Pros and Cons of 4 Storage Options for Mid-Sized Organizations When was the last time you evaluated your organization’s storage needs? If it’s been a while, you may discover that the market landscape for storage options looks different now compared to when you last evaluated your storage needs. Until recently, on-premises databases were the default for many organizations. Today, you can choose from an array of local…

Manufacturers that reach capacity for on-premises storage have two options. Until recently, the default option for many manufacturers was to continue storing data on-premises by purchasing a new EMC box. Though this option may have the benefit of being a familiar data storage strategy, it may not be the best option for every manufacturer. New EMC boxes often require provisioning hundreds of thousands of dollars in CAPEX while…

Although many organizations conflate DR strategies with business continuity, these two strategies are not the same. While Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies are critical for all organizations to recover data after a disaster, simply having a DR strategy in place isn’t enough to get your business up and running after a disaster. Business continuity, though similar to disaster recovery, is about restoring business operations. Where a DR strategy…

What the Rise of Advanced Imaging Technology Means for Healthcare IT. In the last several years, medical imaging technology has changed radically. New 3D imaging allows clinicians to view internal organs from all angles. High-resolution imaging gives diagnosticians a more precise view of what’s happening in their patients’ bodies. One of the advances that has allowed medical imaging to become so much more precise is …

When IT leaders think about their business continuity plan, the most-considered questions typically revolve around protecting and storing data in backend servers or databases. Where are your primary data centers located and where are your backups stored? Do you need instantaneous failover for all applications or only for a few select mission-critical applications? How will you bring your applications back online after a natural…

As you begin to consider how a hybrid cloud strategy may allow you to achieve your IT objectives and business goals, one of the first questions you might ask is, “How much will it cost?” While hardware may have a relatively limited set of features and relatively fixed price, the flexibility that a hybrid cloud brings to your business means that it also brings an array of complex cost considerations. Here are 5 cost considerations you’ll…

It may be easy to assume that operating as a little-known mid-sized company is enough to keep you safe from cyber attacks. After all: if your business doesn’t make the front page, how will cyber criminals even know you exist? If your organization serves a regional population with specialized medical services, why would thieves bother to target you when they could target a larger healthcare network?

For IT leaders who are managing a growing number of data environments, there comes a moment of realization that it’s time for your organization to start formalizing its hybrid cloud strategy. Maybe you leave a board meeting wondering why your business is still managing software licenses and running your own data centers. Maybe you’ve already migrated some or all of your infrastructure to the public cloud, but the strategy that …

If you’re starting to think about deploying a hybrid cloud strategy for the first time, you may be overwhelmed by your choices. Building the “hybrid” part of your hybrid cloud strategy involves researching and vetting countless hybrid cloud service providers to identify the right providers of storage, colocation, private cloud, and public cloud—and determining whether a provider will suit your needs can be a challenge. As you begin…