31 July 2010
Saturday
Continuous data protection has always been a viable alternative to traditional backup but can it completely replace it?
One of the greatest challenges facing organizations today is the protection of corporate data. The issues that complicate data protection are compounded by increasing demand for data capacity, and higher service levels. As the demands for data capacity and higher service levels grow, protecting corporate data becomes more challenging. Continuous Data Protection, as discussed in this white paper by Evaluator Group and IBM, can cost-effectively improve security with minimal impact to business.
Events such as technical failure, virus attack, deliberate sabotage or employee error can destroy valuable data. Organizations must plan for data recovery and implement mechanisms for managing the data recovery process.
Most organizations have some semblance of disaster recovery in place. The more prepared companies have a proper business continuity strategy. The most prevalent data protection strategy, however, only does point-in-time copies and therefore achieves near-real-time data protection. Andrew Martin, vice president for Asia Pacific with BakBone Software, explains how to achieve real-time data protection without breaking the bank.
Data protection is more than just installing a backup software or copying data to tapes. Many companies in Asia fail to meet even basic disaster recovery requirements because of poor data protection planning. Here are some insights into protecting data with a sound investment strategy.
Continuous Data Protection obliterates the need for having more and more effective snapshots on storage arrays for data protection. So will CDP sound the death knell for snapshots?
Whether you work in a large or small organization or you are a home user wanting to secure your hard disk information, securing your precious data assets in today’s world is a must. The perils of data loss loom large. A carefully-planned data protection and back-up policy can avert a major disaster for any organization.
Most SMEs think that having a backup solution in place is sufficient to protect their business. Yes, backup saves your data. But how fast can you recover in the event of a disaster if your systems and applications are not included in your DR strategy? This is the question that Edward Lim, general manager for Acronis' Asia operations. Lim shares his thoughts and experience in building the right DR strategy for your business.
Like many US banks, Huntington Bancshares faced strict regulatory requirements amidst strong competition and demanding customers. With retaining customer trust over the long term, the company needed to protect information and make it accessible continuously. This paper looks at the steps taken by the Bank to mitigate disaster with a business continuity strategy that included increasing speed of recovery and reducing the costs of managing its 160-TB EMC storage infrastructure.
Continuous Data Protection means being able to backup your data (plus systems and applications) regularly over any distance. Edward Lim, general manager for Acronis Asia, discusses the various CDP variants and a new option for SMEs - near CDP, which offers CDP-like benefits without the associated costs.
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This statement of direction describes the SAP vision, strategy, development, and commitment for enterprise performance management solutions and their future roles and positions within the overall SAP® solution portfolio by laying out a three-year road map.
Protecting corporate data requires much more than backing up data to secondary storage. Eliminating duplicate data and keeping data archives compact is key.
This case study features a top-ranked hospital for patient safety & clinical excellence, and how it ensures patient data security while lowering storage and administrative costs by up to 75 percent.
QLogic Fibre Channel stackable switches are providing the backbone for the International Broadcast Center's storage area network at the 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa.
