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VMware acquires desktop management company Wanova

VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralize and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops, the company said Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 May, 2012 11:06

Tags: desktop virtualization, Virtualization, system management, software, mergers and acquisitions, business issues, Wanova, VMware

Large enterprises handing off data center builds

Demand for data center space is on the rise. IT pros responsible for facility planning are juggling physical requirements for secure, power-abundant space with operational considerations, including the need to improve disaster recovery, deploy new applications and services, and handle increasingly large data volumes.

By Ann Bednarz | 23 April, 2012 20:29

Tags: applications, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Digital Realty, Digital Realty Trust, disaster recovery, equinix, hardware systems, internet, software

Business continuity emerges as latest IPv6 killer app

DENVER - IPv6 appears to have found a new killer app: business continuity.

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 12 April, 2012 02:26

Tags: applications, business continuity, disaster recovery, infoblox, IPv6, IPv6 upgrade, IPv6 vs. IPv4, LAN & WAN, North American IPv6 Summit, NV, software

Who's to Blame When IT Breaks?

There's always a reason why things break in data centers, and the powers that be can usually find someone to blame -- whether that someone is an IT operations staff member, an OEM, a systems integrator or a third-party service provider.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 13 March, 2012 00:56

Tags: applications, business continuity, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, disaster recovery, freemium, hardware systems, infrastructure management, management, networking, software, Uptime Institute

Onstream’s implementation of CommVault Simpana reduces IT issues

Trying to find data once was a nightmare for the IT department of Tasmanian-based shared services company, Onstream.

By Hamish Barwick | 14 February, 2012 12:09

Tags: commvault, data backup, data recovery, onstream, Simpana

Cloud adoption in Australia not matching predictions: Index

The adoption of Cloud computing by small to medium businesses (SMBs) in Australia has been slow and is not matching predictions, according to the second annual Acronis Global Disaster Recovery (DR) Index.

By Hamish Barwick | 01 February, 2012 14:58

Tags: Acronis, cloud, data backup, disaster recovery

OBT establishes Melbourne point of presence

Australian private Cloud services company, OBT, has increased its disaster recovery offering customers in Melbourne a second point of presence (PoP).

By Hamish Barwick | 13 December, 2011 11:47

Tags: data centre, OBT, point of presence (POP)

Yarra Valley Water announces email upgrade to improve its disaster recovery

Yarra Valley Water has announced it will make major upgrades to its email system due to its Microsoft Exchange platform becoming outdated.

By Lisa Banks | 05 December, 2011 15:38

Tags: disaster recovery, email, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Yarra Valley Water

Wash your hands: ATMs are germ havens

Swab tests recently conducted of public surfaces in six major cities revealed that ATMs are among the worst carriers of illness-causing germs.

By Lucas Mearian | 25 October, 2011 15:15

Tags: applications, business continuity, disaster recovery, finance, financial services, hardware, hardware systems, health care, industry verticals, Kimberly-Clark, software

RIM says BlackBerry email delays continue worldwide

BlackBerry email service delays continued globally Wednesday afternoon, while BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging and Web browsing were still down for many regions of the world after three days.

By Matt Hamblen | 13 October, 2011 06:56

Tags: applications, business continuity, disaster recovery, Mobile Apps and Services, networking, software, wireless, wireless internet, wireless networking

Seagate offers data recovery with hard drive purchase

Hard drive crashes are a nightmare for computer users for many reasons. Not only can data held dear to one's heart be lost, but trying to recover it can cost an arm and a leg, if not more. Hard drive maker Seagate attempts to address both those problems with the release today of its GoFlex Turbo drive with SafetyNet data recovery services.

By John P. Mello Jr. | 09 August, 2011 03:43

Tags: backup, Drives, hard drives, hdd, Seagate Technology, software, storage, storage accessory, Utilities

NetApp to resell CommVault's tape backup, snapshot, replication tech

Storage vendor NetApp said today it can now support all types of backup through a single interface as a result of a reseller agreement with CommVault and will offer its SnapProtect branded software, a package of CommVault's Simpana 9's snapshot copies, replication and tape management software.

By Lucas Mearian | 01 June, 2011 05:20

Tags: applications, business continuity, disaster recovery, Gartner, netapp, software, storage, Storage Management, storage software

Tsunami warnings now faster, more accurate

As the deadly tsunami generated by Friday's massive earthquake off the coast of Japan headed toward the United States, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Center for Tsunami Research tracked its progress in real-time.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 12 March, 2011 07:47

Tags: applications, BI and Analytics, business continuity, disaster recovery, Emerging Technologies, hardware systems, Reuters, software

Disaster recovery trial by fire... literally

On a Sunday morning last year, John Brooks received news no one wants to hear. There'd been an electrical fire in the basement of a New York City office tower - where his law firm has an office.

By Ann Bednarz | 22 February, 2011 02:44

Tags: applications, backup and recovery, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, disaster recovery, hardware systems, software

Businesses still stumble over off-site back-up

British businesses are lagging behind many of their global competitors when it comes to disaster recovery in the clouds, according to research from Acronis. And even the companies who are diligent about backing up are failing to treat virtual servers in the same way as they treat physical ones.

By Maxwell Cooter | 21 January, 2011 01:33

Tags: Acronis, disaster recovery, IDC, storage

Google preps Gmail-based backup for Exchange

Google continues its aggressive strategy to poach Exchange customers with the launch on Thursday of a Gmail-based disaster recovery and business continuity service for organizations running the Microsoft e-mail server on premises.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 10 December, 2010 08:20

Tags: applications, cloud computing, e-mail, Google, internet, Microsoft, software, Software as a service

Reserve Bank seeks new high-speed DR network

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will refresh its existing network services over the next 12 months to keep pace with growing disaster recovery requirements at its $38 million data centre.

By Rodney Gedda | 09 December, 2010 10:16

Tags: business continuity, data centres, disaster recovery, networking, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)

Computer problem fixed now, NAB says

The National Australia Bank (NAB) says it has identified and fixed the computer problem which left millions of customers without cash for days.

By AAP | 29 November, 2010 09:18

Tags: banking, computer glitch, finance, NAB, National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB)

MYOB accounts for storage with virtualisation

Accounting software maker MYOB has consolidated its storage from distributed servers to a virtualised SAN system to reduce costs and speed up its server provisioning capability.

By Rodney Gedda | 28 January, 2010 14:42

Tags: EMC, MYOB, san, virtualisation, VMware

Citrix debuts disaster recovery app

Citrix has developed disaster recovery software that uses Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology to help automate and speed the recovery process.

By Joab Jackson | 16 December, 2009 07:12

Tags: Citrix, disaster recovery, hyper-v, virtualisation

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