Top 3 Reasons Why Metadata Is “The New Bacon”
Have you seen the t-shirts? If you live in Seattle, they can be spotted in popular happy hour spots worn proudly by the millennials of tech.
Category: Data Protection
Protecting Your Data From The Dark Side
The Galactic Empire needed a way to squash the rebellion manifesting across its galaxies. It decided to design the Death Star, which conveniently wipes out planets one at a time, striking terror into the hearts of those thinking of raising their hands with the Rebel Alliance against the Empire. When the Galactic Empire needed a secure way to store the schematics for the Death Star, it turned to a technology that transcends both time and space—the tape drive. Tape offers the Empire an offline backup copy for protection against both ransomware and rebels with the added ability to physically store it at a data center on an offsite planet. Unfortunately for the Empire, too much faith in the dark side and too little faith in IT security resulted in the tape being stolen and the Death Star being exploited for its minor design flaw.
With 6,000 Orders Per Minute, Amazon Prime Day Is One Example of Explosive Data Growth
This Tuesday marked the third Amazon Prime Day, a self-proclaimed holiday which analysts estimated would equate to $1 billion in sales for Amazon in online retail. Analysts predicted a 55% increase over 2016 results. Amazon outperformed with a 60% increase in sales—the largest shopping day in its history. I’ll admit I participated with the purchase of a new blender, and I can’t wait for it to arrive in Amazon’s promised three-day delivery window.
Petya … Ransomware Attacks Continue. Are You Prepared?
The latest international cyberattack struck overnight affecting large European companies, such as Russian oil conglomerate Rosneft, pharmaceutical company Merck, and Danish shipping company Maersk. This latest version of ransomware is similar to the WannaCry attacks which occurred just last month and affected tens of thousands of machines.
Integrated Data Storage Meets HPC
May and June have been an active time for Quantum’s technical workflow solutions team as we wind down from the Bio-IT World Conference in Boston and prepare for the ISC high-performance computing (HPC) show coming up later this month in Frankfurt.
Four Key Takeaways from VeeamON 2017
I just got back from VeeamON 2017 in New Orleans. It was another great show and we had some good conversations with customers, partners (both resellers and technology partners), analysts, and other industry folks.
Happy World Backup Day!
March 31st is World Backup Day, so we’ll give a shout out to http://www.worldbackupday.com. They’ve got some great tips and
Data Center Power and Cooling—How Much Is It REALLY Costing You?
The Internet of Things (IoT), hyperconvergence, and other topics grab the headlines, but why don’t power and cooling get the
Our Customers Have Spoken, and They Value a Specialist.
A good general rule for marketing is to always keep it focused on the customer—don’t talk about yourself. This blog breaks that rule, and you’ll find out why.
What Dies Next? Don’t Believe the Rumors.
For years we have been hearing “Tape is dead,” but the reality is tape investment has been growing over the past two years as tape has proven to be a great way to protect from cyber threats.