage (DDS) and ... |
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13.04.06
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Risky Business |
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Disaster recovery strategies should deliver business value. So why are most actually constraining innovation while demanding an unrealistic proportion of the IT budget? The majority of Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions in ... |
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10.04.06
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New DVD Standards Will Cause Confusion |
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In todays data-centric world, capacity has become paramount for businesses and consumers alike. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD (High Definition DVD) are two emerging discs that offer the potential for greater storage capacity than has ... |
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02.02.06
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Lessons Learned From Nature |
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The world of data storage can be a confusing place. There is not only a wide range of storage technologies with different attributes, but these technologies are also being implemented in many different combinations. This ... |
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18.01.06
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Virtualisation Is Key |
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Virtualisation has long promised higher utilisation rates for storage, more effective distribution of network services and more efficient use of computing resources, and consequently reduced costs for those responsible for an IT ... |
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17.01.06
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The Dos & Donts Of Staying Secure In 2006 |
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So 2005 has gone down as the worst year for data security breaches. I suppose the good news is that we seemed to be less troubled by viruses, so either the virus developers have got bored, or our anti-virus technology has got ... |
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16.01.06
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Protecting The Paper Trail |
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Implementing a backup procedure is only half the story of disaster recovery. No business continuity plan is complete without an information recovery strategy - yet all too often this aspect of planning is ignored - and it's the ... |
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09.12.05
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Keeping Storage Secure |
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Secure storage of data has always been essential for any organisation, of whatever size. In the past this involved accurate filing of paper records, and then keeping the physical archive secure - whether it was simply locking a ... |
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30.09.05
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High Availability - Reality Or False Hope? |
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With the increasing dominance of online commerce and integrated supply chain processes, high availability systems have rapidly risen to the top of the IT director's agenda. Yet too many organisations are still languishing under ... |
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16.08.05
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Faster, Cheaper Backups With Disk-To-Disk (D2D) |
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Disk-to-disk backup (D2D) has been transformed into an attractive addition to the IT portfolio with many benefits, including shorter backup windows, faster restores and quicker nearline access. The last few years have seen a ... |
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21.07.05
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Bridge Over Troubled Water |
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IT managers are faced with a daunting task today. What was once a trickle of data is now a deluge, threatening to burst the network dam. In addition, stringent new regulatory compliance legislation is demanding storage be made ... |
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11.07.05
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