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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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Navigate PII data protection and GDPR to meet privacy mandates
Know the commonalities surrounding personally identifiable information to better navigate and comply with the regulations and penalties IT managers must contend with today. Continue Reading
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
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
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
How to create a successful data archiving strategy
A good archiving process provides the automation needed to deliver the necessary application granularity while minimizing the impact to IT operations.Continue Reading
Top considerations for deep archive design
Jon Toigo explains how to determine what data should be archived and the most efficient way to migrate it for long-term 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
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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
Data storage efficiency tips: Reuse, virtualize, don't overdo flash
Jon Toigo laid out his plan for data storage efficiency at Storage Decisions: Embrace block virtualization, SRM and archiving, but go easy on flash.Continue Reading
How to better connect storage to the business
How to write an archiving program RFP
How to store huge amounts of data in a smaller box
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
Records retention management: Arm yourself against regulatory scrutiny
Learn how to build a records retention management system that protects you against regulatory scrutiny, satisfies e-discovery requests and manages capacity.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
Storage encryption essentials
To secure your storage environment, identify weaknesses in your system and then choose the storage encryption product that matches your network configuration and specific risks.Continue Reading
Making sense of regulatory compliance and data storage for SMBs
Keeping abreast of the latest government regulations that can affect your SMB can be difficult. Learn about regulatory compliance best practices in this tip.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
Data retention policies and procedures for SMBs
Data retention isn't just something larger enterprises can afford to worry about; it's also important for SMBs to have data retention policies and procedures in place.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
Will SaaS storage services decrease how much storage capacity is purchased?
Expect to see a shift toward less spending for in-house storage capacity by enterprises.Continue Reading
How can companies get internal sponsorship for an email archiving project?
This is always a difficult question, but the answer goes back to the three reasons why we believe companies should...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
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
How useful are storage benchmarks?
Most storage vendors like to tout how well their gear performed on benchmark tests, but the results may not always be as they first appear. The benchmarking process can be easily manipulated because of the large number of variables that influence ...Continue Reading
How to choose an e-discovery tool
Here is a list of factors to consider when choosing an e-discovery tool.Continue Reading
How to write an archiving program RFP
With so many archiving systems on the market, putting together a request for proposal (RFP) for an archiving program for structured, semistructured or unstructured data is a key step. It's equally important that your team is well-prepared to ...Continue Reading
Why you should perform data classification
Regardless of how daunting a task it may be, understanding the data we store is the first step in addressing data management issues. This tip outlines some of the main reasons why data classification is essential.Continue Reading
How does file archiving differ from email and database archiving or document management systems?
The thing they all have in common is "archiving" -- long-term storage and preservation of data that's inactive...Continue Reading
How can a company set retention policies with such a glut of unstructured data?
It depends; there are no easy answers to this. There are a number of initiatives that a company should undertake, including disaster recovery, business continuity planning, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and data security...Continue Reading
How do data classification and file indexing manage unstructured data? 2
Well, data classification itself is not really a technology, but rather a policy-driven practice of data categorization based on...Continue Reading
Storage provisioning best practices
Storage provisioning can be a tricky practice, especially when you factor in that it needs to be done manually. List here are eight best practices when it comes to provisioning.Continue Reading
How to better connect storage to the business
We can learn from manufacturing processes and use a supply chain to storage to better align it with strategic business goals. To implement this model, a storage services plan needs to be multidimensional and encompass performance, availability, data...Continue Reading
Email archiving implementation: What you need to consider
Selecting an email archiving application based solely on functionality may result in unexpected administration costs. Considering the following 10 points before deploying an email archive can help you hang onto your loot.Continue Reading
Records retention: How to avoid recovery headaches
Traditional backups are rarely adequate for records retention, but many are still relying on them. Rick Cook outlines four things to consider when setting up a records retention policy that can save you a lot of trouble in the long run.Continue Reading
Is storage automation right for you?
