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Predictive storage analytics and AI make storage smarter
Intelligent storage is all the rage. Discover how predictive analytics for storage, AI and machine learning makes storage infrastructure more flexible and cost effective. Continue Reading
Compliance analytics helps data storage meet PII standards
Organizations are using predictive analytics and AI to sift through large data sets to ensure that any data stored is compliant with all personally identifiable information rules. Continue Reading
Composable infrastructure platform pros and cons
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The realities of unstructured data management revealed
Managing and gleaning business value from unstructured data is of utmost importance to enterprises today. Our infographic outlines the challenges respondents face. Continue Reading
A secondary storage management answer to mass fragmentation
A study finds mass secondary data fragmentation across storage silos is negatively affecting IT staff morale and the ability of enterprises to comply with regulations. Continue Reading
VSphere vs. KVM: Assessing hypervisors in hyper-convergence
Hyper-converged infrastructure has become a complex and competitive segment of the data center architecture market in recent years and so too has the architecture's support for hypervisors. Examples of hyper-converged hypervisors vary, and, over ...Continue Reading
Data governance best practices exploit big data
Emerging technologies, such as AI and IoT, in the age of big data mean there's more data than ever to benefit from and for data governance policies to manage and secure.Continue Reading
Container applications need backup: Who knew?
The concept of containers, ephemeral applications running across private and public clouds, has grown in popularity over the last few years. It has quickly become clear that the transient nature of containers and container applications isn't ...Continue Reading
Office 365 data protection, the enterprise and you
Gain a better understanding of Microsoft Office 365 security and storage management features and how the popular cloud-based productivity and collaboration suite really works.Continue Reading
Ten ways to protect intellectual property and trade secrets
Industrial espionage is on the rise, and more data means more risk. Find out how to control the growth of data stores and secure your organization's most valuable assets.Continue Reading
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Multicloud storage mitigates risk of public cloud lock-in
Multicloud storage strategy allows for the shifting of data across public clouds so you can avoid lock-in to a single provider, reduce cost and improve workload efficiency.Continue Reading
The copy data management market is starting to go mainstream
Products from copy data management vendors protect and manage production data to lower storage costs, speed data access and streamline self-service access to data copies.Continue Reading
Selecting the best object-based storage platform for your needs
Object-based storage systems can provide the scalability needed to meet organizations' increasing unstructured data storage requirements. Learn how to pick the right platform.Continue Reading
The leading object storage vendors offer broad range of options
Explore how the leading object storage systems can be accessed, how they integrate with the cloud, what data security they provide and the various deployment options they offer.Continue Reading
Analyzing products from the leading object storage vendors
When evaluating the leading object-based storage systems, it is important to consider which product can best support your uses cases and unique site requirements.Continue Reading
Questions to ask object storage vendors before evaluating products
Before investing in object storage architecture, it is vital to understand your options, including whether you should buy software, hardware or a combination of both.Continue Reading
Object storage systems ease data capacity and archival concerns
If your organization can identify with any of the object storage use cases noted here, it might be time to consider adding this technology to your storage portfolio.Continue Reading
How an object storage architecture can help reduce storage complexity
An object storage architecture tackles traditional storage limitations by offering a file structure that is ideal for storing and protecting large amounts of unstructured data.Continue Reading
Focus attention on a cognitive data management system
Jon Toigo advises paying less attention to storage component stories and more to system-focused narratives such as a cognitive data management process.Continue Reading
A defense of tape storage systems and how they're improving
Tape gets less respect than Rodney Dangerfield among the IT crowd. But tape still has its staunch defenders who say the medium remains technologically sound and continues to improve. A major ...Continue Reading
Why are object stores a good match for archival data storage?
Latency in object stores that stems from a large amount of metadata means the technology is better suited to non-transactional data.Continue Reading
Cloud archiving for cold and not-so-cold storage
Cloud archiving is shaping up as one of the "killer apps" for cloud storage, but don't be tempted by capacity alone.Continue Reading
Create a data archive strategy that resists the lure of clustered DAS
Server-side clustered storage puts yet more distance between users and sound data management.Continue Reading
What is the best strategy for archiving data in place?
