Long-term archiving

Find the latest news and resources for long-term archiving, which includes stories on file archiving, data preservation, data retention, data archiving software, archiving best practices, data archiving strategy, archiving formats and digital archiving.

August 20, 2021 20 Aug'21
Government heads to cloud for excess archival storage needs

Boone County in Indiana found space and savings in public cloud, but experts say IT pros should follow smart policies and government regulations when managing vital data.
July 30, 2021 30 Jul'21
When long-term data archiving means 'forever'

Storage customers such as the German data processing service center GWDG have started to think about how they can archive data forever. It's challenging and complex, but possible.
July 27, 2021 27 Jul'21
Datadobi touts SMB and product streamlining in update

Datadobi's 5.12 update unites software under a single engine and adds SMB file transfer support, as the company looks to evolve next year.
May 07, 2021 07 May'21
Belgian telecom picks Datadobi for NAS migration

Large-scale storage migrations can be difficult without the help of a software tool, as telecom Proximus Group found.

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Four rules to craft an enterprise data archiving strategy

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Archiving methods: Smart meta tags, archive in place and FLAPE

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Building a better archival storage strategy

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