For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Inquiry Spotlight: Archiving, Q4 2008

by Stephanie Balaouras, December 8, 2008

Forrester clients report that data storage is doubling every 12 to 18 months. Not only is data growth exploding, but companies also need to figure out how to retain this data for regulatory compliance or legal discovery purposes. As a result, more and . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Q&A: Compliance Storage Demystified

by Jo Maitland, October 24, 2008

Relying on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for guidance on regulations turns out to be a pretty bad idea, as we are finding out in more ways than one these days. When it comes to figuring out what constitutes compliance-based storage, the . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Best Practices: Email Archiving

by Jo Maitland, October 17, 2008

With so many vendors now offering products for email archiving, getting beyond the hype to what you really need is becoming more and more of a challenge. Many of these tools were created for financial services companies dealing with compliance regulations, . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Q&A: The Future Of MAID Storage

by Jo Maitland, September 16, 2008

Massive array of idle disks (MAID) storage, a technology that radically cuts down on the power consumption of disk drives by spinning them down or off when not in use, has barely made a dent in the market. Despite the hype around green IT, there are several . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Archiving: Finding Data In 2050

Stick With Open Standards To Build A Long-Term Digital Archive

by Jo Maitland, July 1, 2008

In 2050, it won't be a question of saving data, but how on earth to find it when you need it and then actually read it is the real question. Just like eight-track tapes from the 1970s, whatever digital storage medium you save your data to today will be . . .

For B2B Market Research Professionals

Storage And Archiving Adoption In Asia Pacific  (146 KB PPT)

by Ellen Daley, April 3, 2008

A look at storage and archiving adoption in enterprises in Asia Pacific.

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Database Archiving Remains An Important Part Of Enterprise DBMS Strategy

by Noel Yuhanna, August 13, 2007

Although database management system (DBMS) technology continues to advance, huge databases driven by enormous data volume growth are bringing major challenges in manageability, performance, availability, and security. Terabyte-size transactional databases . . .

Backup Versus Archiving: Firms Need Separate Strategies For Each

by Stephanie Balaouras, Barry Murphy, November 17, 2006

According to the Business Technographics® May 2006 North American And European Enterprise Infrastructure And Data Center Survey, data archiving or data retention was the most important storage priority in 2006. This was driven by the need to retain . . .

Iron Mountain Acquires LiveVault

Market For Outsourced Storage Services Heats Up

by Stephanie Balaouras, December 1, 2005

On December 1, Iron Mountain — best known for its physical data and records management services — announced its intent to acquire server backup software and subscription services vendor LiveVault. This is Iron Mountain's second acquisition of this kind . . .

Building The 100-Year Archive

Why Archiving Data For 100 Years Will Become Practical

by Galen Schreck, August 24, 2005

Although corporate and legal issues have recently brought data archiving to the light of day, the problems associated with preserving digital information are not new. Archiving for a few years is hard enough, but when requirements dictate that data be . . .

StorageTek Joins The Object-Based Archiving Fray

by Galen Schreck, June 14, 2005

Object-based archives, sometimes called content addressable storage, have been gaining attention as firms have begun to improve their long-term retention of electronic records in response to increased regulatory pressure like that from Sarbanes-Oxley. . . .

ILM's Next Challenge: The Metadata Wars

Why Storage And Application Vendors Will Fight To Control Metadata

by Galen Schreck, April 4, 2005

While metadata is not new, it has come to light as a critical element of automated information life-cycle management systems. Many products for archiving and content management create and use their own metadata today — but these databases must become . . .

StorageTek Takes On Fixed Content Archiving

New Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100 Targets EMC And HP

by Galen Schreck, February 3, 2005

Most firms shopping for information life-cycle management solutions have overlooked high-end tape backup vendor StorageTek as a provider of complete information life-cycle management solutions. However, StorageTek aims to change that with its new Lifecycle . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Database Archiving Usage Grows

Performance And Compliance Issues

by Noel Yuhanna, October 4, 2004

Forrester estimates that the yearly data growth rate exceeds 50% for many enterprises, making data archiving increasingly important for achieving consistent application performance and meeting regulatory requirements. However, archiving requires careful . . .

VERITAS Adds ILM To Its Utility Computing Vision

KVS Acquisition Brings A Leading Archiving Product — And A Foundation For ILM

by Galen Schreck, September 2, 2004

VERITAS Software has announced that it will acquire KVS in an all-cash transaction worth $225 million. KVS has built a successful business fueled by firms' need to maintain regulatory compliance while reducing overall storage costs. On September 30, KVS' . . .

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Select the Right Vendor for Integrated Storage and Message Archiving

by Anders Lofgren, Erica Driver, September 10, 2003

The vendors that are most actively involved in message archiving and most fully address the storage considerations of message archiving are EMC, IBM, NetApp and StorageTek. Others include HP and VERITAS Software.

Select Storage Media to Minimize Legal Exposure

by Bob Zimmerman, September 10, 2003

There are specifications about data security, privacy and integrity and these should be the controlling parameters, with cost secondary and consideration also given to the time required to recall the data under review.

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Focus on Storage Strategy During Message Archive Planning

by Anders Lofgren, Erica Driver, September 9, 2003

IT organizations that make message archiving decisions in the context of an overall storage strategy today best position themselves to reap the benefits of tighter integration between these technologies as they evolve.

Integrated Message Archiving and Storage Architecture Not Yet a Reality

by Anders Lofgren, Erica Driver, September 3, 2003

IT organizations should include integrated message archiving and storage architectures in their 12- to 18-month road maps but should not expect to be able to implement them at reasonable cost until then.

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Records Management Requirements Drive Changes in Enterprise Content Management and Storage Strategies

by Anders Lofgren, Robert Markham, Erica Driver, July 10, 2003

Decision-makers should consider both storage hardware and software as they embark on ECM implementations. In the next 36 months, they should strive for a centralized storage management capability and infrastructure across all content-related applications.

Hardware Cost Is a Small Piece of the E-Mail Storage Puzzle

by Anders Lofgren, April 24, 2003

As well as hardware costs, users need to take into consideration staffing, additional software and hardware and other costs. All of these items must be accounted for to realize a complete picture of e-mail storage costs.

Data Archiving: Policy Management Is the Key

by Bob Zimmerman, October 25, 2002

The Difference Between Data Archiving and Data Warehousing

by Lou Agosta, October 22, 2002

A data warehouse implements a data model optimized for decision support, a model that is significantly different than the upstream transactional data. In contrast, a data archive implements a data model identical to that being archived.

Legato Expands Archiving Capabilities With OTG Software Acquisition

by Anders Lofgren, February 26, 2002

This acquisition will improve Legato's product offering, and OTG customers will get real integration between the OTG products and Legato's product, most notably NetWorker, which will make both products easier to implement and manage.

Criteria for Selection: Laptop Backup/Archive Products

by Bob Zimmerman, February 11, 2002

The challenge with managing the laptop backup process is motivating the user to run the backups and getting the recovery right, which implies deciding in advance what level of recovery to support.