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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Disaster Recovery Services Providers, Q2 2010

IBM, HP, SunGard, And ICM Lead, Verizon Close Behind

In Forrester's 64-criteria evaluation of disaster recovery services providers, we found that IBM, HP, SunGard, and ICM led the pack due to their best-in-class core disaster recovery services and...

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Report:The Past, Present, And Future Of Replication

Upgrade Continuity And Recovery With Replication

Tape is not dead, and in fact, a large number of companies still rely heavily on tape for disaster recovery (DR). Tape is affordable and removable, but as the requirement to recover IT services after...

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Report:Market Overview: Enterprise-Class Backup And Recovery Software

Backup is not the sexiest process in infrastructure and operations; it's akin to getting your teeth cleaned: necessary, but often painful. Many enterprises struggle with exponential data growth,...

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Report:From London To Munich — Where To Colocate Your Data Center? And With Which Provider?

Colocation And Managed Services Providers In Western Europe

Are you running out of data center space or planning for a backup data center? Today, more companies are looking to colocation and managed services in lieu of building their own facility. Why? For...

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Report:Develop Your Road Map For Business Technology Resiliency Tools

Road Map: The Business Technology Resiliency Playbook

This report outlines Forrester's solution to help IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders develop their road map of business technology (BT) resiliency tools using Forrester's...

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Report:Updated Q4 2010: Market Overview: Backup Software-As-A-Service

The First Of Many IT Ops-Focused SaaS Offerings

It's been almost two years since we last produced this report, and during that time the vendor landscape has changed considerably; however, one constant remains true: Backup is a struggle for both...

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Report:Managing The Virtual World Is An Evolution, Not A Revolution

Adoption of virtual server technologies is expanding at breakneck speed because they offer flexibility and productivity benefits. As the complexity of virtualization is becoming obvious, however,...

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Report:Will Your Next Data Center Be Shipped To You In A Box?

What You Need To Know Before Purchasing A Containerized Data Center

So far, when it comes to data-center shipping containers for the enterprise, there's been a lot more talk than action. Many enterprises have expressed interest in the idea of modularly growing their...

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Report:Update Q4 2010: The Universe Of Corporate PC Backup Options

Protecting The Corporate PCs Is As Important As Protecting Servers

What's your reaction to this scenario? Your CEO leaves his laptop, full of mission-critical (but encrypted) data, in a cab. One frantic phone call later and we learn that a far-sighted employee had...

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Report:Market Overview: Disk Libraries, Q1 2012

Identity Crisis No More: The Backup Market Shifts From Virtual Tape To Treating Disk As Disk In Open Systems Environments

The use of disk in backup environments has been accelerating for several years. We've now reached a point where most infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals are using disk in some way,...

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