Once you have taken the decision to migrate data to the cloud, how to prepare your data for migration? What options do you have, working with the large CSPs, to get data into the cloud as cost effectively and time …
IT asset disposition, or ITAD, may not be the easiest industry terminology to say five times fast. But anyone involved in the practice of ITAD knows the importance of responsible disposition for IT hardware.
They also know how much value …
Horizon Technology has added Responsible Recycling R2 Certification (R2:2013), accredited by Orion Registrar, to its list of industry certifications.
The R2 Standard, overseen by the non-profit Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI), requires businesses that refurbish and recycle used electronics …
As 2018 winds up, and with the new year on the horizon, it’s a good time to look at what’s in store for 2019 in the world of IT asset disposition.
It’s true, we spent most of 2018 …
For some companies, the role cloud plays in their IT infrastructure is clear cut. Global streaming service Netflix took the decision almost a decade ago to “go all in” with the cloud for its compute resources. Partnering with AWS, it …
As an IT manager or storage engineer, you have a lot to consider when deciding whether and how to migrate data into the cloud. Not only must you understand the benefits and potential limitations of cloud storage, you need to …
What to do with all the hard drives kicking about when it comes time for a refresh cycle or to decommission parts of a data center?
When companies decide to upgrade and replace, or dispose of, outdated equipment, one of …
Once you have taken the decision to migrate data to the cloud, what does this mean for your legacy storage assets? What steps can you take to recover greatest value from retiring drives and related hardware?
There are an estimated …
The many obituaries and tributes on the recent death of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen describe the company’s deep roots as an innovator in software and technology in general. Rarely shying from risks, and often, especially in its earlier days, betting …
At the recent Open Compute Project conference in Amsterdam, a number of companies made announcements that further solidify Open Compute Project’s mission. OCP was founded in 2011 to encourage sharing and standardization among organizations that are users and builders of …
