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PROCESSOR features all the latest news, tips and information for data center professionals. In their latest issue, they discussed the importance of backing up remote sites, and how to do so with maximum effectiveness. Follow this link to read more. |
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The IT-Finance Connection recently featured Storagepipe in a segment on the role of Finance within the backup decision making process.
The article goes on to discuss many of the critical decisions that need to be considered by finance departments when helping IT pick a third-party storage provider:
- How long should it take to get the data back up if the system goes down?
- What information is most critical in case of emergency?
- What are the legal and compliance requirements?
- What kind of ROI does this new solution offer?
- How much should be budgeted for this service?
This interesting article exposes many important points that you may not have considered prior to making your backup decision. You can read more here.
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- As hardware prices go down, management costs will continue to take up a larger portion of overall IT costs. Because Online Backup is automated, you no longer have to pay someone to manually load and switch tapes.
- Online Backup is a digital medium with built-in redundancy. This means that, unlike tape, the quality of your backups will never degrade. A recent study concluded that unreliable media was the #2 cause of critical data loss, after human error.
- Many small companies have limited IT resources. This forces them to rely on poorly trained staff that may not be properly trained in backup and storage procedures. Because online backup is automated, it’s like having a dedicated expert managing your backups for you. Also, top companies have trained experts on staff who will proactively watch to make sure they were successfully completed. If any problems come up, they will quickly notify you and correct the problem.
- A fully automated backup solution eliminates the possibility of data loss due to human error. A recent Aberdeen Group study concluded that 46% of all critical data loss is due to human error.
- Why buy when you can rent? Because Online Backup is delivered through a “Software as a Service (SaaS)” model, you eliminate unnecessary infrastructure costs without any capital investment.
- Stop trucking your tapes. Why pay to have your tapes shipped and stored to a secure offsite location when it can be done inexpensively over the internet. Often times, this cost alone is enough to justify switching to online backup.
- Finally, you can have the same level of data protection as the world’s largest companies. Online backup allows small businesses to use enterprise-level technology such as IBM’s Tivoli solution.
- Despite privacy compliance regulations, many companies still back up their data to unencrypted tapes. If these tapes are ever misplaced, lost or stolen, this customer data can easily wind up in unscrupulous hands, and cause problems for customers and companies alike. For an example of how harmful unencrypted backup tapes can be, take a look at this article
- When your data goes missing, every second counts. 10 minutes offline can cost thousands for your business. You can’t afford to wait for your tapes to arrive from their offsite storage location. An online backup and recovery solution gives you instant access to your most critical files, allowing you to quickly restore them in order of importance.
- Enterprise backup and recovery solutions give you access to advanced features like “point-in-time” and “bare metal” restorations.
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NaSPA (The Network and Systems Professionals Association) recently published an article about current trends in data compliance and business continuity planning. The article goes on to talk about the role of data protection within the disaster recovery process. It also goes on to discuss some of the key considerations that companies should take into account when planning their data recovery implementation.
For example: Speed of recovery is important. That's why you must establish an order of importance to all of your critical and non-critical business data. You must have a way of quickly restoring the most critical first, before restoring the less important ones. This means regularly purging data that is old or obsolete. A powerful data archiving application can be very helpful in these situations.
This article provides quite an in-depth analysis, and should be very useful in helping your company deal with vendors when establishing policies and procedures for your disaster recovery plan.
The article can be viewed at the NaSPA web site.
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Storagepipe scored another big win this week, as Systems Management News interviewed CEO Steve Rodin to discuss the growing trend of companies moving their data storage off-site.
The article exposes many situations where traditional backup methods often fail. For example, many companies with centralized, in-house backup will often neglect their laptops or remote locations. This is one of those situations that IT departments don’t think about until it’s too late.
It goes on to explore the management cost savings associated with a fully automated solution, and the infrastructure cost savings that come out the SaaS model.
Also, the article shows some of the common scenarios where IT administrators may play a role in the companies’ overall compliance and business continuity strategy.
For anyone interested in the latest Web2.0 trends for business, this article is highly recommended.
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