PODCAST - Stringent laws and regulations are forcing businesses to look at data in a new light. Added to compliance challenges is protecting disparate data, while reducing overhead costs associated with legal discovery. In this podcast, IDC looks at high level trends in compliance, solutions that industry-leaders are employing and how to mitigate data risk.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Premiered: September 3, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Auditing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Recovery | Data Storage | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Regulatory Compliance | Security | Security Audits | Security Best Practices | Storage Best Practices | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups | Virtual Tape Libraries

WEBCAST - Stringent laws and regulations are forcing businesses to look at data in a new light. Added to compliance challenges is protecting disparate data, while reducing overhead costs associated with legal discovery. In this webcast IDC looks at high level trends in compliance, solutions that industry-leaders are employing and how to mitigate data risk.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Premiered: September 3, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Auditing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Storage | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Regulatory Compliance | Security | Security Audits | Security Best Practices | Storage Best Practices | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups | Virtual Tape Libraries

PODCAST - W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group and independent backup expert, discusses the various options available today for backing up virtual machines including VMware's VCB, third-party products, and the ways that backup software products are evolving to ease virtual machine backups.
Posted: September 2, 2009 | Premiered: September 2, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Disk Backups | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Virtualization | Strategic Planning

EZINE - Storage Magazine Online September 2009 features a cover story updating the speedy evolution of Solid-State Storage – and what factors are transforming this technology from a niche to standard practice for storage shops.
Posted: August 31, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Cloud Computing | Data Deduplication | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Recovery | Email Archiving | Solid State Disks | Storage Best Practices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Replication | Storage Systems

WEBCAST - This comprehensive Webcast explores new methods for business continuity and walks you through how to approach and manage the various aspects of creating a continuity strategy with snapshot assisted backup and virtualisation tools. View this Webcast to learn more.
Posted: August 31, 2009 | Premiered: August 31, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Continuous Data Protection | Data Replication | Data Storage | Storage Best Practices | Storage Hardware | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - This paper addresses the challenges and drawbacks of in-the-cloud storage, addressing such issues as control, security, compliance, data availability, and overall management. It also shows how storage can work within a private or internal cloud framework.
Posted: August 31, 2009 | Published: August 25, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Cloud Computing | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Virtualization

WEBCAST - In this expert webcast, learn how to recognize and deal with common RAID issues in storage arrays.
Posted: August 27, 2009 | Premiered: August 27, 2009


Topics:  Backup Server Hardware | Backups | Data Centers | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Management | RAID | Server Management | Storage Best Practices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Systems Maintenance | Windows

WHITE PAPER - If you’re an administrator who’s planning to build a high performance, highly available IP network using HP SAN/iQ Software, you should read this document in its entirety. You’ll find important configuration guidelines, best practices, and frequently asked questions that will help you to accelerate a successful deployment.
Posted: August 27, 2009 | Published: August 13, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Clustering | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | NAS | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

PODCAST - Because network attached storage (NAS) is file-based (rather than block-based) storage, it is particularly suited for storing the types of unstructured, file-based data that is a challenge for many storage pros today. This FAQ podcast answers key questions about NAS advantages and implementations.
Posted: August 26, 2009 | Premiered: August 26, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Continuity Planning | Data Management | Disk Backups | Economic Environment | NAS | Storage Best Practices | Strategic Planning | Structured Programming

WHITE PAPER - This white paper outlines some of the top ways that organizations can achieve great efficiencies in their environments and drive benefits ranging from steep capital savings to streamlined operations. It also illustrates how Datalink customers have implemented these methods in their architectures.
Posted: August 26, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Data Recovery | Data Storage | Operating Equipment Efficiency or Effectiveness (OEE) | Operating System Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Virtualization

PODCAST - Deduplication can decrease the physical spend on data center footprint, power, cooling, and physical tape and media costs. This podcast defines deduplication and explains how it can make your data center more efficient. It will also shed some light on what factors you should evaluate when considering a deduplication strategy.
Posted: August 25, 2009 | Premiered: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Cooling | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Data Deduplication | Data Management | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Storage Best Practices | Storage Spending | Tape Backups

PODCAST - This podcast will define tiered storage and explain how tiered storage can drive efficiency in your IT operations. Listen to this podcast to find out what you should consider before implementing a tiered storage solution.
Posted: August 25, 2009 | Premiered: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Recovery | High Availability | SAN | SLA | Storage Best Practices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Tiered Storage

PODCAST - W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group and independent backup expert, discusses the options currently available for performing replication as part of a backup strategy for virtual machines, benefits and drawbacks of using replication in a virtualized environment.
Posted: August 25, 2009 | Premiered: August 25, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Continuity Planning | Data Management | Data Mirroring | Data Replication | Disk Mirroring | Economic Environment | SMBs | Storage Best Practices | Storage Replication | Strategic Planning | Structured Programming

PODCAST - Kevin Beaver, information security consultant with Principle Logic LLC, outlines security issues to consider when deploying cloud or online backup.
Posted: August 25, 2009 | Premiered: August 25, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Budgeting | Data Management | IT Spending | Storage Best Practices | Storage Resource Management

PODCAST - Kevin Beaver, information security consultant with Principle Logic LLC, discusses the importance of proper data deletion/destruction for backup media, data deletion options in the market today, and who really needs to be worried about data destruction in this recording.
Posted: August 20, 2009 | Premiered: August 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Destruction | Data Security | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Security