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Feb 10, 2012

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ALSO CALLED: Tape Security, Storage Encryption, Data Storage Security, Storage, Secure Data Storage, Disk Security DEFINITION: Storage security is the group of parameters and settings that make storage resources available to authorized users and trusted networks - and unavailable to other entities. These parameters can apply to hardware, programming, communications protocols, and organizational policy. Several issues are important when considering a security method for a storage area network (SAN). The network must be easily … Definition continues below.
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Optimizing Private Cloud Infrastructure Performance and Availability sponsored by Virtual Instruments WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a new class of tools designed to optimize today's virtual infrastructure and combat these challenges. In this paper, discover how IT managers are overcoming concerns regarding fibre channel and the cloud, I/O challenges and more. You'll also receive today's best practices to ensure the future success of your cloud. Posted: 10 Feb 2012 \| Published: 10 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Storage \| Private Cloud \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Security

6 Tips to Selecting HDD and SSD Drives sponsored by Nexsan WHITE PAPER: This white paper is here to help you understand the important factors to be considered when selecting drives for your storage infrastructure. In this paper you'll receive 6 key tips and considerations to examine before deciding on a storage solution, and discover which technologies are better-suited for various types of data and/or organizations. Posted: 09 Feb 2012 \| Published: 09 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Content Management \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Best Practices for Backup Disaster Recovery for SMBs sponsored by Symform WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides best practices regarding backup and disaster recovery operations for SMBs. In this paper you'll learn about the importance of DR, discover what options are currently available for SMBs, and learn how emerging virtualization and cloud technologies can help keep your backup and DR costs low. Read on to learn more. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Content Management \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| SMBs \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

ESG Lab validation Report: Cost-effective Disk-based Backup sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid is a cost-effective, scalable disk-based backup solution that replaces tape in your nightly backup process, enabling faster and more reliable backups at a price comparable to a new tape library. ExaGrid offers the only disk backup appliance with data deduplication purpose. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Content Management \| Data Deduplication \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Disk Backups \| Disk Storage Systems \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

ExaGrid Systems Named Champion in Disk Backup Vendor Landscape by Info-Tech Research Group sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: As a Disk Backup Champion, ExaGrid received the highest rating from Info-Tech Research Group for its exceptional product architecture and overall vendor score highlighting the company’s ‘exemplary’ strategy and strong viability, reach and channel. Read on to learn more. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Content Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Disk Backups \| Disk Drives \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

ExaGrid Systems Awarded Best-in-Class Rating in DCIG 2011 Midrange Deduplication Appliance Buyer’s Guide sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The 2011 Midrange Deduplication Appliance Buyer’s Guide rated the ExaGrid EX13000E “Best-in-Class” out of 37 different deduplication solutions for its functionality and capability. All ExaGrid appliances rated as “Recommended” scoring a 9.8 in technical support. ExaGrid rated as “Excellent” for hardware across all products. Read on to learn more. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Content Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Five Keys to Scalability and Disk-Based Backup Systems sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: In selecting a disk-based backup solution, it's critical to consider the scalability of each prospective solution to ensure that it will meet the needs of your organization now and into the future. This paper outlines the five key questions you should ask when evaluating the scalability of any disk-based backup solution. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Content Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Disk Backups \| Scalability Testing \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

ExaGrid Gets High Marks in Independent ESG Lab Evaluation sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: ESG Lab believes that organizations struggling with the cost, complexity, and risk associated with tape backups would be wise to consider the bottom line savings that can be achieved with ExaGrid. Check out this lab validation report to learn more. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Disk Backups \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Symantec NetBackup Appliances: Key Considerations in Modernizing Your Backup and Deduplication Solutions sponsored by DLT Solutions WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces two backup appliances designed to meet the challenges IT managers are facing today. In this paper, you'll learn about the features of these integrated solutions and read a brief case study outlining a real-world application of these technologies. Read on to learn more. Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Replication \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

GTE Federal Credit Union sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this 3-page case study to learn how GTE FCU avoided a costly “forklift” upgrade and instead benefited with Riverbed Steelhead appliances by reducing data traffic by fourfold, achieving RPO objectives, and enabling rich, granular reporting capabilities. Posted: 31 Jan 2012 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Content Management \| Disaster Recovery \| Infrastructure Management \| ROI \| RPO \| RTO \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Security

Psomas Uses Riverbed Whitewater to Back Up to the Amazon S3 Cloud sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Learn about how Psomas, a leading consulting engineering firm, overcame challenges with its legacy disaster recovery and backup strategy. Upon implementing Riverbed Whitewater cloud storage gateway, the company was able to cut tape infrastructure costs by 60%, speed restore times, and improve nearly every aspect of its DR and backup strategy. Posted: 31 Jan 2012 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| Content Management \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Virtualization

Quantum vmPRO 4000: Complete Backup and Recovery Solution for Virtual Machines sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces an integrated, turnkey data center solution designed to accelerate VM backup and restore operations while keeping IT costs to a minimum. Featuring backup, storage and data protection technologies all-in-one, this integrated solution can protect your most critical VM data. Read on to learn more. Posted: 31 Jan 2012 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Enterprise Content Management \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups \| Virtualization Security

Quantum vmPRO Software: All-in-One Protection Solution for Virtual Machines sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a turnkey data center solution designed to simplify and accelerate VM backup and restore operations while lowering IT costs. Read on for a brief introduction to this technology and its benefits. Posted: 31 Jan 2012 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Enterprise Content Management \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups \| Virtualization Security

