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Remote Backup and Disaster Recovery
July 2009
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RenovoData Articles
Compliance in the Cloud
Data Breach News
Upcoming Events
RenovoData Articles

Green IT for Disaster Recovery - Part 2

The second part of the two-part series on "Green IT" for disaster recovery focuses on data deduplication.  In going green, deduplication provides the capabilities to address power, cooling and space consumption challenges by optimizing disk capacity and storing more data with less space.  Reducing the space utilization in a disk-to-disk backup system increases power efficiency and decreases cooling costs.
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Disaster Recovery Services Gain with Economic Stimulus
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was enacted as an effort to boost the national economy out of a prolonged recession. The Act proposes a $787 billion economic stimulus package which contains a number of items that likely will offer grants for organizations that invest in green IT solutions. Below are specific areas that may hold potential funding opportunities for spend allocated to IT data recovery solutions.
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Deduplication Brings Value During Recession
In just this past year alone, the business environment has shifted dramatically.  Along with a tighter economy comes increased scrutiny of IT budgets.  However, while many IT projects may be decreased along with budgets, the amount of data that is created and maintained by an organization continues to grow exponentially.  The dramatic surge in data protection and data storage needs is a result of increased electronic communication applications and other information moving to digital format. Read More

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Why Datadeduplication Matters for SMBs
Today's recessed economy has prompted many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to look into data deduplication as a cost-effective way to transition into disk-based data backup.  Data deduplication reduces storage requirements by eliminating redundant data and is applicable to most businesses throughout various industries.   With data deduplication, storage devices only store changes to data.  Read More

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Compliance in the Cloud
Companies looking to use cloud computing infrastructure for data backup and storage need to factor in the compliance requirements before contracts are signed.
In some cases, the cloud provider will be able to satisfy compliance requirements -- but often at a price, according to two market experts. Even before price negotiations begin, CIOs must understand that data backup and storage in the cloud do not remove a company's responsibility for the legal, regulatory and audit obligations attached to that information. 
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85% of Businesses Breached
The fourth annual U.S. Encryption Trends Study was released today by The Ponemon Institute. The study says that 85 percent of surveyed businesses have experienced a data breach in the past year, up from 60 percent in the 2008 study. The report was sponsored by encryption supplier PGP Corp.  Read More

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Upcoming Events
TiE Atlanta CIO Panel:  The CIO of Today and Tomorrow
Panel includes CIOs from Southern Company, Agco, Cbeyond and Equifax

Agenda:
July 29, 2009
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The Ashford Club
6:00p-7:00p Cocktails and Networking
7:00p-8:45p CIO Panel
8:45p-9:00p Q&A

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TAG Health with TAG Finance: Economic Stimulus Package and Healthcare

The Economic Stimulus Package and Healthcare Transformation
Jul 30,2009
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Hodges Room
75 Fifth Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30308

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