category >> storage
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Storage in a Flash
January 6th, 2017
Government agencies rapidly collect data - many organizations are turning to flash storage for the speed, flexibility and performance they need.
- Tagged Big Data, Data Storage, Nimble Storage
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Storage and Efficiency in a Flash
September 13th, 2016
As agencies continue to collect data on their constituents, employees, cities, businesses, and more, their storage needs change and expand dramatically to match this exponential growth. Traditional storage methods are simply not capable of keeping pace with agency’s growing volumes of data. Furthermore, antiquated storage solutions, which rely on aging servers and physical storage areas, are not compatible with the agile methodologies and confluence of online applications that modern agencies demand. To perform in today’s economy, organizations must move to virtualized storage and servers. These systems which support growing workloads are also more compatible with the DevOps ideology, requiring less hardware to get the job done and scalable storage options. State and local agencies across the country are turning to Nimble Storage to achieve the agility, scalability, and cost performance they need to meet their IT goals.
- Tagged Data Storage, Nimble Storage
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You’ve Decided to Virtualize. Now What?
July 20th, 2016
The Department of State saved $9 million from just the reduced energy costs when servers were virtualized. With these very real savings virtualization is an obvious move; still, agencies should not rush in and expect immediate returns. The process takes time, effort, and organization-wide support.
- Tagged Data Center, Data Protection, EMC, Virtualization, VMware
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National Security Empowered by Crime Data
May 10th, 2016
Statisticians in West Virginia are completing important work that helps law enforcement agencies better protect our streets and improve national security. With the largest repository of fingerprint data and criminal history, the analysis of this big data is helping to catch criminals and offer enforcement agencies across the country information on the state of crime.
- Tagged CJIS, Compliance, Data Protection, Data Storage, Google, Google for Work, Law Enforcement, Virtru
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Finding a Needle in the Email Haystack
March 31st, 2016
Consider the number of email messages and mailboxes stored in your organization’s Microsoft Exchange server backups. If you needed to find a single email message in your backup, how long would it take? Traditional methods of granular Exchange item restoration, such as using single mailbox or “brick-level” backups, are typically very slow and often expensive due to the additional storage space required. Another alternative – restoring a full backup to a recovery server – can take many hours to complete and requires an additional hardware purchase.
- Tagged Data Storage, Kroll Ontrack
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Unlimited Storage Means Limitless Possibilities
March 29th, 2016
Earlier this year, Google announced that U.S. government agencies can choose Google Apps for Work to store unlimited data and content. With storage caps no longer a barrier, more agencies can take advantage of the collaboration efficiencies and cost savings of Google for Work. With predictions that government agencies can save up to 70% by switching to Google Apps, obstacles to adoption are being shattered.
- Tagged FedRAMP, FISMA, Google, Google for Work
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The Track for Future Infrastructure
March 21st, 2016
EMC recently announced the release of VxRail, a hyper-converged infrastructure that seamlessly integrates with existing VMware ecosystem management solutions for streamlined deployment and management in VMware environments.
- Tagged Data Storage, EMC, Virtualization, VMware
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When Storage is More Than Just Storage
January 29th, 2016
IT storage really needs a new name. Today’s leading storage vendors, like Nimble Storage and their Adaptive Flash solution, go beyond holding data and make it easier to manage and build upon.
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5 Reasons Encryption is the Solution for Data Security
November 30th, 2015
The term “data at rest” is misleading. In an age of cloud and virtualization of everything - from applications to storage to infrastructure, data very rarely has time to “rest” as it is constantly being called on. Add to that the growing sophistication and commitment of hackers, and you have smart IT security teams looking at new ways to secure data.
- Tagged Data Storage, Encryption, FIPS, Nimble Storage
