Six Myths About Cloud Computing
[ Source: Advanced Systems Group ]
November 2009-
When it comes to technology these days, the cloud is the place to be. Cloud computing has emerged as a hot trend, right alongside virtualization and service-oriented architecture (SOA). Vendors are racing to cash in.
As a result, market misinformation abounds, creating confusion among organizations that might otherwise benefit from the new technology. And as with any emerging technology, much remains in flux. Standards are still evolving, prices and pricing models vary widely, and ....
Proximity Hosting Pitfalls
[ Source: CFN Services ]
September 2009-
Zero latency is the optimal trading speed that all firms hope to achieve at some point. But until that can become a reality, there is a race to keep reducing latency from all aspects of the trading process. From the server to the messaging to the sending and receiving of data, each piece must be optimized to reach the goal of zero latency. There are many avenues companies are looking at to reduce variables and ....
Benefits of a Virtualized Data Center
[ Source: Peak 10, Inc. ]
April 2009-
One of the hottest trends in the IT industry today, server virtualization has its roots in the IBM mainframe world of the 1960s, had a rebirth in the late '90s, and finally came of age in 2007. Since that coming of age, the market penetration of server virtualization is staggering. On one end of the spectrum, nearly 100 percent of Fortune 1000 companies are using virtualization technologies on production systems. On the opposite end of ....
Nucleus Research ROI case study with Google Message Discovery
[ Source: Google ]
February 2009-
A leading medical products provider adopted Google Message Discovery, an on-demand message discovery service, to improve productivity of its IT staff, avoid hardware costs, and improve its ability to rapidly and thoroughly perform email searches. Nucleus calculated the costs of software and personnel over a 3-year period to quantify the company’s total investment in Google Message Discovery.
Easing The E-mail Burden During Burdensome Times
[ Source: YouSendIt ]
January 2009-
In this white paper, you will learn how IT professionals are combating the e-mail deluge with solutions that meet their business requirements, are cost effective, deploy easily, and are easy to manage. Information on ways to reduce storage and IT management costs by offloading attachments is supplemented with methods to ensure data security and regulatory compliance with complete control and auditability. The solutions discussed ultimately help both users and companies gain efficiency, speed, and ....
Eight Criteria For Selecting A Digital File Delivery Service
[ Source: YouSendIt ]
January 2009-
The demands on corporate IT departments have never been higher, prompted by a sharp economic downturn and factors emerging for the past several years, including globalization, niche marketing, and a mobile workforce. Just when IT has become absolutely critical to the world’s new, nimble business models, IT departments have found themselves hobbled by a number of factors, not the least of which is more employees needing to share more information back and forth among more ....
The YouSendIt Seven-Layer Security Strategy
[ Source: YouSendIt ]
January 2009-
YouSendIt employs seven levels of security throughout its infrastructure to deliver the premier secure, reliable, digital content delivery platform in the industry, including data center facilities, network access control, user authentication and authorization, data storage, data transmission, data retention, and auditing.
Solving the Storage Conundrum
[ Source: BlueArc ]
October 2008-
There are two things that can be done to minimize damage to Internet Services Companies caused by unexpected downtime or outages. The first is providing customer transparency, giving them detailed explanations as to exactly what's going on. The second is to get rid of or reduce as many outages or performance degradations as possible by eliminating some of the most common root causes. Regrettably, too many Internet Services organizations cut corners on their storage in ....
Symantec NetBackup (NBU) Design Best Practices with Data Domain
[ Source: Data Domain ]
August 2008-
Standard practices and conventional technologies are being pushed to their limits in many backup environments. Data Domain deduplication storage solutions for Symantec NetBackup (NBU) helps customers efficiently manage the ever-increasing amount of backup and archive data.
This white paper walks you through how Data Domain integrates with NBU, including planning and sizing considerations, operational considerations, offsite replication, and other integration basics so you can get the most out of this powerful solution.
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FileWorks Online Helps Company Improve Customer Service And Reduce Costs
[ Source: FileWorks, Inc. ]
May 2008-
One company was looking to safely transfer sensitive health care and personal information to clients and business partners and Maintain secure lines of communication between the company, clients, and carriers. It needed to provide a means to securely review employee lists and establish new client accounts for health insurance. It was able to secure online data storage with FileWorks Online simplified secure information transfer and provided a secure backup system for business-critical data.