Blogger’s note: This article states “it is the long-standing threats of human error and physical security of the data centre which continue to be ranked of key importance by respondents to the surveys conducted for this report.” We agree. Data…
Data Center Virtualization: Cloud Computing Still a Work in Progress. The AFCOM association recently revealed the results of a survey of 436 data center sites that showed the following trends: Cyber terrorism is an increasing concern, mainframe deployment is declining,…
One of the areas IT departments are asked to cut back in is operational costs for their data centers. Down economy or not, IT managers have never had a blank check with which to meet an organization’s needs. As time…
Virtualization technology essentially reshaped IT in the last decade, but we drank so deep and long at the fountain that we enter the new decade with something of a hangover, and lots of fuzzy questions about what we have wrought.…
As we are all aware, a business continuity plan is only effective if it accurately reflects the needs, technology and structure of the organization. But, more importantly, a business continuity plan can only be considered to be truly effective if…
