Every company wants to reach the Holy Grail of 99.999% availability. Customers are more tech-savvy than ever, and they have high expectations when it comes to service availability and continuity. When your company achieves a high level of business continuity, your customers and clients remain loyal. They know your business will always be there for […]
4 Scary Disaster Scenarios That Show Why You Need Offsite Backups
Offsite backups can protect your critical business data no matter what happens at your business location. […]
Why Your Backup Needs to Move From Tape to the Cloud
Some companies are still using tape for backup because it seems like an economical and reliable solution. Tape has a lower cost per gigabyte of storage than disk. It is also cheaper to store because it doesn’t require hardware for storage. Any back room or closet will do. Tape’s long shelf life makes it ideal […]
How to Prevent Spear Phishing
Spear phishing is a more targeted form of a phishing attack, where individuals of a particular organization are deceived into divulging credential information. In spear phishing, a message is designed to look as if it came from a trustworthy source within the organization. The message then prompts the employee/member to respond in a certain way, […]
The Advantages of Unified Threat Management
Long gone are the days where companies would use multiple stand-alone security technologies that are expensive, difficult to maintain and that cause confusion to the online security framework of the business. Unified Threat Management (UTM) addresses this issue. UTM can be defined as the consolidation of essential security functions into a single device that can […]
How to Prevent and Protect from Ransomware
Ransomware is a kind of malware that is designed to target and disable critical components of your system (such as important files and essential system components), making them inaccessible and unusable. Once ransomware is installed, it embeds deep within the system and is often impossible to remove without access to keys/codes that only the developers […]
IBM Power System S812: Speed, Scalability, Security and Efficiencies for Data-intensive Businesses
Data is a beautiful thing — and a powerful business tool. But it doesn’t manage itself. Today’s information- and application-intensive business environments demand systems that can accommodate enormous transaction processing workloads with a proven infrastructure, while keeping the focus on reliability, security, and availability. They also need to work at breakneck speed and combine endurance […]
How to Choose the Right Linux Distribution for IBM Power
Back in 2013, IBM renewed its commitment to Linux by pledging to invest $1 billion to improve the Linux OS on Power Systems. This investment helps to support 400 independent software vendors offering over 1,000 applications as well as 2,500 open-source applications. IBM’s ongoing support of Linux has encouraged the development of many Linux distributions […]
Why Companies Need to Rethink Backup and Recovery
The current technology risk landscape shows how crucial backup and recovery is for companies. Whether a business suffers an equipment failure, natural disaster, or a targeted attack, backup and recovery may be the only solution to the loss of data and mission-critical applications. When detection and prevention measures fail, backup and recovery is the last […]
5 Ways to Take Advantage of Cloud Trends with IBM Power Systems
The cloud is ever-expanding. With each passing year, the technology keeps growing by leaps and bounds, fundamentally changing the way we build new apps and deliver services. […]