#Data Storage
Cloud computing trends to embrace this year
There’s no doubt the adoption of cloud computing is increasing. The latest research from Gartner shows the market for cloud services is predicted to surge to $208.6 billion by the end of 2016, up from $178 billion in 2015. In Australia, an estimated 76% of businesses are utilising cloud computing (StollzNow Research), with 46% of non-cloud users planning to engage cloud […]
SMB management: tips for taking the best care of your growing data volume
Data storage is an important issue to any business, but it is especially important to growing companies. If your business is like most, you probably have scads of data that needs to be stored and protected. Many small businesses either ignore or do not take into account the fact that, as you grow, you will […]
Storage solutions: What every business owner should know about the cloud
The cloud provides many benefits to businesses of all sizes when it comes to secure and affordable storage. However, many businesses still have their doubts, and you may too. Here are some of the most important things to know about the cloud so that you can take full advantage of it for your business. A […]
Does size matter?
Read any tech or marketing title at the moment and someone is saying something about ‘Big Data’.
Are you playing hide and seek with big data?
Amid all the discussion around big data over the past few years, there’s a more fundamental question businesses need to be asking themselves: Do I know where my company’s data is residing?
7 tips for managing IT infrastructure of SMEs
While big business is all over its back-up and redundancy strategies, SMEs are all too often, not giving full consideration to what could happen should disaster strike.
Back it up, baby!
What would you do if your business lost all of its critical data? With World Back-up Day on Sunday, now’s the time to think about it!
Scientists solve data storage issues with DNA
With more and more data being created every second, it’s not going to be long before we run out of space, or we see our hard drives break down due to over capacity. But scientists at the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute have discovered a new way to store information using DNA.
Data sovereignty starts with classification
Data sovereignty pertains to data storing, sending and processing restrictions outside national borders. Legally termed as “trans-border data flow” data sovereignty still remains to be one of the top concerns of SMBs hindering them to move their business to the cloud.
Seven ways to know if your data storage solution stacks up
Got a data back-up system, but aren’t sure whether it will hold strong if something goes wrong? Here are seven tips for making sure your data storage solution is suitable for your business.
Avoid common data nightmares these holidays
If you’re taking off for a well-earned rest this holiday season, here are some ways to avoid a total nightmare in managing your data wherever in the world your travels may take you.
How mid-sized businesses can make smart decisions on technology
The IT transformation currently occurring in the market isn’t just impacting the big end of town. Mid-sized businesses are also seeing unprecedented data growth, making it essential they make smart decisions about technology now.
Time to lose the ‘Band-Aid’ approach to IT
In a guest post for Dynamic Business, EMC’s Mark Oakey urges small businesses to adopt a sustainable approach to IT.
Data backup facts & options
If your business were to become victim to a disaster, would you be able to continue serving your customers? Business data backup is an often ignored essential. So here’s all the data backup information you need to arm your business. Data backups. It’s a topic that may seem boring or blatantly obvious, but it is […]
Flexible work & security risks
Unless businesses begin securing corporate data outside the corporate IT infrastructure, the valuable evolution towards flexible working may be short lived, writes Tim R. Dickinson. Working form home may be the stuff of fantasy but flexible working is now a corporate reality improving staff retention and supporting corporate environmental policies. The near ubiquity of broadband […]
Tips to protect your company data
Risk management—the forward management of negative events while taking into account the probability of those events occurring—is a necessity if you’re to protect company data. Like avoiding accidents in the workplace, you can prevent business disasters by being vigilant when it comes to data storage and network protection. To avoid the consequences of a network […]