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The Advantages of Using SAN (Storage Area Network)

SAN (Storage Area Network) has the ability to move data between servers. It consists of a high-speed network of storage devices that connects the devices with servers. Many companies choose to deploy SAN because it offers better flexibility, availability and performance than direct-attached storage. Other reasons to use it are: You want better disk utilization. When your storage is in a centralized storage network you can manage everything as 1 entity You need a reliable disaster recovery solution. The upfront cost is high, but the benefits can be realized in just an hour after your system goes down SAN assures 100

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The Advantages of SSD (Solid State Drives) in Servers and Web Hosting

Solid state drives are the latest development in hard drive technology. If the name sounds familiar, that may be because it sounds very similar to its predecessor HDD or hard disk drive. Both types of hard drives are the nonvolatile storage on a computer, smartphone or tablet. This is the data that does not get wiped when the device turns off. Hard drives store data such as files, pictures, videos and other hard data saved on the device. Physical advantages SSD (Solid State Drives) are vastly superior to HDD (Hard Disk Drives). Their physical composition is most evident of this. With

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Taking the Buffet Approach to Cloud Computing

Few organizations survive without trial and error. What may work well today may not work tomorrow. While it is possible to build educated guesses on market fluctuations, no one knows the future. Uncertainty may be the reason companies have invested in a buffet style cloud computing approach. Why are organizations not focusing on one single approach? Development Life Cycle Changes Over 71% of cloud companies focused on DevOps, according to a RightScale study. This focus of DevOps, a combination of development and operations, is not to only build software. Instead DevOps looks to support that software through its natural life

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Take Advantage of Big Data for Big Results!

The buzz word in the IT industry used to be virtualization. Virtualization changed the landscape of IT and server consolidations became very popular. Next, cloud computing became the hottest buzz word followed by our favorite term, Big Data. What exactly is Big Data and how can you benefit from it? Big Data by definition is simply information that cannot be processed or analyzed with traditional processes or tools. Basically, you have a vast amount of data but you really do not know how valuable it is because you have no mechanism to find out. Can you see the problem? According to an

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Storage: Balancing Use of On-Site Security and Business Continuity

Working in the cloud has its rewards and its risks. The multiple layers of security you provide can still be penetrated by hackers, stolen and claimed as their own. Data and documents need protection so you can maintain total ownership without being subject to the risks of storage penetration. Choices for Storage Storage is most significant as a business issue due to the huge amount of information that any enterprise accumulates in the course of a year. Until recently, external hard drives were added as needed, but that can soon became unwieldy. The large amount of data and recent extreme events have

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Statistics Show Businesses Don’t Really Know What to Look for in an Email Scam

Email scams continue to plague businesses no thanks to most of those emails looking far too convincing. While it’s true that many fake emails look like they’re from official sources, statistics keep reminding us that personnel in businesses still can’t tell any difference. Recently, McAfee did a study showing only 3% of those surveyed correctly identified an email scam. This means 97% of all businesses will likely be fooled this year once again. The implications of the above are sobering, yet you still have some clues available to help you scope out the fakes. Your best bet is just being circumspect about all

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