This tip covers what storage automation is, and what it is not, and what it means to you. Also, you will learn why you should, or should not implement a storage automation product.Continue Reading
Thirteen data retention mistakes to avoid
Information security expert Kevin Beaver outlines 13 data retention mistakes storage administrators frequently make, and what you can do to avoid them.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
How to tell when it's time to implement data classification
Many companies fail to recognize the importance of their data and its impact on everyday business operations. The process of data classification helps businesses understand what data is actually available, its location in the enterprise, how that ...Continue Reading
The compliance payoffs for securing vulnerable information at rest
Kevin Beaver highlights several business needs associated with securing data at rest.Continue Reading
How to store huge amounts of data in a smaller box
Storage Bin: We've finally discovered how to store huge amounts of data in a smaller box. Now we just have to figure out how to find it all.Continue Reading
Technology lifecycle and archiving
Business continuity expert Pierre Dorion outlines what you need to consider about the lifecycle of technology when setting up your archiving strategy.Continue Reading
How can I set up a cost-effective tiered storage strategy?
A reader asks: "I'm looking to set up a cost-effective tiered storage strategy in my data center. How can I go about starting to plan this out?"Continue Reading
Storage management predictions for 2005: ISCSI arrives at the center of the enterprise
For compliance, neither SAN nor NAS are a slam dunk
Compliance regulations are forcing companies to make tough choices, but which storage architecture to choose -- SAN or NAS -- may not be one of them.Continue Reading
How to design a core/edge SAN
Use the SPICE algorithm to simplify the process of designing a large core/edge SAN.Continue Reading
Compliance: Do you speak geek?
With deadlines approaching fast, do you think you know all about compliance? Take our quick quiz and see how you measure up on our compliance geek-o-meter.Continue Reading
Selecting database archiving tools
Six requirements for successful provisioning
Before you even think of provisioning new storage, it's essential to create specific procedures for this multilevel process.Continue Reading
Why do I need multiple copies of archival data?
How to ease into archiving through backup
It may make sense to explore what your backup software vendor has to offer for archival software.Continue Reading
Automation tools grow up
As rigid early automation tools start to fade away, new approaches are coming to market that promise to give admins continued control while taking pain away from complex tasks.Continue Reading
Storage management tools matrix
Take some of the complexity out of buying storage mangement tools with this handy matrix. This PDF chart compares 15 storage management tools from all of the major vendors.Continue Reading
Where to focus your compliance efforts
CD-ROM vs. DVD for long term storage
Will compliance spell the end of optical storage?
What compliance means for peripheral storage
Who's going to be responsible for compliance -- vendors or end users?
Set strategic storage management policies
Author Stephen Foskett says Storage mgmt. policies are the internal laws of an organization. Here, Foskett divides universal policies into three categories and describes each.Continue Reading
Sarbanes-Oxley and how it applies to e-mail archiving
Best practices for enabling and maintaining compliance
Join this webcast panel discussion on the best practices for enabling and maintaining compliance.Continue Reading
Don't let compliance hinder technology choices
Learn more about how much data regulations can stymie your technology choices in this tip from SearchStorage.com compliance expert Mike Casey.Continue Reading
Is WORM media necessary for archiving?
Here, Bob Spurzem discusses how to begin the three-step process of building an enterprise data archive.Continue Reading
Where to put your compliance dollars
Assessing current policies and matching to appropriate HW/SW
Compliance shouldn't limit your choice of technology
It makes sense to build data archives on a SAN
How Sarbanes-Oxley will affect publicly traded companies
2004 compliance predictions: Cheap storage, compliance investments and e-mail archiving
Defining critical storage management functions
In this tip, expert Brett Cooper lists several leading areas critical to managing the day-to-day storage environment and a highlights a few improvements of current processes.Continue Reading
Is 2004 the year of compliance?
