Data as Baggage

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:00:00 EST

It's often said that IT administrators in general, and storage administrators in particular, are highly risk-averse. Clearly that's the case today. Look for a moment at any one of the surveys that seeks to understand the most pressing issues on the minds of those are tasked with the stewardship of enterprise data. These surveys point to data protection, security, system reliability and availability, and responsiveness to regulatory agencies and corporate governance as top priorities. Hot products these days are continuous data protection (CDP), disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T), and e-mail archiving solutions. Storage-based data encryption solutions are now getting a thorough examination as well. Managing risk is a prime mover in the storage industry.

i-Technology Viewpoint: Thinking Outside the VC Box

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:30:00 EDT

Prior to the year 2000, business was a world in love with office spaces and corporate travel. We traveled to work (the office) every day. We traveled away from the office for customer meetings, for internal meetings, for conferences, for awards ceremonies. We traveled because we could and we believed that it was necessary for the competitive advantage. That all changed rather quickly with the economic downturn of the early 2000s and, of course, 9/11. In short order, we relearned how to do business by staying put.

Articles by John Webster

Data as Baggage

i-Technology Viewpoint: Thinking Outside the VC Box