BluPointe’s new replication and cross-replication features combined translate to unprecedented data protection and restoration, all but eliminating downtime. ATLANTA, Georgia, July 25, 2011 — BluPointe DRS has introduced two new features to its backup and disaster recovery ShadowProtect BDR product, offering BDR-to-BDR replication to two sites, as well as cross replication of multiple sites, [...] [...more]
When it comes to securing your company’s data, how do you know if the method you’ve chosen for the task is always going to be reliable? Discovering flaws in your data backup system after disaster strikes is akin to locking the barn door after the horse has bolted. Every day, technology to [...] [...more]
Tips for evaluating and implementing cloud computing technologies. How in the world does a chief information officer or information technology professional cope with the challenge of delivering solutions for the second decade of the 21st century when they are saddled with 1980s technology? Add the issues surrounding reduced budgets and the ongoing knock on IT [...] [...more]
By Joseph F. Kovar, CRN March 21, 2011 7:08 PM ET Complete Story BluPointe DRS, an old hand in the storage cloud market, is making a fresh start with its Monday introduction of a new cloud backup solution for businesses. BluPointe’s new cloud-based backup solution is targeted at solution providers looking for a fast way [...] [...more]
BluPointe Announces Cloud Back-up Solution for Businesses Businesses and their service providers can protect data through the cloud to their own data center with BluPointe’s “Try it, Buy it, Rent it,” program. (BluPointe Announces Cloud Back-up Solution for Businesses). [...more]
While companies with unlimited storage, tiers of redundant servers, and high-speed WAN links may want to provide unlimited online storage for their users, the rest of us have to contend with budgets, hardware limitations, and bandwidth that is never enough. Combine this with users’ tendencies to use PSTs, hard drives that crash, and the chance [...] [...more]
Hardly a week goes by without a news story where an outage impacts key online services. Twitter has had a series of well-documented resilience issues and more recently, errors have impacted Skype’s services too. Typically, when a tech issue hits a large tech company, they are up and [...] [...more]
Businesses, especially those with limited budgets, are discovering the use of cloud computing for disaster recovery. This totally dispenses with the need for expensive hardware, as data stored in the cloud is on the servers of service providers. They in turn have their own system of servers at different locations, which constantly back up any [...] [...more]
The advantages of Cloud computing include reduced costs, easy maintenance and re-provisioning of resources, and thereby increased profits. Cloud also helps save the environment. Before talking about the advantages of cloud computing, let’s look at what cloud computing is and its various types. Cloud computing offers several advantages by allowing you to use services that [...] [...more]
Even though they should be, data backup and protection aren’t always the top priority of busy IT managers. Still, making sure that your company or organization’s data is protected 24/7 is probably the single most important task any IT manager faces. Any unforeseen catastrophe can wipe out entire systems of data when a foolproof [...] [...more]
