Backup services can save hardware and staffing costs, but beware of surprise fees. (Journal Article - October 1, 2008)

2008 will be an exciting, competitive and sometimes confusing time to be a storage professional. It won't be enough to be a great storage tech. (Journal Article - February 1, 2008)

Tape encryption technologies and practices are on the rise. But with more choices than ever, careful consideration of the options is critical. (Journal Article - January 1, 2008)

There are numerous places to embed encryption into your backup infrastructure. Considering key management and performance issues, here are our recommendations. (Journal Article - November 1, 2007)

The fall 2007 edition of Storage magazine's exclusive Purchasing Intentions survey reveals some subtle changes in storage managers' buying plans as new technologies gain greater consideration. (Journal Article - October 1, 2007)

There are numerous threats to NAS data and many different ways to protect it. The trick is to find the right level of protection for the perceived risk. (Journal Article - September 1, 2007)

It seems like every article about encryption starts by rehashing high-profile screw-ups where a tape containing a million credit card numbers bounced off a delivery truck or disappeared off the loading dock. (Journal Article - September 1, 2007)

You can't duck it any longer; it's time to encrypt your backup tapes. (Journal Article - July 1, 2007)

There may be a slight respite for storage managers who have spent the last few years trying to keep up with runaway storage growth, according to the results of Storage magazine's spring 2007 Purchasing Intentions Survey. (Journal Article - May 1, 2007)

With a little planning, your iSCSI storage network can be even more secure than a legacy Fibre Channel storage network. (Journal Article - May 1, 2007)

Security is a cradle-to-grave commitment that spans products, processes and personnel. Microsoft has proved that you can turn on a dime and remedy security shortcomings, and now some leading storage vendors are following its example. (Journal Article - May 1, 2007)

Regular remote backups, data encryption and a two-stage authentication sign-on process are the best ways to secure laptop data. (Journal Article - February 1, 2007)

New specs from a standards group could bring easy-to-manage, built-in security to storage devices. (Journal Article - January 1, 2007)

iSCSI SANs, hardware-based tape encryption, high-capacity disk drives, virtualization and thin provisioning will be must-have technologies next year. (Journal Article - December 1, 2006)

Companies need to take a more strategic approach to tape encryption by building a services-based architecture that can meet today's needs and scale to accommodate future needs. (Journal Article - November 1, 2006)

Encryption can protect your data, but it can also play havoc with other storage applications. (Journal Article - October 1, 2006)