Click to learn more about author Daniel Esposito. Enterprise organizations evaluate several factors when choosing a data migration vendor. When making the choice, it helps to consider top priorities, so you know what to look for in the process. Here is a list that can help: Level of effort and associated cost of the solution […]
What Is Data Migration?
Data migration describes transferring data between storage types, formats or computer systems with as little change as possible. Due to acquisitions, relocation, or outgrowing a current system, companies find the need to migrate data. More than just a “lift and shift” approach, good data migration catalyzes rethinking of Data Strategy and Data Architecture through: Upgrading […]
Data Onboarding: The Critical (Yet Difficult) First Step
Click to learn more about author Eric Crane. After the work of engaging a prospect, pitching the product, going through an evaluation process, and finally landing the business, the last thing you want is to stumble in those first critical interactions where you bring your new customer on board and start servicing the business. As […]
Three Steps to Building a Successful Data Migration and Protection Strategy
Click to learn more about author Steve Leeper. Today’s data-hungry organizations face a growing range of management and migration challenges as their use of on-prem storage evolves and their consumption of cloud services continues to climb. Public cloud providers are rapidly increasing the capabilities of their file storage options in addition to their object storage […]
Moving Unstructured Data Is Risky and Pricey, but Critical: Five Steps to Improve It
Click to learn more about author Daniel Esposito. It’s time-consuming – and often very costly – for enterprises to perform a network-attached storage (NAS) or object data migration. As moving unstructured data has proliferated over the past decade, with as much as 90% of all data defined as unstructured data, the task has become increasingly […]
Technology Leaders Reflect on the Technological Impact of One Year of Remote Work
Click to learn more about author Richard Cassidy. Throughout the past year, COVID-19 showcased IT’s ability to not only fight the virus but also drive innovation to keep businesses up and running while protecting them from cyber-adversaries. Innovations in communications technology has ensured that nearly 60% of people working from home due to COVID-19 are […]
2021 Predictions: Data Protection and Mobility Basics More Important Than Ever
Click to learn more about author Charles Burger. Around the globe, an audible sigh of relief was heard as we entered a new year and left 2020 behind for the history books. Last year’s focus on crisis management and uncertainty due to the global COVID-19 pandemic made long-term thinking difficult, and only the most agile […]
Data Mobility and Cloud Services Are Essential for Success in 2021
Click to learn more about author Samantha Humphries. In a year full of uncertainty, 2020 reinforced the value in safeguarding data and effective storage solutions. As the pandemic created a need for rapid transitions to remote work and an increased reliance on the cloud, many organizations moved to a full or hybrid-cloud model. As […]
Key Considerations for Executing a Successful M&A Data Migration or Carve-Out
Click to learn more about author Steele Arbeeny. Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures are just as much of an undertaking for a CIO as they are for a CFO; they are impactful on both the business and technology side. Determining which SAP systems and data sets to migrate, integrate, or carve-out as part of the deal […]
Top Five Issues When Migrating Database Workloads to the Cloud
Click to learn more about author Ron Bennatan. If you are responsible for your company’s database security and compliance program, chances are you started this project when most database workloads were on-premises, and your databases lived inside your own data centers. Most likely, you are also embarking on or already in the middle of a […]