Questions You Must Ask Before Buying a VM Protection Product sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper for 7 critical questions to ask before buying a VM protection product. Designed to help you through the evaluation process, this paper will help you understand your needs and make it easier to find a product that will fit them most effectively. Read on to learn more. Posted: 31 Jan 2012 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Enterprise Content Management \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Virtual Machine Backups \| Virtualization Security \| VM

Raising the Hyper-V Backup Standard sponsored by Veeam Software WHITE PAPER: Veeam Backup & Replication capabilities: Image Based Backup and Replication, Changed Block Tracking (CBT), Deduplication and Compression. Enterprises using Hyper-V can now leverage the power of Veeam Backup & Replication to enable server virtualization and improve the standard of data protection as well as lower costs. Posted: 30 Jan 2012 \| Published: 30 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Replication \| Data Storage \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Security

IDC Vendor Spotlight: Optimizing Virtual Data Storage, Management, and Utilization sponsored by Dell Compellent WHITE PAPER: This paper examines technology advancements in storage and explores how using these technologies in conjunction with virtualization can solve your storage challenges. Posted: 27 Jan 2012 \| Published: 27 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Replication \| Storage Security \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

Imation InfiniVault Proves Faster Data Retrieval for District Attorney's Office sponsored by Imation Corp. WHITE PAPER: Check out this quick case study to see how the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office in Golden, Colorado migrated their historical documents off the optical system and onto the ProStor InfiniVault, and the numerous cost and efficiency benefits they realized. Posted: 27 Jan 2012 \| Published: 27 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Security

Holding Company Invests in ProStor InfiniVault to Save Time and Money sponsored by Imation Corp. WHITE PAPER: The Colonial Company, a diversified holding company in Montgomery, Alabama, was in need of a reliable data storage system that required less maintenance, less manual interaction and more automated features. Read this case study to learn how Colonial adopted a modern expandable storage platform and the benefits they realized. Posted: 27 Jan 2012 \| Published: 27 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Mirroring \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Data Security \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Replication \| Storage Security

Get the latest report on Virtualization Data Protection in 2011! sponsored by Veeam Software WHITE PAPER: The Veeam Software 2011 Virtualization Data Protection Report builds upon the previous year and tracks the progress of enterprise-level organizations’ data protection strategies. This year’s report reveals that disaster recovery is actually becoming even more difficult. Download the report now and see all of the key findings. Posted: 27 Jan 2012 \| Published: 27 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Enterprise Content Management \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtualization Security

Get the 6 Battle-Tested Practices to Avoid Data Loss NOW! sponsored by Veeam Software WHITE PAPER: Backup and restore solutions that once worked with reasonable efficacy in physical environments are in many cases ill-suited to accommodate the unique aspects of the new “virtual world”. Download this new white paper to learn the 6 battle-tested practices to avoid data loss. Posted: 27 Jan 2012 \| Published: 27 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtualization Security

Data Sheet: Backup for Windows Servers sponsored by Peer Software WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a new server backup solution that can help meet today's biggest backup and recovery challenges. Designed to allow real-time disk-to-disk backup while keeping management costs low, this technology can both reduce your backup window and ensure your data is secured. Read on to learn more. Posted: 24 Jan 2012 \| Published: 24 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backup Server Hardware \| Backups \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Server Management \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Data Sheet: Backup for Windows Laptops sponsored by Peer Software WHITE PAPER: This white paper is here to clue you in on everything laptop backup. In this paper you'll learn about the differences in requirements between on-site and remote backups, how to configure, deploy and monitor a remote backup solution in real time, and how to ensure efficient and secure data transfer from any location. Read on for more. Posted: 23 Jan 2012 \| Published: 23 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Laptop Computers \| Remote Backups \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

How to Measure the ROI of Cloud Data Protection sponsored by Autonomy, an HP company WHITE PAPER: This white paper makes the business case for utilizing the cloud for backup and recovery operations, and explains how doing so can help your organization reliably meet RTOs and RPOs. Also included is the potential for profit from lower operational costs after investing in the cloud, and tips and a checklist to help you calculate cloud ROI. Posted: 18 Jan 2012 \| Published: 18 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Virtualization

Survey: All's Not Well at Endpoints sponsored by Autonomy, an HP company WHITE PAPER: This white paper is here to help you find an effective, efficient and affordable endpoint data protection solution. By exploring the need for endpoint security and the liabilities associated with not having security practices in place, this paper provides all of the information you need to find a solution that's right for your organization. Posted: 18 Jan 2012 \| Published: 18 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Center Management \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Endpoint Security \| Security \| Security Management \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Why Cloud and How to Choose a Cloud Vendor sponsored by Autonomy, an HP company WHITE PAPER: This white paper is here to help. In this paper you'll learn how to determine if the cloud is right for you, and receive today's best practices and recommendations for finding the right cloud vendor and products. Also included is a look at cloud-based data protection, and an analysis of the benefits cloud technology has to offer. Posted: 17 Jan 2012 \| Published: 17 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Archive \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Security

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STORAGE SECURITY DEFINITION (continued): … accessible to authorized people, corporations, and agencies. It must be difficult for a potential hacker to compromise the system. The network must be reliable and stable under a wide variety of environmental conditions and volumes of usage. Protection must be provided against online threats such as viruses, worms, Trojans, and other malicious code. Sensitive data should be encrypted. Unnecessary services should be disabled to minimize the number of potential security holes. Updates to the operating system, supplied by the platform vendor, should be installed on a regular basis. Redundancy, in …
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