Databarracks and NCC launch Guidelines paper for ‘Disaster Recovery in the Cloud’

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, Databarracks (www.databarracks.com), in association with the National Computer Centre (NCC), has launched the Guidelines for Disaster Recovery in the Cloud, aimed at providing practical advice on disaster recovery (DR) when using cloud services.

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99% of corporate IT users will be overpaying for storage performance in 2013

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Hortonworks, Mirantis and Red Hat team

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Violin Flash Memory Arrays certified with SAP® Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise

Violin Memory, Inc. says that Violin 6000 Series Flash Memory Arrays are now certified for interoperability with SAP® Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise (SAP Sybase ASE), delivering reliability and accelerated performance across a range of enterprise applications.

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Insider threats and employee-owned devices identified as the greatest risks

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