Backup and archiving have changed over recent years partly riding on advances in technology. When do you perform backup and when to archive? What are the technical and operational considerations that need to be looked into for each. This paper looks at Simpana Software as a platform for achieving both.

I was watching "2012" last night. As buildings crumbled it dawned on me that all the world's information - including what I am writing now - is stored on technology that is over 20 years old. RAID! And nothing has changed much. Why?

selecting the right data protection vendor

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.

For businesses and government organisations to fully realise and protect the inherent value of the data within their service, they have to recognise the need to eliminate deployment of multiple point solutions and embrace a unified approach to data management. If they do this they are in a position not only to reap the benefits in terms of business continuity and disaster recovery.

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.

Despite the drive to improve efficiency and reduce costs, businesses are still regularly investing in unnecessary IT processes. Chad Lian Country Manager, CommVault in Malaysia, considers the hidden implications of data storage and demonstrates how, without sensible management, something as simple as sending an email could still be impacting on a business’ bottom line a year from now.