Disk-based Backup & Storage/ RAID

There is a lot of discussion these days around recovery point objective (RPO). Many users want to backup their data more than once a day. What’s stopping them from achieving that? This podcast will answer that question and many more and reveal solutions.

There is a lot of discussion these days around recovery point objective (RPO).  Many users want to backup their data more than once a day. What’s stopping them from achieving that? This podcast will answer that question and many...

The IT administrators of the Police Academy of the Netherlands demanded a data protection solution that delivered granular, item-level backup and restore capabilities. In their search, they came to DocAve's Backup and Recovery solution as well as their Replicator solution to meet their backup and data protection needs.

The Police Academy of the Netherlands (Politieacademie) serves as the sole training organization for Dutch civil law enforcement professionals. In early...

Greenbrier needed a fast, stable, and scalable SharePoint data protection solution capable of backing up directly to disk, and able to seamlessly integrate with both their existing and intended IT infrastructure. Learn why they turned to AvePoint's DocAve solution for its reliability and modular architecture.

Greenbrier is a leading supplier of transportation equipment and services to the railroad and maritime shipping industries. In 2004, Greenbrier deployed...

Read this case study to see how one of the largest IT consulting firms turned to DocAve solutions to provide their clients a robust solution for their collaborative digital workspace and SharePoint administration needs.

One of the largest and most well respected information technology consulting firms in the United States recently faced an interesting challenge. When the firm’s client wanted to build a collaborative digital workspace and centralized knowledge...

This expert podcast provides you with 10 steps for organizations that currently use Lotus Notes/Domino to determine if Google Apps is a good fit. Learn how to select a pilot project, calculate ROI and estimate training requirement to assist you in your decision making.

In this mediacast, IT expert Jonathan Brown, offers 10 concrete and measurable steps for organizations that currently use Lotus Notes/Domino to determine whether Google Apps is a good fit for their organization...

Mosaic Technology sought to partner with a larger company to obtain sales, marketing and technical support, thereby extending its reach into the server and storage virtualization market. The Challenge
Mosaic Technology sought to partner with a larger company to obtain sales, marketing and technical support, thereby extending its reach into the server and storage virtualization market.

Solution
The company became a Certified Partner in the Dell PartnerDirect program...

Servers play a crucial role in daily enterprise operations. But even the most powerful and resilient servers are useless without adequate storage. Storage solutions contain the operating systems, applications and virtual images needed to operate every server. This eBook chapter will help you better understand your data center storage challenges. Servers play a crucial role in daily enterprise operations. But even the most powerful and resilient servers are useless...

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 has many great new features that will allow you to develop higher performing, more scalable next-generation applications using more than just relational data. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 has many great new features that will allow you to develop higher performing, more scalable next-generation applications using more than just relational data. Although this release will be a little early for many customers, the fact that the features are...

Disaster Recovery (DR) is a critical component of IT and risk mitigation strategies, and compounded in difficulty by ever growing data volumes, distributed computing, and new technologies. Disaster Recovery (DR) is a critical component of IT and risk mitigation strategies, and compounded in difficulty by ever growing data volumes, distributed computing, and new technologies. How can you get creative in protecting more data, recovering more swiftly, but also saving some money...

Morgan Stanley’s Global Wealth Management Group and their internal Financial Advisors need the very latest information about market changes, the execution of trades and informed analysis to make the best investment decisions. To achieve this, they rely on BMC BladeLogic. When Morgan Stanley’s Global Wealth Management Group and their internal Financial Advisors needed a way to attain the very latest information about market changes, the execution of trades and informed...

This eguide explains how Midmarket companies are embracing server virtualization and updating their disaster recovery strategies to ensure they minimize risk-affordably. Server virtualization may be changing the disaster recovery (DR) landscape, but it's just one approach midsized firms are using in updating their strategic plans.

In this issue of the CIO Decisions Ezine, explore how other midmarket companies are using server virtualization and other techniques to...

Freudenberg IT hasn’t always been satisfied with the performance and efficiency of its own storage environment. The 3PAR® InServ® E200 Storage Server was the perfect solution for FIT’s requirements for more performance, reliability, scalability, and efficiency and fit the company’s overall strategy of using and developing innovative technologies. Freudenberg IT hasn’t always been satisfied with the performance and efficiency of its own storage environment. As a result, they...