Archiving data in place is becoming more attractive to enterprises because it allows data to be archived on the storage it already resides on.Continue Reading
How is big data changing data archiving strategies?
Analyst Jon Toigo explains why performing analytics on big data sets means that data is no longer considered cold, reducing the importance of archives.Continue Reading
Archiving methods: Smart meta tags, archive in place and FLAPE
Jon Toigo outlines several archiving techniques, the technologies that make them run smoothly, and explains why data classification is crucial.Continue Reading
The critical role of archiving systems
Archiving data is more important than ever; it ensures proper data retention, saves space and eases the backup burden.Continue Reading
DDN WOS takes erasure coding global
DataDirect Networks has expanded its WOS object storage to include global erasure coding and added a lower-cost hardware node for archiving.Continue Reading
Sonian offers compliance in the cloud with DiscoverStor
Cloud email archiving pioneer Sonian launches DiscoverStor, a cloud compliance and e-discovery platform.Continue Reading
Facebook storage: Reviews vary for Blu-ray cold storage, M.2 SSD plans
Facebook's plans to use Blu-ray discs for cold storage, 'netbook-class' M.2 SSD for booting Web servers draw mixed reviews from analysts, IT pros.Continue Reading
Building a better archival storage strategy
This guide walks through important tips and considerations regarding storage archive design strategies and technologies.Continue Reading
Data archiving system selection dependent on features, capabilities
Once you've determined the specific data archiving needs of your organization, you'll have to sift through existing products to find the best fit.Continue Reading
When and how to implement an object storage platform
Analyst Arun Taneja outlines what IT pros should be asking themselves to determine the best way to implement object storage.Continue Reading
Tackling long-term data archiving: Three crucial factors
Jon Toigo offers insights on storage options for deep archives, and the ways they affect data integrity and potential technology issues.Continue Reading
Data archiving technology to keep on the radar
Archival storage options are expanding, getting more resilient and less costly. Find out which technologies are making an impression.Continue Reading
Five questions to ask when choosing a data archiving technology
Many factors need to be considered when determining what the right archiving platform is for you. Jon Toigo highlights the most important in this tip.Continue Reading
The benefits of data archive storage
Data archiving is firmly entrenched as a storage management best practice. SearchStorage surveys indicate that 70% of companies use some form of archiving for email, file systems, databases or other applications. Archiving yields multiple benefits, ...Continue Reading
Security products proliferate
Gaps seen in file archiving tools
Legal toolkit for storage systems
A look at data classification products for e-discovery
Snapshot: More shops add data classification tools
A new startup promises recordless e-mail
Data protection vendors set sights on SharePoint
Vendors debate different XAM strategies
Startups and standards
Choose wisely when handing off e-mail
Quantum launches StorNext storage file system on appliance
Quantum ships StorNext storage file system on bundled appliance to serve as metadata controller; indicates more appliances coming so users don’t have to build their own systems.Continue Reading
Small business email archiving solutions explained
Follow these tips and experts advice to help you choose the best small business email archiving solution.Continue Reading
Email archiving systems for small businesses
To help you gain more knowledge on email archiving, we've collected our top tips and articles on email archiving systems for SMBs.Continue Reading
SGI puts a Copan spin on data archiving system
SGI packages Copan Systems' MAID disk spin-down technology into an ArcFiniti file data archiving system with separate tiers and disk protection capabilitiesContinue Reading
Implementing an electronic records retention system
Learn the components of an electronic records retention system and best practices for implementing an electronic data discovery policy. Don't risk e-discovery request errors.Continue Reading
How are e-discovery tools used and what are some good tools for SMBs?
