Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesFDM’s IT chief takes us through the challenges of responding to the coronavirus pandemic, and the future opportunities that the changes introduced now present. By Jonathan Young We are all experiencing the dramatic changes that Covid-19 has ushered in and the effect it is having on nearly every area of our lives. While technology has played a significant role in how we
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesThis data security guide digs into data protection and privacy compliance, explaining how to construct a proactive security strategy strengthened by best practices. By Sandra Gittlen Data security is one of the most daunting tasks for IT and infosec professionals. Each year, companies of all sizes spend a sizable portion of their IT security budgets protecting their organizations from hackers
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesAs companies look to bring employees back into the office, security teams must consider how to handle security testing due to initial remote work deployments and shadow IT. By Mark Whitehead, Guest Contributor When state governments across the U.S. began issuing shelter-in-place orders over the past couple of months, businesses had to quickly learn how to enable a fully remote workforce for
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesHard disk drives are going to remain a key part of a reseller’s portfolio, especially as larger capacity drives come to market. By Nick Powling Traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) have their place as an integral part of datacentres and servers. The amount of data generated is growing rapidly so servers must keep up with a huge space demand. The
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesEnergy-assisted hard drive technology is here, and heat-assisted and microwave-assisted magnetic recording technologies are about to bring even more changes to the HDD market. By Stacey Peterson High-capacity data storage is needed now more than ever, as today’s work-from-home world increases the use of cloud services, video content and image sharing. According to IDC, most of the data generated today
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesDon’t write off HDDs just yet. Energy-assisted technologies such as MAMR and HAMR may keep hard disk drives competitive in an evolving secondary storage market. By Erin Sullivan Hard disk drives may be considered obsolete by some, but modern HDD technologies have made significant strides in increasing storage capacity and speed. SSDs, cloud-based storage and software-defined storage may have made
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesData replication can play a big role in a disaster recovery plan, so make sure you’re familiar with the different types of replication and where they work best. By Dave Raffo Erin Sullivan Data replication is the process of copying data from one location to another so you have multiple up-to-date copies. For disaster recovery, replication usually occurs between a
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesMany organizations have employees working from home, but some may not have taken the security and training precautions that remote work requires. By Robert Sheldon Amazon announced that the company is extending its work-from-home policy until January 2021, continuing a trend that many organizations have adopted since the onset of COVID-19. It’s not clear yet whether other companies will follow
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWith companies continuing work from home for the foreseeable future, Rohit Dhamankar offers home security advice to help security and employees keep company data and employee devices secure. By Rohit Dhamankar, Guest Contributor Having employees connect remotely to your corporate network is not new. Most companies use cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and have some virtual private network (VPN) or remote
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAs cloud becomes intrinsic to IT, shifting roles have led to some risks being overlooked. But companies are getting smarter about alleviating cloud cybersecurity threats. By Mary K. Pratt Enterprise IT has more than a decade of experience in cloud computing, yet many organizations still report significant struggles when it comes to securing their cloud deployments. The reasons for the
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