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Manual Selection vs. VMware Intelligent Policy?

March 18, 2021 | By DataEndure

Originally posted by DataEndure Principal Engineer, Brian Herbeck, on linkedin.com As enterprise environments grow, complexity follows. Many IT departments struggle to adhere to standard processes, maintain documentation and manage change. And significant gaps or changes can lead to backup failures. Current NetBackup versions allow for significant customization and control surrounding virtual machine protection. This article covers the advantages and use cases for using both manual selection and VMware Intelligent Policy…. Read More

Your Unstructured Data is Holding You Back

January 30, 2020 | By Kirstin Burke

You hear the term “unstructured data” often – data that is unorganized or doesn’t follow a structured data model. Gartner’s IT Glossary defines the term as “information assets organizations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes.” Unstructured data is often blamed as the reason why traditional relational databases don’t meet the needs of Big Data. But that conversation doesn’t adequately describe… Read More

Case Study: DataEndure and Actifio Deliver Digital Resilience

June 26, 2019 | By DataEndure

This case study from Actifio on DataEndure is available in its entirety as a PDF here. Legacy Approaches Transformed with Modern Solutions DataEndure helps organizations protect, secure, access and capitalize on their data. However, they were seeing customers struggle with legacy systems and outdated strategies that no longer served business requirements. Customers needed a fresh approach that would take advantage of more advanced technology to accelerate, simplify, and reduce costs, especially… Read More

Does your Disaster Plan Really Exist if you Never Test it?

October 24, 2018 | By Shahin Pirooz

Regardless of industry, when an unexpected event takes place and brings day-to-day operations to a halt, your organization needs to recover as quickly as possible and continue to provide services to its clients. From data security breaches to system disruptions to natural disasters, no business is immune to risk. Not having a disaster recovery plan in place can expose the organization to high financial implications, reputation loss and even greater… Read More

How Gemalto’s Tokenization System Protects Information

April 6, 2017 | By Shahin Pirooz

These days, some online payment processors, particularly mobile processors, rely upon tokenization to help improve security. For example, this technology empowers Apple Pay. Major credit card companies, like MasterCard, Amex, and Visa, are also now backing projects to help improve digital security with tokenization. Problems With Traditional Credit Card Payments Insecure payment processing schemes leave merchants, card holders, and card companies vulnerable. This kind of crime results in the loss… Read More

Who does CASB and Why Do We Need It?

March 30, 2017 | By Shahin Pirooz

A cloud access security broker, usually referred to as a CASB, offers a security gateway between your company’s IT infrastructure and that of a cloud provider. Companies use a CASB to extend their own IT governance policies and government regulations to third-party software and storage. If you have concerns about internal or external security threats, monitoring usage and behavior, or auditing historical data, you may need a CASB. To understand… Read More

IT Governance Risk and Compliance—Remove the Thorn in Your Side

March 23, 2017 | By Shahin Pirooz

In general, governance simply refers to the way that corporations follow business practices that conform to rules. Executives put these rules in place to help balance their own best interests with that of employees, customers, suppliers, governments, and other stakeholders. Naturally, some people may find certain rules inconvenient. However, in this age of mobile devices, remote workstations, elevated security threats, cloud storage, and increasing regulations, companies need excellent IT governance…. Read More

How to Consolidate and Store Your Aging Tape Inventory

March 16, 2017 | By DataEndure

Can you name the oldest kind of storage medium that’s still commonly in use today? According to Storage Newsletter, it’s magnetic tape, a vintage technology that was invented in the 1920s to record sound. One of the reasons that so many companies still store data on tape is simply because it’s cheap and reliable. Kept under the right conditions, magnetic tapes can last for decades. Some companies still have thousands of… Read More

How to Approach Storage Optimization for Space- and Cost-Efficiency

March 9, 2017 | By DataEndure

In our experience, many companies have relied upon a one-size-fits-all approach to data storage. Sooner or later, that approach grows inefficient, expensive, and in some cases, unworkable. This is particularly true if a company has not reanalyzed their storage needs for some time. Many of our new clients have concerns about performance, security, and costs. When we analyze and categorize our client’s data, questions about efficient, secure, and affordable data… Read More

How and Why You Should Determine Your RTO and RPO

March 2, 2017 | By DataEndure

Conversations between a DataEndure SME backup engineer and customer can go like this: I need to revamp my company’s backup-and-restore solution. The script I’ve been tweaking all along is getting too complicated and error-prone. But while I’m ripping and replacing, where can I get some of that virtual recovery stuff I’ve been hearing about? We’d be happy to show you, but first let’s map out your current situation. Which of your applications… Read More

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