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• November 26, 2006 26 Nov'06

  Virtualisation buying guide [Day Two: Virtualisation software examined]

  Deploying software on a server or dedicated appliance is often easier for smaller organisations, but the actual product choice demands careful consideration. Now that you've reviewed the essential issues involved in any virtualisation product, this ...

• November 23, 2006 23 Nov'06

  Commentary: We've never met a "thought follower"

  A couple of days back, a vendor tried to convince us that their new security consultancy services should be of interest to you, our readers.

• October 04, 2006 04 Oct'06

  ISCSI gains strength from servers

  More powerful servers are helping ease some performance concerns for users considering IP SANs, but others say they still want to see more improvement.

• September 16, 2006 16 Sep'06

  Universities lean on each other for better disaster recovery

  As another school year begins, colleges and universities are opening their doors to each other in order to get enterprise-level disaster recovery plans working.

• July 31, 2006 31 Jul'06

  Real life experiences: Lessons learned in disaster recovery planning

  Debbie Schwartz shares the lessons she has learned in keeping disaster recovery implementations up-to-date with new and changing business needs.

• July 24, 2006 24 Jul'06

  Disaster recovery report card: Measuring your company's disaster recovery profile

  Disaster recovery planning is challenging because you don't know what you're planning for or how well your disaster recovery plan will hold up in the face of an emergency. Use this report card to measure your disaster recovery plan and identify ...

• June 07, 2006 07 Jun'06

  CDP overview

  Storage volumes are growing at an alarming pace, and tape-based backups are not always possible within an available backup window. Today's businesses are increasingly focused on tighter RTO and RPO. Faster restorations and more recent recovery ...

• May 15, 2006 15 May'06

  Tape and disk encryption product roundup

  With tape and disk encryption products becoming more popular, storage administrators have more options in how to protect sensitive information at rest in the data center and in flight across public networks.

• June 26, 2005 26 Jun'05

  Remote backup services get affordable

  Remote backup services, traditionally reserved for major banks and cash-rich Fortune 500 companies, are now available to small and midsized businesses.

• March 17, 2005 17 Mar'05

  Pros and cons of remote mirroring for DR

  Remote mirroring takes place over MAN or WAN distances. It's usually between storage arrays or storage appliances, and can be synchronous or asynchronous.

• December 30, 2004 30 Dec'04

  Archive: Bits & Bytes column library

  Bits & Bytes column library archive -- 2003 to 2004