Greg Schulz explains how e-discovery tools are used and what options are available to SMBs in this expert response.Continue Reading
Disk archiving appliance types: High-end systems to low-end email archiving appliances
Learn about the basic types of disk archiving appliances, from high-end disk archiving systems that handle multiple content types to low-end disk-based archive appliances.Continue Reading
SGI unveils Copan 400 MAID disk array; claims to have boosted performance of disk spin-down system
SGI claims it has improved performance of Copan MAID disk array it bought the IP for in February; takes no responsibility for support contracts of former Copan customers.Continue Reading
IBM launches Long Term File System (LTFS) for LTO-5 tape management
IBM's Long Term File System (LTFS) is based on a new spec released with the LTO-5 standard that allows operating systems to index tapes and work with them more like disk.Continue Reading
Iron Mountain Digital spends $112 million on Mimosa Systems for on-premise data archiving
Iron Mountain makes a big move into on-premise enterprise data archiving software with the acquisition of Mimosa Systems, saying it doesn't want to wait for big enterprises to move more data to the cloud.Continue Reading
E-discovery, regulatory compliance products and services launch at LegalTech
Among the e-discovery and regulatory compliance vendors and service providers with upgrades at LegalTech are RenewData, StoredIQ, Kroll ONtrack, Clearwell Systems, Exterro and LiveOffice.Continue Reading
SGI brings federated data archive product to the U.S.
SGI introduces software which offers a single view of all digital content within an organization, whether stored in data archive repositories or production applications; ZL federates data in multiple repositories for eDiscovery and litigation ...Continue Reading
Data migration tools take SMBs to the next tier: Data migration and tiered storage tutorial
SMBs can use inexpensive and easily available migration tools and virtualization platforms to tier storage data, save money, and increase performance.Continue Reading
E-discovery a must-have for SMBs: How to choose an electronic discovery tool
Many SMBs find e-discovery tools helpful with their storage and compliance needs. Learn about why they're helpful for your SMB and what e-discovery tool is right for you.Continue Reading
What you need to know about storage encryption products
Encryption products are evolving to occupy different parts of the IT infrastructure. Read our list of products that perform encryption and manage encryption key management.Continue Reading
Choosing a storage system for data archiving
Learn whether a unified, multiprotocol storage system or a consolidated storage system is best for archiving data in your business. Which one allows the index and content to share space, and eases management?Continue Reading
Mimosa Systems adds case management tool to NearPoint 4.0 data archiving software
Mimosa Systems' NearPoint Version 4.0 data archiving software adds a case management tool, federated search and new capture methods for ingesting data into the data archive.Continue Reading
HP resizes its ExDS9100 scale-out NAS system; finds market broader than original Web 2.0 target
Hewlett-Packard's StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage (ExDS9100) scale-out NAS system, originally launched as a Web 2.0 system, has been resized to target a broader market.Continue Reading
New data archiving products focus on software-only delivery, cloud integration
Emerging data archiving products focus on software-only delivery and grid architecture, latch onto cloud integration and look for alternatives to SQL databases for indexing.Continue Reading
Three tips for ensuring a user-friendly email archiving system
User acceptance is crucial to an email archiving project. Learn how complete integration, offline access and mobile access ensure a user-friendly email archiving system.Continue Reading
How e-discovery and email archiving tools address litigation in SMBs
Between litigation, compliance, audits and internal initiatives, SMBs can effectively leverage e-discovery tools. This article explores how e-discovery and email archiving fit in the SMB market.Continue Reading
EMC overhauls data archiving product line
The new EMC SourceOne family includes a replacement for EmailXtender and beefed up e-discovery tools, with integration of DiskXtender and other types of content archiving to follow.Continue Reading
Arizona city turns to startup Tarmin for archiving
To get rarely used data off of the primary storage system, the city of Safford, Ariz., picks GridBank archiving software from newcomer Tarmin Technologies over larger and more expensive alternatives from EMC and other big storage vendors.Continue Reading
EMC launches clustered cloud-based storage system
EMC rolls out its policy-based information management system for the clouds to help customers control large amounts of information that can be accessed by their users worldwide.Continue Reading
Startup offers compliant data archive migration software
While some vendors offer tools to convert archives from one email application to another, startup Procedo Inc. is looking to fill a hole by migrating data from one vendor's archive to another while retaining chain of custody. One major player who ...Continue Reading
Finding the right CAS system for your organization
Content-addressed storage (CAS) is a specialized type of archive that provides the inexpensive and high-capacity storage needed to retain data that, although accessed infrequently, still has long-term relevance to the enterprise.Continue Reading
Gaps seen in file archiving tools
Do any archive solutions support Lotus Notes and are there implementation issues?
