Overall, 35 percent said their backup windows are between three and six hours, with 29 percent picking six to 24 hours -- and a hapless 2 percent said it takes more than 24 hours to complete a regular backup.
To help companies deal with their mounting data protection needs, storage vendors have rallied around a new buzzword: information lifecycle management (ILM), which is supposed to let users manage data from its creation all the way through to its eventual disposal.
Disk-based backup, using low-cost ATA disk, is a part of the ILM strategies of many suppliers, including EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), and Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) (NYSE: STK) (see HP Buys Archive Guys, StorageTek Adds More ILM, StorageTek Looks to Bag Buzzword, ILM Remains Illusory, and EMC Salivates Over Software).
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To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
