What’s Big Data? Big Data is a phrase heard a lot these days. It seems like there is a lot of confusion in business as to what to do with Big Data and how to prepare for it. Yet, Gartner predicts that Big Data will affect every industry – banking, healthcare, and transportation just to […]
What to consider when developing a data retention policy
As we mentioned in last month’s post on the differences between Back-up and Archive, it seems that the concepts of data retention and data retention policies have been in the news a fair amount lately. We made reference to the 6-month data retention policy utilized by the IRS as just one such example. In the […]
Do you need help understanding backup software licensing?
Insights from Jeremy Brovage who is one of our Storage Solutions Architects within SIS’ Infrastructure Solutions practice. Jeremy has more than 24 years’ experience with storage, backup and archive technologies, including 20 years as Spectrum Protect / Tivoli Storage Manager SME. There are many back-up software applications on the market today. Some are specialized for a […]
Software-Defined Storage for Digital Transformation
The case for SDS: the digital transformation imperative. IDC shows the top benefits, workloads, challenges and vendor considerations – Download PDF. SDS frees your most valuable assets – your team and data to easily adapt to new workloads and enable to the cloud initiatives. SDS is also crucial for deploying multi-cloud on-demand consumption of public/private […]
How safe is your backup data?
If you saw this on your way to work, what would flash through your mind? It’s a picture of an offsite storage transport van being pulled by a tow truck because it has broken down. It asks the interesting question of how safe your data really is if it’s in a truck being driven around […]
What’s the difference between Data Backup and Archive?
There have been some high profile situations in the media over the years that have been centered on the topic of data retention and data retention policies. The 6-month data retention policy of the IRS is one that comes to mind. Since it seems to be an important topic, we thought we’d take a look […]