In this solution profile, we will take a look at what delivering enterprise-quality cloud computing requires, and turn to look at how one leading cloud infrastructure provider - 3PAR – is helping its service provider partners achieve and brand best-in-class infrastructure capabilities through its Cloud-Agile program. In this solution profile, we will take a look at what delivering enterprise-quality cloud computing requires, and turn to look at how one leading cloud...

This paper explains what is meant by storage virtualisation, the storage problems it addresses, the approaches to it that are available, the potential benefits and a few pitfalls to watch out for. This paper explains what is meant by storage virtualisation, the storage problems it addresses, the approaches to it that are available, the potential benefits and a few pitfalls to watch out for. It then describes the technological approach used by one leading storage virtualisation...

The question of how to effectively back up data has been plaguing IT departments for years. This paper will examine the differences between the first and second generation disk-based backup systems.

As disk prices are falling, backup to disk has become a reality. However, many organizations quickly find that without compression and data deduplication that the amount of disk required to maintain backup retention is cost prohibitive.

Over the past couple years, first generation...

This paper describes an innovative, unified data protection model – developed by Syncsort – that not only supports each of these imperatives, but leverages them to provide actual return on your business investments. The state of data protection is in flux. Conventional models of backup and restore have become obsolete and are being replaced by newer dynamic paradigms that involve disk-to-disk, virtual server provisioning, sophisticated data deduplication, and appliance-based...

Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) should be major components of any risk-management strategy. After all, no business wants to be caught unprepared for unforeseen events such as floods, fires, terrorist attacks, power outages or other disturbances. That's why planning and regularly testing BC and DR programs is essential.

Potential business risks include such things as lost revenue and dissatisfied customers. In addition, organizations that can't keep their vital...

When you resume business after a disruption, you want to pick up where you left off. That means minutes, or even seconds, before the lights went out or the computer virus struck. If your business is aiming for zero data loss and zero downtime, there's only one choice - continuous data protection (CDP).

When you resume business after a disruption, you want to pick up where you left off. That means minutes, or even seconds, before the lights went out or the computer virus struck. Every organization...

Listen to this expert podcast to learn how to improve cloud computing sales. Discover the importance of helping your clients understand the difference between public and private clouds and teaching them about the various cloud products and services on the market.

Getting clients to use cloud computing applications and services can be easy -- as long as you are able to demonstrate the cost savings and value of cloud-based computing. In this podcast, expert Greg Schulz explains...

Read this paper to learn how Over 22,000 customers trust and rely on EVault for protection of their mission critical data. They made this decision based on EVault's ability to address their requirements.

Most companies today have a backup process in place. It could be a tape‐based, disk‐to‐disk or online system. But, when you lose data, the only thing that really counts is the ability to restore your systems and data in a timely manner. These are some of the most critical questions you...

As cloud technology takes shape it can be difficult to define the capabilities and benefits of this technology, however, there are two areas of cloud computing that have some very persuasive benefits: cloud storage and cloud backup/recovery.

Remote or cloud-based storage solutions have been around for many years. The pendulum between local on-premises storage (and control) and cloud-based storage services has shifted several times over the course of storage technology...

Whether you need a single lost file comprehensive system restore or a complete site recovery, i365’s EVault Disaster Recovery Solutions provide fast, secure and reliable recovery in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. Read this white paper to learn more! Disasters happen in many ways and can disrupt or even completely destroy your business. Depending upon where you are located, disasters may be natural occurrences such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, snow storms or...

Thinking of making the move to “total enterprise virtualization?" Here are some interesting points of view about virtualization you should know coming from the vantage point of a storage virtualization pioneer, DataCore Software.

The move to “total enterprise virtualization” is real and might be taking place in your organization right now. Today, virtualization is understood as a comprehensive infrastructure solution that is absolutely strategic to a...

Data de-duplication offers landscape changing value that is easy to quantify, improves reliability, simplifies management and provides rapid recovery of data. Read this ESG report to learn more about it.

This ESG report answers the following questions:

• What is data de-duplication?
• Why is D2D with data deduplication becoming the preferred method for backup and recovery in local and remote applications?
• What are the technical and business considerations you need to be aware of?

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While server virtualisation brings consolidation gains, it increases the impact of a storage failure, compromising the information that makes up the life blood of your organisation’s business. This webcast highlights backup best practices for combating the complexity virtualisation brings to the data center.

Most companies who have virtualised their servers are not even close to realising their full benefits because they have not virtualised their storage...