Hybrid Cloud Storage: Guide for Businesses

It’s no surprise that hybrid cloud storage is growing. Hybrid cloud itself is an increasingly popular approach to deploying IT services. In fact, Gartner predicts that 90 percent of enterprises will be using hybrid infrastructure management capabilities by 2020. What does this mean for your data storage strategy? First, let’s cover some basics about hybrid… Continue reading Hybrid Cloud Storage: Guide for Businesses

Flooded with Problems: Boston City Council to Mull Storm-Water Solutions

(TNS) — City councilors — alarmed by back-to-back storms — held a special hearing on the threat of coastal flooding, after seeing waterborne debris flow through Boston’s harborside streets. “We’ve had two ‘once in a hundred year’ storms in the past month,” said Councilor Michelle Wu, the hearing’s sponsor. “Throughout Boston this is going to… Continue reading Flooded with Problems: Boston City Council to Mull Storm-Water Solutions

Spring Showers Bring May Flowers…And Some Really Severe Weather

Tornadoes, hail, lightning, thunderstorms, fluctuating temperatures, the risk for flooding—spring, oh what a season it is! Mark Twain had it right when he said, “In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours.” All of this extreme weather comes with a hefty price tag. In… Continue reading Spring Showers Bring May Flowers…And Some Really Severe Weather

Facing Blame for Fires, Utility Plans 24/7 Prediction and Response Center in California

(TNS) — Pacific Gas and Electric Co. plans to unveil a sweeping set of steps to prevent wildfires or contain them when they erupt. The utility, whose equipment is being investigated as a potential cause of the Wine Country fires last fall, will create a wildfire prediction and response center in San Francisco that will… Continue reading Facing Blame for Fires, Utility Plans 24/7 Prediction and Response Center in California

Netwrix Announces Pre-Release Demo of Data Discovery and Classification Functionality

The new Netwrix Auditor functionality enables organizations to address GDPR requirements by identifying, classifying and securing sensitive data IRVINE, Calif. — Netwrix Corporation, provider of a visibility platform for data security and risk mitigation in hybrid environments, today announced that attendees of a pre-release demo will have a sneak peek at the upcoming release of… Continue reading Netwrix Announces Pre-Release Demo of Data Discovery and Classification Functionality

It Is Tsunami Preparedness Week; Here Are 8 Things to Know to Stay Safe

(TNS) — If a tsunami slammed the Southern California coastline, would we be ready? California’s Tsunami Preparedness Week, from Monday, March 26 through Friday, March 30, aims to make sure residents and visitors know what to do if a tsunami threatens or hits the coast. Some communities have been holding educational drills all month to… Continue reading It Is Tsunami Preparedness Week; Here Are 8 Things to Know to Stay Safe

The True Cost Of Compliance

Making Sense of Dollars and Cents With the upcoming GDPR directive on everyone’s minds, compliance is a hot issue. Many see compliance as an unnecessary additional expenditure. What they fail to realize, however, is that noncompliance costs nearly three times as much as compliance does. Today, data is more valuable than gold, and organizations are… Continue reading The True Cost Of Compliance

Public Cloud Storage: Guide for Businesses

Public cloud storage is an effective way for businesses to access massive amounts of data storage capacity and advanced storage management capabilities with pay-as-you-go pricing and without massive up-front investments. Today, it’s not uncommon for organizations to use a public cloud provider as a repository for backup and archival data, files used in productivity and… Continue reading Public Cloud Storage: Guide for Businesses

The Power Of Whistleblowers In The Modern Age

Lessons Learned from the Trenches The #MeToo and #TimesUpNow social media campaigns sparked a movement to expose intimidating behavior and sexual assault in the workplace. Because of the resulting paradigm shift, harassed employees are empowered to speak up about wrongdoings. Corporate investigators Amy Conway-Hatcher and Bridget Moore discuss the need for corporations to re-evaluate their… Continue reading The Power Of Whistleblowers In The Modern Age