In 2014, there were 45 major disaster declarations in the United States according to the Federal Emergency Management Association. These ranged from many severe winter storms, floods and mudslides to tornadoes, earthquakes and a wildfire. For each of these disasters, there were probably numerous companies that were brought to their knees as a result of […]
Major Security Breaches in 2014
2014 was the year of the security breach. The work of cybercriminals was all over the news. Powerful companies like Home Depot, Dairy Queen, Kmart, Staples, JP Morgan Chase, and Sony were among those that had valuable data stolen from their information systems. Not only did personally-identifiable information of their customers get exposed, but these […]
IBM Seminar – The New Rules of Data Security
Is Data Security a concern for your organization? If it’s not, it should be. You don’t have to be a Home Depot, Target or JPMorgan to have your data breached. There are all kinds of data security threats out there that case pose all types of risks to your business. Protecting your sensitive data is […]
Fortinet Gets Top Scores from Gartner
The Gartner Magic Quadrant is considered by many as the Holy Grail in the IT world when it comes to ranking hardware, software and services providers. It is a series of market research reports published by industry analyst group, Gartner. The Magic Quadrant ranks companies in two areas: completeness of vision and ability to execute. […]
Tapeless Backup Strategies for IBM Power Systems
Why are so many businesses looking at tapeless backup solutions to modernize the backup of their mission-critical data? Tape backup has many shortcomings. It is expensive to store tapes in an off-site facility. Tapes are often vulnerable to obsolescence and can be lost or stolen when being transported off site. They can also deteriorate over […]
Protecting Your Systems and Data with High Availability Solutions
You never know! This week Atlanta was paralyzed by snow. In late 2012, New York and New Jersey were overtaken by Sandy. Weather can be a factor anywhere and if you’re not properly prepared your business can suffer. Having the right safeguards in place to protect your data and systems from failure can be the […]
Instantaneous Backup of Virtual Machines
In the past, the IT Department had to jump through hoops to back-up their server data. The solutions they had often took a long time to deploy, were costly, required users to manage agents and recover from scratch which most importantly, took far too long to recover. […]
IBM’s Storage Manager: Tivoli Supports De-Duplication and Replication
Prior to IBM’s Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 6.3, the product family did not offer de-duplication and replication capabilities. This was a concern for many users that were using the solution or debating on whether to select TSM for its storage management tool. Today, IBM has made de-duplication and replication standard features in its TSM product […]
High Availability & Disaster Recovery Options for IBM Power Systems
In a world where most businesses rely on their computer systems to run their operations, downtime can be extremely costly. System failures can not only negatively impact the bottom line, but they can also affect essential parts of the business, such as customer service. […]