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2004: THE YEAR OF COMPLIANCE?
With a litany of new regulations in place and some looming deadlines for others, storage managers will have to take a good hard look at compliance in 2004. SearchStorage.com compliance expert Mike Casey offers his predictions for the year ahead in regulatory compliance. click here

Technical expertise and advice on backup and disaster recovery issues More Tips: Backing up your data is more critical than ever these days. These backup tips provide you much in the way of technical advice and shortcuts for ensuring effective backup/recovery operations.

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New IBM Redbook Abstract: Integrating Backup Recovery and Media Services and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager on the IBM iSeries server.
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Backup strategies for 2004 -- current and new ideas for safeguarding data.
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SearchStorage.com's tips & newsletters listings: Browse the categories for recently submitted tips specifically for Storage professionals. Technical expertise and advice on backup and disaster recovery issues. click here

Does "Submerging" Tape Technology Need a Life Ring? By Mary Lou Roberts
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Compliance beyond e-mail: Approaches for structured data By Michael Casey
Storage Compliance: Applications with structured data, such as financial reporting and ERP, may require special approaches to data storage, retention, and protection. click here

IBM Steps into the Regulatory Compliance Arena by Dan Burger
IBM ... sending the message now is the time to retool IT systems and business processes and improve overall business procedures ... to comply with current and future regulations. click here

Backing Up Your Most Business Critical Applications | Evan Marcus (SearchStorage.com, Sept. 18, 2003)
When you're having discussions about backup and redundancy planning, it's extremely important that you're aware of what your most business critical applications are. In order to identify the most important applications try to determine the amount of value each program brings to your business. Here, availability expert Evan Marcus provides tips for you to identify what's mission critical.
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Blackout Just a Blip for Most Shops, Analysts Say (iSeries Network, August 20, 2003)
The big computer-related story from last week’s major power failure that blanketed many northeastern cities in North America was that there was no big story. . .
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Don't rule out tape, experts say
Describes the validity of using magnetic tape in a post-911 world. click here

Data Protection Risk Analysis Self-Test by Donna Williams
Where does your company need to be to get maximum protection for your data? This tip offers a list of 15 questions that can help your company perform a thorough data protection self-assessment. The questions reference critical components of a best practices business continuity program.
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iSeries Preventive Medicine
Covers backup and recovery strategies and maintenance fixes with PTFs for the iSeries. Shows how to set up a backup strategy and reinforces with FAQ's click here

IBM Summary of Leading TAPE Technologies
IBM has prepared a summary of the leading tape technologies. Compares and contrasts tape technologies with each other. click here

Editorial in Defense of Tape
With all the talk about disk-to-disk mirroring/copy, this editorial reviews a recent study that comes out squarely behind the tried and true approach to backup using tape. click here

A strategy for applying preventative practices to maintain a healthy and secure iSeries server with sound backup and recovery practices and the PTF process. click here

Be Careful With TAPE Labels
Rick Cook (SearchStorage.com tip, 5/13/03) click here

This week: Tape -- The Old Standby Keeps on Churning. click here

Server-Free Backup/Restore click here

TAPE Rotation click here

Life Insurance for Data click here

 

 

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