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“Always Be Testing:” Weekly Disaster Recovery System Testing Critical

by cloudtweaks on April 25, 2013

in Backups, Big Data, Cloud Computing, IT, Security, Storage, Technology

“Always Be Testing:” Weekly Disaster Recovery System Testing Critical for Small to Mid-Sized Businesses Statistics show that most small to mid-sized businesses will experience at least one instance of system downtime a year, at an average cost of $74,000 an hour, according to Aberdeen Group. Unfortunately, only a handful of small to mid-sized businesses have ever even tested their backup to find out if complete recovery of their data, applications and systems after a disaster is possible. For those that do test, it’s often conducted infrequently — a result of outdated thinking that DR testing is time- and cost-prohibitive or

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Security In The Cloud – Maintaining A Secure Environment

by cloudtweaks on January 24, 2013

in Backups, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Guest Writers, IT, Security, Storage, Technology

Security In The Cloud – Maintaining A Secure Environment One of the most prevalent points brought up by skeptics of cloud computing is the integrity of the security for said systems. Different reservations are held against different models of cloud computing, in particular for public clouds. The mere fact that public clouds host environments for multiple organizations and further supply the ability to accommodate multiple tenants for each group give the perception that information stored on such system may be accessible to anyone. The effectiveness of the security of a cloud system relies on several different factors. First and foremost,

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The History Of Virtualization

by cloudtweaks on December 3, 2012

in Cloud Computing, Computing, Images, Infographic, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology

The History Of Virtualization IT administrators realized very early that conventional methods of managing IT environments were no longer effective because of dynamic business requirements in agile environment. Demands for faster time to market, installation and up-gradation requests, need to quickly apply security patches to operating systems and applications, and many other management complications drove to a new strategy to endpoint and hosting server handling and management. Various IT challenges such as low server utilization, complex server-storage migration, inefficient server deployment, agile Business Requirements, increased total cost of ownership, server sprawl, high-availability requirements, disaster-recovery complexity, green IT requirements, automation, and policy driven management led to the innovation

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