How Big Data Challenges IT Storage Managers
This post was excerpted from Managing Information Storage: Trends, Challenges, and Options 2011–2012 from EMC Corporation and Global Knowledge The unprecedented growth of data, its increasing...
View ArticleManaging Storage: Trends, Challenges, and Options
How are IT and storage managers coping with the organizational challenges posed by the explosion of data, increasing criticality of digitized information, and rapid introduction of new storage...
View ArticleWhat is AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) comprises more than 30 services in dozens of data centers located in nine regions around the world. The task of fully comprehending exactly what AWS is and how it can help...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Amazon Web Services (AWS)
In my last post, I covered what Amazon Web Services (AWS) is. In this post, I’ll cover some of the more popular services that provide the majority of the utility and benefits. If your company starts...
View ArticleTake the World Backup Day Pledge
March 31 is World Backup Day. One of the first things you have to master when learning to drive a tractor on a farm is how to back up. I swear, some days it seems you’re backing up more than you’re...
View ArticleA Brief History of Logical Volumes
Permanent data storage normally uses hard disk drive (HDD) technology originally developed by IBM in the mid 1950s. Today, HDDs are typically aggregated into arrays in storage appliances using various...
View ArticleSearching for Unicorns and Wizards in Big Data
Although many may argue the point, technology implementation for big data (and technology implementation in general) is usually the easy part. There’s a script to install it, there are online resources...
View ArticleBacking Up Your Data vs. Backing Up Your PC
In my computer security classes, I tease my students that “Backups are good; restores are better.” The unfortunate fact of life is that computer hardware wears out and stops working. Software has bugs....
View ArticleThe Benefits of Backing Up Your Data Online
If you have a reliable, high-speed Internet connection, you can back up your system and data online. While this isn’t a solution for many, if you live or work in an urban area your cable or telephone...
View ArticleHow To Protect Data in Flight
Accessing cloud-based resources, whether they be IaaS/PaaS/SaaS-based, is very convenient. With a browser and Internet connection, you are up and running. No driving to your work office, no need to log...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Amazon Web Services (AWS)
In my last post, I covered what Amazon Web Services (AWS) is. In this post, I’ll cover some of the more popular services that provide the majority of the utility and benefits. If your company starts...
View ArticleA Brief History of Logical Volumes
Permanent data storage normally uses hard disk drive (HDD) technology originally developed by IBM in the mid 1950s. Today, HDDs are typically aggregated into arrays in storage appliances using various...
View ArticleSearching for Unicorns and Wizards in Big Data
Although many may argue the point, technology implementation for big data (and technology implementation in general) is usually the easy part. There’s a script to install it, there are online resources...
View ArticleBacking Up Your Data vs. Backing Up Your PC
In my computer security classes, I tease my students that “Backups are good; restores are better.” The unfortunate fact of life is that computer hardware wears out and stops working. Software has bugs....
View ArticleThe Benefits of Backing Up Your Data Online
If you have a reliable, high-speed Internet connection, you can back up your system and data online. While this isn’t a solution for many, if you live or work in an urban area your cable or telephone...
View ArticleHow To Protect Data in Flight
Accessing cloud-based resources, whether they be IaaS/PaaS/SaaS-based, is very convenient. With a browser and Internet connection, you are up and running. No driving to your work office, no need to log...
View ArticleMicrosoft Certifications Excel in Four Key Areas
Stop for a minute and consider the range of Microsoft’s offerings and the longevity of its creations. This is a company that has not only given the world what is perhaps the gold standard in desktop...
View ArticleCourse Spotlight: Cloud Workload Planning
What is it? It’s inevitable that your company will migrate a workload to the cloud. Since there’s no escaping it, we have launched a new, exclusive course (Cloud Workload Planning) to help stakeholders...
View ArticleHow Data is Delivered
Every second of every day, data is being sent and received. Billions of data packets are processed by your company’s network every day. In fact, you received dozens of packets just to read this...
View ArticleTake the World Backup Day Pledge
I grew up on a farm, and one of the first things you have to master when learning to drive a tractor is how to back up. Some days I swear it seems you’re backing up more than you’re going forward. I...
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