Absolutely. Lotus Notes and Exchange are definitely two very different applications with two different architectures. Organizations should...Continue Reading
Index and search software: Product snapshots and specifications
The product snapshots in this chapter highlight key specifications for a cross section of index and search software products.Continue Reading
Purchasing email archiving products for compliance and litigation
The growing value of email in compliance and litigation is emphasizing the importance of email retention and efficient email access. No longer is the objective of email archiving just to move aging messages for long-term storage, but to also find ...Continue Reading
Email archiving product specifications
Product specifications for email and file/document management tools can help storage administrators evaluating email archiving products quickly and compare them.Continue Reading
Selecting archiving products
Some data archives are little more than "dumb" disk arrays, but the more sophisticated archives provide data deduplication for single-instance storage, robust power conservation features and immutability for data that may be needed as evidence in ...Continue Reading
Evaluating and purchasing CAS archives
Content-addressed storage (CAS) is a specialized type of archive that provides the inexpensive and high-capacity storage needed to retain data that, although accessed infrequently, still has long-term relevance to the enterprise. More importantly, ...Continue Reading
E-discovery, archiving vendors team up at LegalTech
Partnerships announced at this week's LegalTech conference could give users a jump-start when it comes to e-discovery planning.Continue Reading
How to purchase an email archiving tool
This chapter of the Tiered Storage Buying Guide focuses on the purchase considerations for email archiving tools.Continue Reading
Storage consolidation: SRM tools overview
SRM tools allow admins to monitor the storage environment, allocate and organize available storage, and gain the information needed for a successful storage consolidation.Continue Reading
E-discovery product specifications
The product snapshots in this chapter highlight key specifications for a cross section of e-discovery tools.Continue Reading
How to purchase an e-discovery tool
E-discovery tools provide powerful search capabilities that can quickly process and index billions of files based on keywords and other common metadata. The tools can also present search results in forms that are compatible with litigation ...Continue Reading
Finding the right archiving software product for your organization
Archive software provides many of the features we take for granted in modern archive systems, including index and search, data classification and migration, retention and deletion, litigation hold and even data reduction technologies, such as data ...Continue Reading
HP gives medical archiving system a facelift
The latest version of HP's Medical Archiving Solution includes automatic failover and more flexible WORM.Continue Reading
Important considerations in compliance tool selection
Storage isn't just a matter of placing data on media. Organizations are now obliged to comply with data storage and retention requirements.Continue Reading
Email/document management product specifications
Email and document management tools are necessary elements of an organization's compliance or litigation strategy.Continue Reading
Snapshot: More shops add data classification tools
How to choose an e-discovery tool
Here is a list of factors to consider when choosing an e-discovery tool.Continue Reading
Fixed-content data archiving products get a boost
Caringo, EMC and HDS spruce up their fixed-content data archiving products as buzz around compliance and legal discovery continues.Continue Reading
A new startup promises recordless e-mail
Storage Bin: A new startup promises recordless e-mail. Is this a stroke of genius that will reward the company with billions of Internet bucks, or is it the end of the world as we know it?Continue Reading
Vendors debate different XAM strategies
Data storage compliance's impact on storage product choices
Data storage compliance is having a tremendous impact on the storage organization, as well as the management practices employed to retain, search, certify and destroy data. It's not just regulations like SOX or HIPAA that influence storage -- there ...Continue Reading
Symantec peddles enterprise vault tool
The new Enterprise Vault software contains features developed because of a recent update to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.Continue Reading
A look at data classification products for e-discovery
New technology products that look inside data can help you classify and manage that data more effectively. But these tools can also be leveraged for e-discovery, allowing specific data to be found and acted upon quickly to satisfy legal requirements.Continue Reading
How to select an archiving product for ILM
Selecting an archiving product for an organization's ILM strategy requires careful consideration. While cost is a primary concern, decision-makers need to consider several factors, including the TCO, before deciding on the best product.Continue Reading
Data classification: The vendors
Corporate information resources regularly stretch into the terabytes (thousands of gigabytes) with many thousands (even millions) of individual files to contend with -- but the problem is now far more complex than simply "finding files". Finding ...Continue Reading
Tech Roundup: Compliance archiving tools
An archiving strategy for compliance is multifaceted, forcing users to integrate storage systems with data classification and content management software to stay compliant.Continue Reading