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The IBM Ready Pack for Cloud Gives SMBs the Confidence They Need to Deploy the Private Cloud Infrastructure They Want

By Jerome M. Wendt on March 13, 2012 5:00 AM | Permalink | Leave a comment Rate this entry

Private cloud-based infrastructures are becoming a priority for almost every small and midsize business (SMB) as they deliver levels of flexibility, scalability and value that traditional IT architectures simply do not provide. But many of these cloud solutions are still immature and implementing the wrong one may be worse than having no cloud solution at all. The IBM Ready Pack for Cloud changes that by addressing today's SMB concerns while positioning them for tomorrow's requirements. (read more)

Imation DataGuard Stakes Claim as First PBBA to Bridge Gap between Local and Cloud-based Backup Requirements

By Jerome M. Wendt on February 22, 2012 7:30 AM | Permalink | Leave a comment Rate this entry

Disk-based backup is unequivocally on the rise in small and midsized businesses (SMBs). But as they transition from tape as their primary backup target, they do not necessarily want to abandon the benefits of tape nor immediately store their backup data in the cloud. Instead they want a product that meets today's backup requirements while acting as a bridge to get them where they want to be in the future. The new Imation DataGuard backup appliance bridges this chasm. (read more)

Deduplication Acquisition Puts Imation in Elite Class of Cloud-based Data Backup, Recovery and Archiving Providers

By Jerome M. Wendt on January 10, 2012 5:00 AM | Permalink | Leave a comment Rate this entry

Choosing the right cloud-based archiving and backup solution may well be one of the most important - and difficult - decisions facing small and midsize organizations in 2012. However a recent acquisition by Imation should contribute to easing which solution organizations should choose in 2012. This acquisition did more than give Imation a cloud-based backup offering. It put Imation among an elite class of providers that offer both local and cloud-based data backup, recovery and archiving options from a single solution. (read more)

Blackridge Authenticates the Environment of Today's Cloud-enabled Offices

By Ben Maas on December 5, 2011 5:00 AM | Permalink | Leave a comment Rate this entry

The ubiquitous username and password authentication scheme has been with us since the early days of the Internet. Since then, the Internet has grown tremendously in terms of both size and complexity with the threats faced by network devices and applications growing right along with them even though the means used to authenticate users and devices have stayed pretty much the same. To address these shortcomings, BlackRidge Technology introduced a new transparent means of authentication that adds a more robust layer of security while maintaining usability. (read more)

A Practical Scale-out Storage Solution minus Scale-out's Costs and Complexities

By Ben Maas on November 28, 2011 5:00 AM | Permalink | Leave a comment Rate this entry

Server virtualization is creating new demands for ease and simplicity in managing and scaling storage capacity and performance that go well beyond what traditional single or dual controller storage systems can provide. But what organizations may fail to recognize is that even current scale-out storage systems may NOT be truly optimized to cost-effectively deliver the storage capacity and performance that virtualized environments require. This is the unique value proposition that Gridstore with its vController technology is well positioned to address. (read more)

Imation InfiniVault Acquisition Gives SMBs New Storage Option for Managing Life Cycle of Data

By Jerome M. Wendt on October 25, 2011 5:00 AM | Permalink | Leave a comment Rate this entry

Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and data storage providers alike have become almost transfixed by storage system features that control storage capacity growth. Yet there are SMBs that possess applications such as medical imaging, healthcare records and video surveillance who need storage solutions that prioritize data life cycle management over controlling data growth. It is these SMBs who stand to benefit the most from Imation's recent acquisition of ProStor Systems and its InfiniVault platform. (read more)

Teradata's Hybrid Storage Brings Forward Affordable, No-Hassle, Scalable Performance for Today's Real World Business Intelligence Demands

By Jerome M. Wendt on September 30, 2011 5:00 AM | Permalink | Leave a comment Rate this entry

Data warehouses that are used to satisfy today's business intelligence requirements are measured by a new set of standards: Maximize performance and optimize storage capacity while keeping costs and complexity at bay. To satisfy these demands, Teradata recently introduced hybrid storage into its leading platform to boost its Enterprise Data Warehouse performance and storage utilization without making it a hassle to deploy and manage it. (read more)

vPhones Will Need a Secure Identity as Well

By Ben Maas on September 29, 2011 5:00 AM | Permalink | Leave a comment Rate this entry

One of the more exciting products to come out of this year's VMworld 2011 conference was a phone. This "phone" went well beyond the push-button, touch tone variety as it was an LG phone running a beta version of VMWare's mobile hypervisor for Android that creates what we here at DCIG refer to as "vPhones." (read more)

In Storage Systems Under $5,000 There Is a Difference

By Jerome M. Wendt on September 25, 2011 10:00 PM | Permalink | Leave a comment Rate this entry

The number of storage arrays that have a starting price point under $5,000 has grown substantially in the last few years. But the adoption of these systems is being largely fueled by their low price point even as features such as availability, performance and scalability are in some way sacrificed. The one notable exception to this trend is the Gridstore GS-1000 which also offers this attractive entry-level price point but does not require SMBs to sacrifice any of these features. (read more)

The Imation RDX A8 Disk Library Addresses the Specific Vulnerabilities that Concern SMBs the Most

By Jerome M. Wendt on September 20, 2011 6:00 AM | Permalink | Leave a comment Rate this entry

Today's data centric world can leave small and midsize businesses (SMBs) feeling particularly vulnerable. As their focus tends to be more on providing services and products for their clients and less on protecting the data that they create and use, they can feel a bit overwhelmed when it comes to selecting the right solution to protect their data and recover their business. The new Imation RDX A8 Disk Storage Library is specifically intended to address these concerns that these SMBs possess. (read more)

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