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Data virtualization is becoming more important as industry-leading companies learn that it delivers accelerated IT projects at reduced cost. With such a dynamic space, one must make sure that vendors will deliver on their promises. This white paper outlines the top 10 qualification questions to ask before and during the proof of concept. ...

Today more organizations are looking to the cloud to increase agility, reduce capital costs, and free up staff time and resources. After phasing cloud technologies into the “low-hanging fruit” areas of testing and development, however, companies encounter complexity and difficulty when attempting to take the next step and transition mission-critical workloads to cloud environments. In this white paper, you’ll learn how Simpana softw...

Over the last five years, many companies have re-signed with their legacy backup solution providers because the benefits of changing were not obvious. But data and information management and protection technologies are growing far more complex and dynamic than they’ve ever been, and new innovations can supply major advantages and help companies keep pace with rapidly changing landscape. In this white paper, you’ll find five critical cons...

Server virtualization brings many well-known benefits, including cost efficiencies, management automation, and improved agility. Most enterprises are already invested heavily in virtualization technologies, but with these new operating models come challenges to data management and infrastructure protection. This whitepaper outlines five important considerations that must be addressed in order to take advantage of the benefits of virtualization for you...

Your business cannot survive without data management and protection, but getting control of rapidly growing and increasingly distributed information silos is a huge challenge. Infrastructures are growing more complex, virtualization and cloud create more obscurity, and BYOD creates dozens if not hundreds of new endpoints to protect. Legacy backup methods simply don’t meet the demands of today’s datacenter. This handy checklist presents 1...

Data growth, data center consolidation, server virtualization, and cloud services are wreaking havoc with conventional approaches to backup and recovery. This concise white paper presents five strategies for data protection – from deduplication to automation to granular recovery – that will not only help solve your current data management challenges but also ensure that your data infrastructure and processes are well-positioned for the i...

From hybrid cloud to mobile to analytics, virtualization is enabling companies to embrace the latest IT trends. But in order to take your operations to the next level, it’s important to make sure your current virtualization initiatives aren’t headed for a stall. This brief outlines three important ways to tell whether virtualization is helping your company thrive or just propagating complexity and inefficiency. If you see your organizati...

We're making it easy for hackers. New technologies like mobile, Big Data, and the Internet of Things expand the attack surface and bring new technologies they can exploit. In addition, weaknesses in code that is decades old and common problems like server misconfiguration, weak passwords, and poor coding practices open doors that should have been closed long ago. To protect your business, you need an in-depth understanding of the evolving threat lands...

Headlines featuring large-scale cyber breaches at Target, Home Depot, Sony Pictures, and others have taught us one thing—no-one is safe. But who are the hackers who are able to pull off such huge attacks against sophisticated targets, including the U.S. Government? And how do they do it? This new report will help you learn more about hackers and how they work. And that can help you better plan and deploy your own defenses. Read it to underst...

Studies show the average time to resolve a security breach once detected is more than 45 days, and companies lose more than $1.6 million during that time. The obstacles to faster response include lack of resources and an inability to effectively communicate and collaborate among the multiple teams and tools larger enterprises rely on for protection. This white paper examines the "outrun the bear" approach prevalent in IT security: you don't have to...