IT departments are currently facing the huge challenge of dealing with quickly increasing amounts of data while budgets remain flat. That’s especially causing problems when it comes to managing backups and preparing for disaster recovery.
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Businesses don’t trust their disaster recovery plans
Filed Under: Data Center, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views Tagged With: backup, budgets, disaster recovery
Virtualization: IT’s top priority in 2012
The explosion in the amount of data generated by companies and on-ongoing pressures to cut costs will lead many organizations to adopt server virtualization in 2012, according to a recent survey.
Filed Under: Data Center, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views Tagged With: big data, server consolidation, virtualization
IT wastes a lot of money in this area, says Intel
How warm does your company keep its data center? According to tech giant Intel, most companies are wasting a lot of money on data center cooling by keeping temperatures unnecessarily low.
Filed Under: Data Center, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views Tagged With: cooling, Google, Intel
5 critical steps for IT’s disaster recovery plan
Most businesses are aware of the need to plan for a disaster, but many don’t know where to begin. Here’s one guide from a disaster recovery firm.
Filed Under: Data Center, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views Tagged With: backup, disaster recovery, plan, Vision Solutions
Cost of a data breach rose 56% in the past year
Here’s another statistic IT pros might use to convince their organization’s finance department to invest more in data security:
Filed Under: Data Center, In this week's e-newsletter, IT Security, Latest News & Views Tagged With: breaches, costs, incidents, Ponemon Institute, response
5 ways cloud computing can backfire
Many businesses have moved to the cloud to save money. But are some of them actually paying more than before?
Filed Under: Data Center, Networking, Special Report Tagged With: cloud computing, data security, service providers, storage
Companies lose $5,000 per minute during data center outages
Obviously, no company wants its data center to go down. But just how much is lost during those outages?
Filed Under: Data Center, Hardware, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views Tagged With: Data Center, Emerson Network Power, outages
5 practical power-saving tips for the server room
Many data centers may be in need of an upgrade to the power system. But before making a big overhaul, there are some things IT can do to stretch the life of the current infrastructure.
Filed Under: Data Center, Hardware, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views Tagged With: Data Center, energy, power, virtualization
Cloud storage and web hosting taking off
While some research has shown IT people may be reluctant to move to the cloud, that doesn’t appear to be the case at small and mid-sized businesses.
Filed Under: Data Center, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views Tagged With: cloud, Iconnyx, storage, web hosting
Business execs: ‘Move to the cloud already’
With many technologies, it often takes IT a while to convince business folks to approve new investments. But with cloud computing, it appears as though the opposite may be happening.
Filed Under: Data Center, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views Tagged With: Accenture, cloud computing, survey