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Big Data, People and the SMB

Eric D. Brown

According to the 2014 IDG Enterprise Big Data survey , most large organizations today (almost 49% of survey respondents) claim to be well along the implementation path for big data initiatives and projects. Additionally, those large organizations are well ahead of their small and medium business (SMB) counterparts.

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More SMB Love Needed

Cloud Musings

In a recent post, titled “ 10 Surprising Facts About Cloud Computing and What It Really Is ”, Zac Johnson highlighted some interesting facts about cloud computing in the SMB marketplace: Cloud Computing is up to 40 times more cost-effective for an SMB, compared to running its own IT system.

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Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure and Related Links A to E

Storage IO Blog

IT data center, data infrastructure, cloud and related industry links including who does what from hardware to software, servers, storage, network, tools, applications, consumer, soho, robo, smb, sme, enterprise and cloud The post Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure and Related Links A to E appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Cloud infrastructure sales rise as companies seek digital resiliency

CIO Business Intelligence

Migrating workloads to the cloud, investing in data storage, and cloud-native application development have all been particular drivers of SMB (small and medium business) investment in the cloud, as they step up digital transformation projects, the report said.

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Preparing for the Worst: IT Disaster Recovery Best Practices

SecureWorld News

However, a disaster resulting in data loss and downtime is a common threat nowadays. Read this post to learn more about disaster recovery and discover the best practices that you should apply to improve the protection of your data and IT environment. Some organizations do not consider IT disasters as an imminent danger.

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Tapping into the power of others

Eric D. Brown

I’ve argued in the past that big data can level the playing field for the small and medium business (SMB). SMB’s have been able to take advantage of the various resources available in the cloud for computing and storage, but they’ve rarely had access to computing power like Watson.

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January 2017 Server StorageIO Update Newsletter

Storage IO Blog

There is a lot going on, in and around data infrastructure server, storage, and I/O networking connectivity from a hardware, software, and services perceptive. The post January 2017 Server StorageIO Update Newsletter appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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