Data Recovery News

Gartner: Software defined networking enables business agility

Category: Data recovery

26 March, 2013

Software defined networking (SDN) is not just limited to data centre and service provider networks, one expert has claimed. Joe Skorupa, vice-president and analyst at Gartner, believes that SDN can support business agility by bringing the same flexibility to networks that abstraction, virtualisa... read more>>

Bad weather can lead to data loss

Category: Data recovery

26 March, 2013

When the topic of data security is brought up, many bosses immediately associate it with cyber crime, viruses and other malware. Online threats have grown rapidly over recent years, with a range of dangerous files being spread around the internet on a daily basis in a bid to capture people's... read more>>

Google Drive experiences outages

Category: Data recovery

25 March, 2013

Google Drive has been hit with three outages, preventing some users from reaching their files and applications. The Google Apps status site logged the first incident on Monday, when 33 per cent of Google Drive user requests were impacted, leaving individuals with error messages, long load times ... read more>>

Better cloud security needed for firms, survey shows

Category: Data recovery

25 March, 2013

Bring your own device (BYOD), data control and data loss are three of the main cloud security concerns for companies. This is according to a survey by AccelOps, which found that 65 per cent of organisations are using cloud services even though just 46 per cent have moved their mission-critical d... read more>>

SMEs ‘need to engage with cloud computing’

Category: Data management

22 March, 2013

Many small business owners are confused over cloud computing, despite the importance of the technology in business, it has been found. Just 28 per cent of small business owners completely understand the concept of cloud computing, according to new research from Brother International. Of those... read more>>

Auckland University data centre suffers power outage

Category: Data recovery

21 March, 2013

The data centre operated by Auckland University has been hit by a power outage. The incident meant that thousands of students were unable to access key services for large periods of yesterday (March 20th), reports iTNews. Library systems, online student services, websites and admin facili... read more>>

Cloud can be accessed 'anywhere' globally

Category: Data recovery

21 March, 2013

The cloud can be accessed anywhere across the world, one expert has suggested. Gartner analyst Jim Longwood told BRW.com that the biggest advantage of cloud services for businesses is moving from a capital expenditure model to an operating expenditure model. "A benefit of cloud is th... read more>>

Cloud computing can boost collaboration at businesses

Category: Data recovery

20 March, 2013

Cloud computing can help to make businesses more collaborative, it has been suggested. Speaking to Business2Community, Lindsey Nelson from SAP's Business Innovation website explained that cloud computing is "reinventing the collaboration wheel", as it allows staff to work from an... read more>>

Businesses should consolidate before virtualising, expert advises

Category: Data recovery

20 March, 2013

Businesses should aim to consolidate and standardise their chosen platform before going ahead with virtualisation. LifeHacker has reported Gartner representative Thomas Bittman as saying that companies should consider the ramifications of the software they are using, focus on the operational i... read more>>

Data controllers must take disposal seriously, expert says

Category: Data recovery

19 March, 2013

Data controllers need to carry a serious attitude when it comes to disposing of information. This is according to Julie Pickersgill, operations director at Advanced Digital Dynamics, who told the news provider that companies should review their own and their customers' IT disposal processe... read more>>