Storage & Data Centre Solutions White Papers

System i provides a wealth of data to help analyse performance and storage usage. The problem is that, using System i administration tools alone, much of this information is cumbersome to access and difficult to use. This paper runs through System i Management best practices and tools to help. VIEW SUMMARY

This paper explores the connectivity-specific needs of UK firms that are either providing or utilising cloud or virtualisation services, looking at next-generation networking technologies as well as factors influencing the siting of data centres such as power, regulations and backbone networks. VIEW SUMMARY

Intellectual property theft is hugely costly for businesses. Disgruntled ex-employees can destroy reputations or utilise confidential company data. The cost of negligence is high. This paper explores these costs with real-life examples. Read this paper as a warning to protect your business. VIEW SUMMARY

The real business impact from reducing IT complexity comes from making money, by having critical resources available to be effectively and efficiently deployed. Choosing the right storage solution can be key in getting the maximum benefits from virtualisation and consolidation. VIEW SUMMARY

There is a problem; data is growing, and so protecting it has become an issue. Data loss prevention, however, has huge flaws, which are discussed in this white paper. It is simplistic and cannot scale, amongst other problems. Data growth and prevention are not in harmony. Read to find out more. VIEW SUMMARY

In a world of threats, protecting servers and information assets in the data centre is paramount. This paper explores these threats and the security controls required to protect against them. Data breach statistics and a review of a range of solutions also feature. VIEW SUMMARY

More critical data now resides at the “edge” of the enterprise in remote or branch offices (ROBOs) and on client systems. If organisations are not able to reliably protect and quickly recover this, they face significant business risk associated with losing or having to recreate unprotected data. VIEW SUMMARY

The volume of data is ever increasing, as well as a growing number of virtual servers, demand to reduce downtime and more regulatory requirements. If these problems sound familiar, this white paper provides a useful summary. What is wrong with legacy backup? What is modern data protection? VIEW SUMMARY

What do we need from modern data protection? This paper answers this question, before considering how CommVault’s software can help to modernise your backup and recovery strategy. Read to find out how Simpana software can help to solve data protection and management challenges. VIEW SUMMARY

Server virtualisation has undeniable benefits, but what about its faults? This white paper explores the growing tendency towards virtualisation and how this impacts upon data protection. It also highlights five data protection pain points that need to be overcome to make virtual servers a success. VIEW SUMMARY