DLT Solutions’ Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) is a NetApp hardware, software and services solution that combines secure, available, and dedicated on-premise infrastructure with a variable, pay-as-you-go model that requires zero capital investment. We recently sat down with JC Collier, STaaS Program Executive, and asked him about the new offering.

Responding to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests can be a cumbersome and time consuming process for government agencies. It involves gathering massive amounts of data, redacting or removing sensitive information, and sending the required material to the requestor in a timely manner. For many agencies – especially in today’s budget and resource constrained environment – responding to FOIA requests has become an increasingly challenging process.

The GovDefenders Cybersecurity Event is now on-demand! Register and gain access to eight educational sessions, two keynotes, a panel, and over 100 cybersecurity resources from the world's top IT providers - for free.

Today, I would like to give kudos to Quantum. I recently had the luxury of sitting in a hands-on demonstration for a feature called “Dxi Advanced Reporting.” This is a reporting feature for all Quantum DXi-series backup targets. This is what I learned:

If you’ve ever found yourself walking the aisles of Ikea, enjoying your meatballs and lingonberry jam, wondering what a data center would look like if Ikea’s designers made one, wonder no longer – MDC Stockholm just built it.

One of the most common questions I get from clients is, “What are the differences between a 1GB and 10GB Ethernet network?” The two biggest are speed and security.

How's your virtualization and data center consolidation strategy progressing? Have you hit a plateau after virtualizing everything you can? With all eyes firmly fixed on the cloud, why would I bring up virtualization? Virtualization has come and gone, everyone's done it, there's nothing left. Right? Not so fast.

Zombie Data is old, forgotten data you think you’ve disposed of, but haven’t, coming back “from the dead” when a hacker finds it. And unfortunately, in the digital age, these zombies are not the slow limping version; they’re the 21st century, adrenaline-fused kind.

“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” -- Mark Twain

We often claim to be a data driven world.  Yet, measuring the wrong data can prove success, while masking a failure to provide value.

As hurricane Sandy began pummeling our nation’s capitol last night, and as everyone was busy buying batteries, candles, and water, I was reminded of data backup storage. As a species we’ve been wired to adapt to no electricity or hot water for a good number of days. We’re used to it: It wasn’t until 1891 that the White House was wired, and even then President Benjamin Harrison was too afraid to use the light switches. However, we are not wired to deal without our data. Collecting data and knowing it’s going to be there whenever we boot up our computer, tablet or smart phone – sunshine or rain – is relatively new.