SearchStorage.com compliance expert Mike Casey offers his predictions for the year ahead in regulatory compliance.Continue Reading
Questions concerning automated data centers, Part 1
Storage expert Christopher Poelker offers compliance advice in this reader Q&A.Continue Reading
Questions concerning automated data centers, Part 2
What regulatory compliance means for storage security
With compliance deadlines looming overhead, Dr. Ahuja brings to light some of the key issues IT managers/admins need to be aware of when it comes to compliance and data security.Continue Reading
2004 High Availability predictions: Regulatory compliance, utility computing
How to get management to accept HIPAA compliance
What are some steps to making my storage SOX compliant?
How Sarbanes-Oxley will affect privately held companies
Can secure document shredding be used for compliance?
Convince management to spend for Sarbanes-Oxley
How your backup choices impact compliance
SD2003: From regulation to desperation: A life sciences case study in compliance
Vendors are making noise about regulatory compliance and data retention. While the topic may be surrounded by hype, however, the implications for the end user are all too real.Continue Reading
SD2003: Panel - Regulatory compliance and its impact on IT
There are over 15,000 regulations in the U.S. that govern the handling of data. Research analyst Peter Gerr shared this statistic while moderating a recent panel on compliance.Continue Reading
Avoiding common e-mail storage policy mistakes
What is your companies e-mail policy? Are e-mails purged after a set time or are they retained? Bob Spruzem uncovers the benefits of a good e-mail policy.Continue Reading
Experts outline how to shop for e-mail archiving tools
As storage administrators brace to weather the impending e-mail archiving regulatory storm, an e-mail industry expert outlines several key features to look for when hunting for archiving tools.Continue Reading
More questions than answers surround digital rights management
Bits & Bytes: Questions abound about digital rights management. John Weinhoeft takes a look at what you need to ask yourself about long-term content management.Continue Reading
Compliance buying decisions -- the right way, the smart way
Bits & Bytes: SearchStorage.com SAN expert Christopher Poelker walks you through the best methods for making compliance-related storage purchase.Continue Reading
Of Sarbanes, Oxley and storage
Data Mobility Group Senior Analyst and Founder John Webster shares the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on corporate IT groups and on the storage industry.Continue Reading
Compliance and digital-content growth drive content-storage market
In this research note, Yankee Group Senior Analyst Jamie Gruener describes the storage impact of recent compliance legislation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.Continue Reading
Don't give in to e-mail retention hype
Bits & Bytes: Much is being made about e-mail retention, maybe too much. John Weinhoeft says this may be a good time to review your policy, but don't buy into the vendor hype.Continue Reading
ESG compliance report excerpt, Part 6: Compliance in the life sciences industry
Analysts at the Milford, Mass.-based Enterprise Storage Group discuss the importance of the latest records retention/compliance legislation and its impact on the storage industry.Continue Reading
ESG compliance report excerpt, Part 7: Compliance in the healthcare industry
Analysts at the Milford, Mass.-based Enterprise Storage Group discuss the importance of the latest records retention/compliance legislation and its impact on the storage industry.Continue Reading
ESG compliance report excerpt, Part 9: Conclusion
Analysts at the Milford, Mass.-based Enterprise Storage Group discuss the importance of the latest records retention/compliance legislation and its impact on the storage industry.Continue Reading
ESG compliance report excerpt, Part 8: Compliance in the government industry
Analysts at the Milford, Mass.-based Enterprise Storage Group discuss the importance of the latest records retention/compliance legislation and its impact on the storage industry.Continue Reading
ESG compliance report excerpt, Part 1: Introduction
Analysts at the Milford, Mass.-based Enterprise Storage Group discuss the importance of the latest records retention/compliance legislation and its impact on the storage industry.Continue Reading
ESG compliance report excerpt, Part 5: Compliance in financial services
Analysts at the Milford, Mass.-based Enterprise Storage Group discuss the importance of the latest records retention/compliance legislation and its impact on the storage industry.Continue Reading