In an age of corporate hacks and insider attacks, data sanitization—the process of securely and comprehensively removing data from IT hardware—is more important than ever. Following a data breach of any form, a company’s reputation can hang in the balance.…
Not a week goes by without news of another data breach somewhere. Cybercrime, from phishing attempts and acts of ransomware all the way to state-sponsored attacks, is becoming more difficult to stop at the organizational front door.
However, businesses needn’t …
Whether on Valentine’s Day or any day of the year, there is much to admire about the hard disk drive (HDD). From its rich heritage across centuries to its workhorse status in the enterprise data center, here are the five …
While the history of hard drives continues to unfold, early attempts to mechanically store information go back centuries. In fact, it was the early days of the industrial revolution that gave rise to the technical concepts that power today’s …
In the enterprise data center, the next big thing is always around the corner. But in the case of NVMe Over Fabrics, the hype may prove justified. From almost every angle, NVMe-oF technology, which unlocks the NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) …
The impact of cloud infrastructure and services on enterprise computing is both deep and wide. Business of all shapes and sizes have experienced the shift. Nowadays, whatever your position on cloud services may be, the reality is almost everything is …
The adoption of hybrid cloud, an organization’s mixing of public and private cloud services, has long been a talking point for companies of all sizes.
There’s little doubt that the hybrid cloud presents an appealing proposition for IT leaders: the …
The ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China has entered its latest period of volatility, as IT managers brace themselves for price hikes on data center hardware in the coming months.
With the Trump administration raising tariffs from …
Commentators frequently speculate on the future state of the data center. But for IT managers and data center operators making purchasing decisions, the direction of travel for IT hardware is more than an exercise in conjecture.
Understanding where the data …
Once you’ve taken the decision to migrate storage, what does this mean for your legacy storage assets? What steps can you take to recover greatest value from retiring drives and related hardware?
It’s not sufficient to plan for what happens …
