IT Toolbox

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The following is an evolving recommended reading list of data infrastructure topics including, server, storage I/O, networking, cloud, virtual, container, data protection (backup, security, HA, BC, DR). The evolving list includes books, blogs, podcast?s,

Storage 100

Storage Virtualization Network Cloud 100

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Frost & Sullivan, a global research and consulting firm, recently released the Emerging Asia-Pacific Hybrid Cloud Market Report 2022 report. In this report, Huawei Cloud was named a “Leader” and positioned ahead of all other providers in terms of market performance, technical innovation, and customer services.

Cloud 98

Cloud Government Disaster Recovery Telecommunications 98

GeekWire

MARCH 29, 2024

Credit the cloud, and the talent. Veeam Software , the top company by market share in data protection and ransomware recovery, has officially shifted its corporate headquarters from Columbus, Ohio, to the Seattle area, drawn by the close proximity of the major cloud providers and the deep pool of technical talent.

Data 127

Data Backup Microsoft Cloud 127

Galido

MAY 23, 2016

A hot backup, also called a dynamic backup, is a backup performed on data even though it is actively accessible to users and may currently be in a state of being updated. Hot backups can provide a convenient solution in multi-user systems, because they do not require downtime, as does a conventional cold backup.

Backup 66

Backup Software Software Vmware 66

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Over the past few years, enterprises across Australia have moved more and more of their systems and applications to the cloud, with the trend only gathering pace with people increasingly working outside the traditional network perimeter, often at home and other locations.

Cloud 105

Cloud Security Backup CTO 105

Network World

MAY 18, 2021

Erosion of the traditional network perimeter and the transition to work-from-anywhere have conspired to bring an unprecedented threat level to endpoint devices, users, and applications, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins told the online audience at the virtual RSA Conference 2021. Backup lessons from a cloud-storage disaster.

Enterprise 176

Enterprise Enterprise Backup Conference 176

Galido

APRIL 11, 2017

Virtualization is popular these days for businesses for several reasons, but primarily to reduce hardware and infrastructure costs, performance, backups and redundancy, while being able to scale infrastructure and provide resources on demand. . What is Virtualization? There are two methods of running virtualized software.

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Backup Vmware Operating Systems 60

Storage IO Blog

JULY 29, 2013

Tiering technology and the right data center tool for a given task Depending on who or what is your sphere of influence, or your sources of information and insight are, there will be different views of tiering, particular when it comes to tiered storage and storage tiering for cloud, virtual and traditional environments.

Storage 73

Storage Virtualization Cloud Backup 73

CTOvision

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Cloud computing and cloud storage at one time was once viewed as a risky proposition for businesses; why trust an unknown virtual platform to handle business needs when everything could be safely handled onsite? Now is the time to start seriously considering moving core business applications to the cloud. Bob Gourley.

Cloud 150

Cloud Storage Virtualization Authentication 150

Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Enabling Recovery Points (Backup, Snapshots, Versions) Companion to Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials – Cloud, Converged, Virtual Fundamental Server Storage I/O Tradecraft ( CRC Press 2017) By Greg Schulz – www.storageioblog.com November 26, 2017 This is Part 4 of a multi-part series on Data Protection fundamental tools topics (..)

Backup 40

Backup Data Storage Trends 40

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2023

Founded in 1998, iomart began providing cloud services as the new millennium arrived. s most successful and trusted providers of cloud services and solutions. Today, the Glasgow-based firm has customers in both the public and private sectors, including businesses in virtually every industry.

Cloud 52

Cloud Vmware Disaster Recovery Enterprise 52

Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Fall 2013 Dutch cloud, virtual and storage I/O seminars It is that time of the year again when StorageIO will be presenting a series of seminar workshops in the Netherlands on cloud, virtual and data storage networking technologies, trends along with best practice techniques.

Storage 57

Storage Virtualization Cloud Backup 57

Storage IO Blog

MARCH 29, 2014

World backup day is time to test restore and data protection of data and other digital assets including photos images and documents. The post Data Protection Diaries: March 31 World Backup Day is Restore Data Test Time appeared first on StorageIOblog.

Backup 76

Backup Disaster Recovery Data Storage 76

Storage IO Blog

JULY 19, 2013

HDDs for cloud, virtual and traditional storage environments This is a follow-up to a recent series of posts on Hard Disk Drives (HDD’s) along with some posts about How Many IOPS HDD’s can do.

Storage 67

Storage Virtualization Cloud Backup 67

Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 29, 2014

Until the focus expands to data protection, backup is staying alive! This is the first of a three-part series discussing how and why vendors are keeping backup alive, read part two here.

Backup 61

Backup Data Big Data Virtualization 61

Storage IO Blog

JULY 31, 2013

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Virtualization 73

Virtualization Cloud Storage Backup 73

Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder It’s that time of year again, World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder. In case you have forgotten, or were not aware, this coming Saturday March 31 is World Backup (and recovery day).

Backup 61

Backup Data Disaster Recovery Business Continuity 61

Network World

MAY 18, 2021

Erosion of the traditional network perimeter and the transition to work-from-anywhere have conspired to bring an unprecedented threat level to endpoint devices, users, and applications, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins told the online audience at the virtual RSA Conference 2021. Backup lessons from a cloud-storage disaster.

Security 103

Security Backup Enterprise Enterprise 103

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 16, 2022

THG Ingenuity Cloud Services’ commercial footprint is equally robust. More than 1,000 engineers serve more than 130,000 customers worldwide with a global network that includes 7,500 deployed servers, more than 10,000 virtualized servers and more than 50 data centers.

