Meeting the changing needs of space requirements in a data storage system is an obstacle that has proven difficult for many companies to negotiate over the years.

For example, more and more medical facilities have switched to completely electronic medical records. Such changes place a huge burden in way of storage on an existing network infrastructure. Other times, these problems have come from self-inflicted origins. More often than not, this is a result of inadequate…

The cloud has become one of the most widely talked about computer network solutions. Cloud computing is shifting how everyone is using their computers as it allows users greater flexibility by allowing users to access an array of tools from nearly any location.

The cloud concept originally developed from a desire to allow users the ability to access data from remote locations. Cloud capabilities over the past couple years have bloomed as cloud platforms are not only used as…

Planning for a disaster is a practice in which every business must participate. No matter how brilliant your IT staff and how grand your server rack, hardware can still fail for what seems to be no apparent reason.

Your team needs to be ready to meet catastrophe as soon as it surfaces. No healthcare system uses the same server environment nor do any back up data in the exact same fashion so no business will execute the exact the same recovery plan. Though a parallel disaster…

Your data is arguably the most important commodity to your business. Client records, research data, financial information, project planning files, product/service archives and more are what molded your business into what it is today. The safety of this data should always be a primary concern. The speed at which you are able to access your data should be a concern as well. Such criterion have been taken to heart in the design of the IBM DS8000 series storage system. This solution offers…