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INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE:
Is Al reliant on Flash?
November/December 2023
Vol 23, Issue 6
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D.R. STRATEGIES:
Application recovery planning
DATA PROTECTION:
Ransomware fears rising
ARCHIVING:
The resurgence of tape
COMMENT - RESEARCH - INTERVIEWS - CASE STUDIES - OPINIONS - PRODUCT REVIEWS
COMMENT….....................................................................4
Turning the ransomware tide
OPINION: STORAGE STRATEGIES….......................…….6
Dene Lewis, CTO at CAE Technology Services Ltd, looks at how and why data storage
has evolved, what is being done to innovate and solve the potential issues modern
storage presents - as well what the future may hold
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RESEARCH: DATA PROTECTION…........................……..8
A new Veeam survey has revealed business leaders' growing anxiety about dealing with
ransomware and the psychological, human and financial damage the attacks are
causing
CASE STUDY: MR DATENTECHNIK…….................……10
Leading German IT provider MR Datentechnik has launched a new data storage service,
built on Quantum ActiveScale object storage
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ANALYSIS: DISK BASED BACKUP….......................…..12
Jerome M. Wendt of DCIG argues that cyber security and resilience are effectively
redefining today's 100-plus disk-based backup target models
OPINION: CYBER RESILIENCE……........................……..14
If you haven't already, make sure you put enterprise storage cyber resilience and
recovery on your to-do list, argues JT Lewis, Director of Channels EMEA and APJ at
Infinidat
MANAGEMENT: DATA ARCHITECTURE…….........……16
Matt Peachey, Vice President, International at Dremio, argues that open is the smart
way forward for data management
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STRATEGY: TAPE STORAGE……............................…….18
Matt Ninesling, Senior Director Tape Portfolio, Spectra Logic, shares three current use
cases that are driving organisations to take a second look at tape technology
CASE STUDY: HOSTED.NL…………….......................……20
Dutch IT firm Hosted.nl is 'breaking the boundaries of traditional hosting infrastructure'
with high-performance managed storage clusters running on StorPool and VMware
RESEARCH: RANSOMWARE…………......................……22
Nearly 60% of companies are 'very' to 'extremely' concerned about ransomware
attacks, according to new research from Hornetsecurity
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ROUNDTABLE: FLASH/AI………...........................………24
Storage magazine gathered a selection of industry experts to discuss how flash
storage and AI have impacted each other, and how flash prices are set to change
ANALYSIS: CONTENT GROWTH…......................……..28
Tom Dunning, CEO of Ad Signal, looks at the potential environmental impact of
relentless content growth
MANAGEMENT: DATA MIGRATION………..................…….30
Kevin Wild, head of presales at Syniti, explains how to manage complex data
migration in the real world
STRATEGY: DISASTER RECOVERY ……................……32
Sam Woodcock, Senior Director of Cloud Strategy, 11:11 Systems, explains the
importance of architecting a DR plan for application recovery in the cloud
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RESEARCH: CYBER-ATTACKS……......................………34
To mitigate ransomware attacks, IT professionals must consider both business-related
and infrastructure data equally, suggests new research
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