Cloud 97

Cloud Vmware .Net Groups 97

Dataconomy

JUNE 7, 2023

Google Cloud Consulting has revealed as an ambitious plan of the tech giant to amplify its renowned service offering. Google Cloud Consulting aims to enable these leaders to fully exploit the transformative power of generative AI. What is Google Cloud Consulting? Find more info here by visiting Google Cloud Consulting.

Google 68

Google Cloud Tools SAP 68

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It was only a few years ago when ‘digital transformation’ was on every CIO’s agenda, and businesses started to understand how cloud could deliver real value. They stopped asking whether they should move to the cloud and started asking what they needed to do to get there. Honestly, in 2016, cloud wasn’t really affordable.

Cloud 98

Cloud Licensing Data Center Disaster Recovery 98

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Are you looking for relevant quotes about security in the cloud to help frame your thoughts or frame a discussion on the topic? We are happy to pass along top cloud security quotes from SecureWorld regional security conferences and digital platforms, like our webcasts and podcasts. Top 10 quotes about cloud security.

Cloud 52

Cloud Security Fractional CTO Backup 52

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 25, 2022

There is only one pathway forward and that involves making rapid and deep cuts in emissions – including at data centers and across the cloud computing industry that is absolutely fundamental and crucial for how we work and nearly everything we produce.”. – PeaSoup embraces environmental friendly immersive cooling for cloud services.

Cloud 98

Cloud Vmware Data Center Automotive 98

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 28, 2022

There is only one pathway forward and that involves making rapid and deep cuts in emissions – including at data centers and across the cloud computing industry that is absolutely fundamental and crucial for how we work and nearly everything we produce.”. – PeaSoup embraces environmental friendly immersive cooling for cloud services.

Cloud 97

Cloud Vmware Data Center Automotive 97

Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Server virtualization nested and tiered hypervisors A few years ago I did a piece (click here) about the then emerging trend of tiered hypervisors, particular using different products or technologies in the same environment.

Virtualization 70

Virtualization Vmware Backup Storage 70

Kitaboo

MARCH 30, 2024

Unlimited digital files of magazines, books, journals, articles, audio, and more are preserved in these virtual libraries. They can be virtually managed from any location that has internet connectivity. Switching to cloud-based digital library systems helps organizations easily create and preserve their digital resources.

Nonprofit 78

Nonprofit eBook Open Source Resources 78

Virtualized Greek

OCTOBER 1, 2012

This is debatable but the idea got me to thinking about using a Cloud based datacenter as a DR for traditional datacenter services and if the operations continuality concerns stretched to the datacenter. It’s actually my opinion that DR is a great place to start building your Cloud based datacenter strategy.

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Strategy Cloud Disaster Recovery 60

Fountainhead

MARCH 25, 2013

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application? Is calling an app "cloud-ready" just a form of cloud-washing? Cmon - arent all apps "ready for the cloud" (and for that matter, ANY cloud)? cloud these days. environment.

Applications 214

Applications Cloud Data Center Load Balancer 214

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Pandemic-era changes, including the shift to remote work and accelerated use of cloud, coupled with new and evolving threat vectors, mean that traditional approaches are no longer sufficient. It’s about making sure there are regular test exercises that ensure that the data backup is going to be useful if worse comes to worst.”.

How To 89

How To Backup Exercises Disaster Recovery 89

Storage IO Blog

MARCH 20, 2015

In case you forgot or did not know, World Backup Day is March 31 2015 (@worldbackupday) so now is a good time to be ready. The only challenge that I have with the World Backup Day (view their site here) that has gone on for a few years know is that it is a good way to call out the importance of backing up or protecting data.

Backup 40

Backup Data Storage Vmware 40

Cloud Musings

JULY 15, 2012

Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. DoD Cloud Computing Strategy. DoD Cloud Computing Strategy.

Cloud 162

Cloud Strategy Data Center Internet 162

Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

One of those to keep an eye on is cloud based Aurora relational database service that complement existing RDS tools. Aurora is positioned as an alternative to traditional SQL based transactional databases commonly found in enterprise environments (e.g. SQL Server among others).

Cloud 83

Cloud Storage Backup Linux 83

Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

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Vmware 65

Vmware Virtualization Backup Storage 65

Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 14, 2014

Dell Inspiron 660 i660, Virtual Server Diamond in the rough? During the 2013 post thanksgiving black friday shopping day, I did some on-line buying including a Dell Inspiron 660 i660 (5629BK) to be used as a physical machine (PM) or VMware host (among other things). Now technically I know, this is a workstation or desktop […].

Dell 60

Dell Virtualization Vmware Storage 60

Storage IO Blog

APRIL 2, 2018

Data Protection Recovery Life Post World Backup Day Pre GDPR It’s time for Data Protection Recovery Life Post World Backup Day Pre GDPR Start Date. The annual March 31 world backup day focus has come and gone once again.

Backup 43

Backup Data Security Data Center 43

Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

Green and Virtual IT Data Center Links Moving beyond Green Hype and Green washing Green hype and green washing may be on the endangered species list and going away, however, green IT for servers, storage, networks, facilities as well as related software and management techniques that address energy efficiency including power and cooling along with (..)

Data Center 40

Data Center Virtualization Data Storage 40

Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

VMware has announced version 6 (V6) of its software defined data center (SDDC) server virtualization hypervisor called vSphere aka ESXi. In addition to a new version of its software defined server hypervisor along with companion software defined management and convergence tools.

Vmware 40

Vmware Virtualization Data Center Backup 40