Prior to GDRP – the legislation protecting personally identifiable information and the active prevention of data exfiltration was weak and seen as a toothless tiger – the view was ‘if I do not have to tell anybody or there is no real legislation or authority policing such incidents, then what’s the worst that can happen?’ (See The Stick below) Sadly the reality is far from this – GPPR has teeth and is VERY live and dangerous.
Why the hell should I use software defined storage?
It seems we are living in a world where everything is “something-defined” or “something as a service” and we are surrounded by more and more acronyms. So when faced with Software Defined Storage (SDS) we may ask ourselves “Why not to use good old physical or block storage?” and good old physical hardware if it […]
Veritas 360 Data Management
Veritas has unveiled the new 360 Data Management™ Suite, a new offering that packages data management components under a single subscription license to better suit the needs of businesses as they move toward digital transformation. The Veritas product portfolio already offers one of the industry’s broadest and most comprehensive set of multi-cloud data management solutions. […]
NetBackup Health Check Renewal
NetBackup (The Big 8) is out now and it’s time to ensure that you are obtaining the maximum return on investment for your data protection platform and that you are ready to take advantage of version 8. If you are being forced to version 8 due to platform uplifts (server 2016, sql206, exchange 2016, or […]
Insentra’s Red Hat Capabilities
Insentra has extensive Red Hat capabilities, including: Fedora RDO Gluster Ceph oVirt ManageIQ Ansible KVM CentOS Cloud Consulting Services Product Consulting Services Delivery Consulting Services OpenStack Platform Red Hat Gluster Storage Red Hat Ceph Storage Red Hat Virtualisation Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Developer Toolset Red Hat Enterprise Linux Add-Ons Red Hat Enterprise Linux […]
Moving to Sharepoint or Exchange 2016? you need “Eight”
It has now been Six months since the NetBackup 8.0 release and now is a great time to look back at the journey so far. Whilst many customers adopt new major NetBackup releases after several patches, it is been clear that many did not follow this strategy with version 8.0. Consider this – was the short support cycle of the […]
The State of Information Governance
Organisations are now investing in Information Governance. This infographic outlines the current state of Information Governance and provides recommendations on how to get on board! Read more about it here >
If Information Governance is the End Point – What’s the Journey?
As your business grows, the data you store grows with it. The journey is about getting the right people to assess the kinds of information stored, what it is used for & why it is important. How do I accurately plan for the journey? The challenge for businesses is to understand the kinds of information […]
The Data Management Journey
As your business grows, the data you store grows with it. It’s important to remember that information management is an ongoing journey. It’s about getting the right people to assess the kind of information stored, what it’s used for & why it’s important. It’s not about quick fixes that will achieve short term goals. The […]