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You Think You've Really Destroyed That Data? Take A Look At What Got Recovered From Shuttle Columbia

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:31 AM ET | May 13, 2008

The loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew in 2003 continues to haunt many of us -- and, unexpectedly, has offered a lesson in the persistence of hard disk data.

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More On Disaster Recovery: Mind The Gaps In Your Plans

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:49 PM ET | May 7, 2008

We've talked a lot here about disaster recovery, and almost as much about planning for disaster recovery. In considering these, it's well-worth considering -- and looking for -- any hidden gaps or vulnerabilities that might bring even the best-laid plans to grief.

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Management Vendor Broadens Reach

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:51 AM ET | May 7, 2008

Systems and network management have been coalescing, so dividing lines between the two have become hard to discern. Consequently, it is not too surprising to see vendors in one of these areas moving more squarely into a new niche.

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IT | Management | Networking & Communications | Storage

10G Ethernet Moving from Fiber to Copper

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:20 AM ET | May 5, 2008

Faster speeds are something that IT departments constantly desire. 10G bps transmissions have been relegated to backbone switch connections but are starting to make their way into servers and storage systems because of less expensive cabling.

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McAfee And PlumChoice DoubleTeam For Remote Business Tech Services

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:44 AM ET | Apr 24, 2008

The latest alliance targeting small and midsize business tech-needs is McAfee's just-announced linkup with PlumChoice to provide on-demand tech services to, well, to you.

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Thumbs Down: Flash Drives Are Bigger Threat Than Many Of You Know

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:00 AM ET | Apr 14, 2008

The sheer convenience and affordability of flash drives is matched -- and more than matched -- by the threat potential they possess. And that's according to one of the drives' leading manufacturers.

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Storage: How To Win By Being A Good Loser

Posted by Fredric Paul 10:42 AM ET | Apr 10, 2008

When you think of storage, you probably think of the need to save everything forever. Think again. The right way to think about storage is to figure out what's really worth saving, and what your company can afford to lose.

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New Storage Reporting Features Focus on The Bottom Line

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:44 AM ET | Apr 10, 2008

How much money did this new product save the company? That question arises in just about every management meeting, so it would be helpful if you had an answer to it.

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Passport Privacy Problem Offers Business Lessons

Posted by Keith Ferrell 09:58 AM ET | Mar 21, 2008

The current news cycle hot-button -- State Department contractors poking into Barack Obama's passport files -- will give the pundits plenty to spout and sputter about from all sides. It should give small and midsize businesses pause to consider some of their own security procedures, policies and potential vulnerabilities.

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Whither Iomega?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 07:36 AM ET | Mar 13, 2008

One problem with carving out a successful market niche is that sometimes you attract unwanted suitors. Iomega, which manufactures portable data storage solutions, now finds itself in such a position, so its future is unclear.

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Disaster Recovery: Practice = Protection

Posted by Keith Ferrell 09:48 AM ET | Mar 11, 2008

How prepared can you be for a data disaster? Clearly the answer is never enough -- no matter how prepared you are, the recovery will undoubtedly reveal aspects of your preparation that can be improved upon. So why not start scouting out those improvable aspects before disaster strikes? Why not practice for problems and rehearse your recovery? Doing so now might eliminate post-disaster disasters later.

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Business & E-Business | Hardware & Software | IT | Security | Storage

Missing White House E-Mail -- Politics Or Bad Tech Policy?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:07 PM ET | Mar 5, 2008

The White House's assertion that as many as 5 million e-mails have gone missing has raised a lot of political hackles on both sides of the aisle and throughout the pundit-sphere over the last couple of years. Far less attention has been paid to a far more serious (and less politically secular) question: just what is the tech infrastructure underlying the White House's electronic communications?

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A Dozen Thumb Drives With Security Features

Posted by Keith Ferrell 02:03 PM ET | Mar 3, 2008

Thumb drives are convenient, cheap -- and all too easily lost, stolen, left behind or otherwise compromised... with potentially catastrophic consequences. Informationweek recently took a look at twelve drives that include security features.

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10G iSCSI Solutions Move Closer to the Mainstream

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:26 AM ET | Feb 21, 2008

Because of its IP based design and potential to lower storage costs, iSCSI has been gaining momentum recently. One reason why the technology may be worth a close look is it is now starting to support 10G bps transmission rates.

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Symantec Offers SMB Storage And Backup Services

Posted by Keith Ferrell 04:52 PM ET | Feb 19, 2008

As today's bMighty ANTenna points out, security giant Symantec is making a move into small and midsize business services. Its first salvos: hosted backup and online storage.

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Amazon Had a Very Bad Day. But Keep Reaching for Those Clouds

Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:59 AM ET | Feb 19, 2008

Much was made of the problems Amazon's Web services had last week. Its data storage service was down for a few hours, leaving many smaller businesses in the lurch. Is cloud computing not the knight in Web storage armor small businesses had hoped for?

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IBM Answers Competitors’ Storage Challenge

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:02 AM ET | Feb 14, 2008

The major hardware suppliers, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM, understand the growing importance that storage solutions play in the enterprises. Consequently, they have been trying to outdo one another with a spate of high profile announcements.

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HP Adds Resiliency Features to its Storage Systems

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 08:08 AM ET | Feb 7, 2008

Storage systems have become a vital component supporting many small and medium businesses’ mission critical applications. To help ensure application availability, vendors have begun delivering Fortune 500 redundancy capabilities at reasonable prices.

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Dell Forges into iSCSI Terrain

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:49 AM ET | Feb 5, 2008

Data here, data there, data, data everywhere, that has become the mantra in many small and medium businesses. Consequently, trying to manage their data storage systems has moved up the ladder of management concerns, something Dell tried to address.

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The Integration of Storage and Switching Takes a Giant Step Forward

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:06 AM ET | Jan 29, 2008

At one time, networking functions were placed in stand-alone devices. Recently, suppliers tried to reduce the number of products needed – and simplify deployment and maintenance -- by integrating different functions into one device, a trend industry giant Cisco heartily endorsed.

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650,000 More Customer Records Lost: It's The Physical Security, Too, Stupid

Posted by Keith Ferrell 08:04 AM ET | Jan 18, 2008

A data tape containing 650,000 J.C. Penney and other retailers' customer records including Social Security numbers, has been missing since last October, but notification of all affected customers has yet to be completed. Lots of lessons in this one.

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New Solutions Emerge for Data Backup Challenges

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 07:30 AM ET | Jan 10, 2008

Data here, data there, data, data, everywhere. That has become the mantra in many small and medium enterprises. Consequently, tracking and backing up important information has become a problem for many companies, one online backup suppliers are trying to address.

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Microsoft Accelerates Release Of Hyper-V Hypervisor

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:54 PM ET | Dec 13, 2007

The virtualization tide just keeps on rolling. Today, Microsoft unexpectedly unveiled a beta release of Hyper-V Hypervisor, which will become part of Windows Server 2008 next year.

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Dell Targets Small and Medium Business With Storage System Enhancements

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 08:42 AM ET | Dec 11, 2007

Tired of your dealing with storage solution provider and on the lookout for a new one? If so, Dell wants you to take a closer look at what it has to offer.

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Virtualization Means Different Things To Different Observers

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:10 PM ET | Oct 8, 2007

VMWare today announced a raft of new virtualization offerings, but InformationWeek, CNET, and PC World reported on the news in very different ways.

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