Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesIn 2012, UsedSoft won a case for second user software, which has enabled the market to grow across Europe. But it is now under threat. By Cliff Saran Second user software licence reseller ValueLicensing has picked up where the 2012 European Economic Area ruling in favour of UsedSoft left off. The company has filed a claim in the High Court in
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesHypervisor-based might be the most common form of server virtualization in organizations, but there are other options to consider, including hardware-assisted and OS-level. By Clive Longbottom With virtualization, the network, storage and compute resources are abstracted, so applications, services and functions are less dependent on the physical hardware. IT administrators can provide applications, services and functions with their own environment
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesFull virtualization and paravirtualization both enable hardware resource abstraction, but the two technologies differ when it comes to isolation levels. By Stephen J. Bigelow The idea behind all virtualization is to abstract a computer’s hardware resources from the software that uses those resources. A hypervisor is a software tool installed on the host system to provide this layer of abstraction.
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAdmins are using paravirtualization because of its ability to improve system performance and reduce virtualization overhead, but its challenges can cause issues for some. By Stefani Muñoz A paravirtualization interface provides admins with additional capabilities beyond full virtualization, such as easier backups, faster migrations, improved system utilization and power conservation. However, paravirtualization also comes with its own unique challenges, such
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAside from improvements to the Data Domain hardware, Dell also upgraded the PowerProtect software with a new air-gapped vault feature and improved integration with VMware vSphere. By Johnny Yu Dell EMC is integrating its PowerProtect data protection and management software with the next generation of its Data Domain hardware and changing the name of the series. The vendor’s next generation
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesDell EMC has expanded its PowerProtect portfolio with the launch of Backup Service, a cloud-based data protection product for SaaS applications, endpoints and hybrid workloads. By Johnny Yu Dell EMC has added a cloud-based backup service to its PowerProtect portfolio of data protection products. The new Dell EMC PowerProtect Backup Service protects SaaS applications, endpoints and hybrid workloads. Customers can
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBelow are simple steps for the procedure that you need to follow to reset your MD3000i storage and ultimately upgrade the firmware to the current version for optimal results. By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team Not sure how to restore your MD3000i controller to factory settings? The following tutorial will take you step by step through the process. Step 1 Install
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA disaster recovery test (DR test) is the examination of each step in a disaster recovery plan as outlined in an organization’s business continuity/disaster recovery (BCDR) planning process. Evaluating the DR plan helps ensure that an organization can recover data, restore business critical applications and continue operations after an interruption of services. By James Alan Miller and Ed Hannan In many organizations, DR testing is
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAn organizational resilience strategy is far-reaching, involving many facets of IT and the business — from disaster recovery to supply chain management. By Paul Kirvan While exact definitions of organizational resilience vary, several key characteristics are fundamental to the concept. Resilience refers to an organization’s ability to absorb the effects of a disruptive event, adapt to the circumstances associated with the event and
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesTape still has benefits, such as an ‘air gap’ that can insulate archives from threats to data integrity. But what are the opportunities for cloud in tape’s traditional use cases? By Stephen Pritchard Tape is the Mark Twain of data storage: reports of its death are certainly exaggerated. Tape continues to play a role in the enterprise, and not just because it is
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