Backup, shift gears and change direction

There is an interesting quote by Andrea Mauro on a vinfrastructure.it blog, where he states, “We are in a new era where business is driving change within IT. Solutions must first match business needs and then technical needs.” This is especially true when...

Cloud archiving versus tape

Data management and specifically data archiving is critical to businesses in their quest to gain better control over their IT environments. There are two distinct ways to do this: tape archiving or cloud archiving, and the latter is gaining more prominence says...

Backups the missing element in BYOD strategies

Over the past few years, bring your own device (BYOD) has entrenched itself in many large companies’ IT policies and become a part of their organisational culture, writes Kathryn Tindale, director: sales, Tarsus On Demand. CIOs acknowledge that BYOD has enabled...

Can data storage and recovery drive transformation?

Digital transformation is fast becoming an over-used term; the likely reason being that it is a catch-all phrase which means different things to different people, or organisations. For many, digital transformation can be summed up as any migration to Cloud solutions....

Why your snapshots aren’t working

Storage snapshots capture a moment in time. For many organisations, they provide an easy way to augment traditional backups, ensuring rapid recovery of IT infrastructure. But, since storage snapshots are only as good as the people, processes and technology they are...

Digital video archiving for today’s broadcast demands

Broadcasters and video producers across the world are moving to computer-based platforms, ,writes Paul Divall, MD of Jasco Intelligent Technologies. As they do, access to any content, anytime, anywhere, is becoming a critical success factor. As growth of digital video...