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December 16, 2013  — 1 min read
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December 16, 2013  — 1 min read
4 Predictions for the Cloud Storage Market in 2014
The cloud market exploded in 2013, and there are no signs of this momentum slowing down. IDC predicts that the cloud will drive $100 billion worth of spending in 2014, up 25% over 2013. The growth comes from more and more companies buying into the idea that storing large amounts of data in the cloud will save time and money, and also mitigate the increasing difficulty of managing large volumes of data in physical servers.
December 12, 2013  — 3 min read
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December 12, 2013  — 3 min read
The IT Admin’s Top 4 Holiday Wishes
‘Tis the season, and IT professionals everywhere are starting to think about the year in review and look ahead to 2014. As work environments continue to become increasingly social and distributed, the role of IT gets more complex -- and more important -- every year. Now more than ever, it’s critical for businesses of all sizes to protect their increasing amounts of data. In fact, 2.5 billion gigabytes of new data are created every day; 90 percent of the world’s data was created in the last two years alone. Forrester predicts that Big Data will be a major driver of IT spending in 2014, growing faster than any other technology category. In light of that, here’s what IT folks have on their holiday wishlists this year:
December 06, 2013  — 2 min read
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December 06, 2013  — 2 min read
Four Tips for a Sound Disaster Recovery Plan
Organizations create, manage, and rely upon data more today than ever before. This dependency makes round-the-clock data protection vital to ensure your business doesn’t miss a beat, no matter what — power outage, device theft, or human error.
December 04, 2013  — 3 min read
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December 04, 2013  — 3 min read
Four of the World’s Most Innovative Corporate Labs
Businesses have been building incubators and innovation-focused research labs for a long time, but tech companies have taken it to a whole new level in the last few years. Some of them are “skunkworks” labs, operating in secret and attempting wild ideas that may or may not work. (Think Amazon’s delivery drones.) Others are less secretive, but still designed to move quickly and seek creative solutions for problems that impact companies and consumers in big ways. Below are four examples of corporate labs doing interesting work today.
November 29, 2013  — 3 min read
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November 29, 2013  — 3 min read
The Pros of Pajama-Pant Shopping
It’s here. the moment we’ve all been waiting for. No not that second of elation as the in-laws finally pull out of your driveway. Nor the serene happiness you feel once your mother and her sisters cease their high-pitched yacking.
November 25, 2013  — 2 min read
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November 25, 2013  — 2 min read
4 and a Half Tips for the Best Cyber Week Shopping
I know you’ve been waiting for this. You barely slept in August, could hardly eat in September and didn’t really go out in November. And now it’s here and you are a little bit scared. What if everything doesn’t go as planned? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Just follow my 4 and a half tips to maximize your Cyber Week Shopping experience and enjoy.
November 12, 2013  — 2 min read
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November 12, 2013  — 2 min read
mobilEcho and activEcho Drive Greater Management and Security in Enterprise Content Access, Sharing and Syncing
As organizations increase their use of mobile devices, it is becoming very apparent that the ability to access, sync and share content is a critical factor for their users. While many organizations have focused on MDM and the management and security of devices, organizations looking to the future are have content on their minds. How do we give mobile users secure access to content? How do we allow them to securely share content? How do we get them access anytime, anywhere and from any device? And how do we do all of this while addressing all of our security and management needs? How do you stay in control?
November 08, 2013  — 3 min read
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November 08, 2013  — 3 min read
Does Everybody Love a Cloud?
A song got stuck in my head the other day.  The old Gary Lewis and the Playboys hit, “Everybody loves a Clown”, except I kept hearing it as “Everybody loves a Cloud”.
October 22, 2013  — 3 min read
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October 22, 2013  — 3 min read
3 Mistakes you Made at VMworld in Barcelona
Wait, actually, we can do at least one thing: stop and ask ourselves a question: Was VMworld 2013 the best VMworld ever?
October 16, 2013  — 2 min read
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October 16, 2013  — 2 min read
"IT is not a chocolate factory. It's more complex." Best bits from General Session with Carl Eschenbach at VMworld, Barcelona
Today at VMworld in sunny and super hot Barcelona more than 800 attendees listened to inspirational speeches on how the software-defined data center is extending the proven model of virtualization across storage, networking and security.
October 15, 2013  — 3 min read
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October 15, 2013  — 3 min read
Acronis Storage: Most Efficient, Most Reliable, Easy to Scale
IDC recently upgraded their 2020 forecast for storage growth from 40x to 50x of what we have now, saying there will be 6.6 zetabytes of digital stuff, or almost two desktop drives fully loaded with data for every single person in worldwide population then. Not easy to believe? Take a short story for example. Every time I have a lecture on cloud storage for IT pros of financial institutions, I bring my fresh version of the PPT on a USB stick, copy it to a presenter’s PC, make some edits and send it over to a dozen attendees creating up to 20 copies of the original almost instantly. With all lectures past and many still to come, hundreds of copies will end up on peoples’ desktops and in their mailboxes.
October 14, 2013  — 3 min read
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October 14, 2013  — 3 min read
Top 5 Pictures from VMworld in Barcelona, Partner Day
Partners who registered for a full conference pass were entitled to attend Partner Day on a complimentary basis on Monday October 14. Listen to keynote speeches, attend focused breakout sessions covering VMware products, pricing and programs, and network with peers in this special day specifically for VMware Partners.