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Security, Fast Deployment and Managed Services - the Benefits of Using the Cloud for MDM; Interview with Amtel CEO Pankaj Gupta Part II 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
In the arena of mobile data storage a business has a few options. In choosing which solution is best a company may ask itself, "Is keeping data on premises or putting it in the cloud more cost-effecti...
Maturing Deduplicating Backup Appliances Still Offer Plenty of Features for Organizations to Evaluate 23 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
As DCIG prepares to release a number of Buyer's Guides on Midrange Deduplication Backup Appliances in the next few weeks, we thought we would share some of our observations that came out of our evalua...
Putting a Secure "Edge" on Enterprise Mobility 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Anytime, anywhere, any device access to data is highly desirable for enhancing the productivity of an increasingly mobile workforce. But, if left to the end user, this enhanced access can create new h...
The Benefits of Using ZFS as a Virtual Storage Platform; Interview with Tegile Systems VP Rob Commins Part IV 21 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
The ZFS file system and volume manager is quickly becoming a preferred operating system (OS) among providers in the competitive arena of virtual storage. Lending to its popularity, ZFS is flexible, fu...
How Companies Can Adopt an Open Attitude in the Corporate World of BYOD: Interview with Amtel, Inc. CEO Pankaj Gupta, Part I 15 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Not long ago, organizations did not even dream about the need to geo-fence within their business nor did they ponder the security risk involved in managing the company data on mobile devices. But time...
Multiple Paths to Affordable High Performance in Hybrid Storage 9 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
As we have been working on the development of a DCIG Buyer's Guide for Hybrid Storage Arrays, it has been interesting to see the different approaches that the vendors are taking as they seek to levera...
SMBs Get Control Over Their Virtualized Environments; Interview with Scale Computing Part V 8 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Companies of all sizes are implementing virtualization. But as they do, small and midsized businesses (SMBs) are in particular finding they are ill-equipped to deal with the levels of complexity it in...
Four Tips to Evaluating (and Lowering) Backup's Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in Your Environment 6 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Most businesses recognize they need to backup data and many even routinely perform this task. However where they may lack clarity is in what backup actually costs them and if they are getting the most...
New Solutions to Antivirus are Pushing Defense-in-Depth to the Network Edge 2 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Security-in-depth is rarely discussed without including desktop antivirus with antivirus software being a cornerstone of corporate network protection since the advent of the computer virus. The danger...
Hybrid Storage Makes Storage Tiering in the Virtualized World Irrelevant; Interview with Tegile Systems VP Rob Commins Part III 1 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
In the fast-paced, ever-changing world of virtualization, the ability for a storage array to deliver performance at exactly the right time is essential. Unfortunately, most tiered storage systems are ...
