Times have changed. Twenty-five years ago, most office workers would have worked at their desks 9-5 with very little scope for working anywhere else. We simply did not have the technology or the mindset to make this a reality. For anyone born 25 years ago, the so-called Generation...

It's amazing to think that we create 2.5 quintillion bytes data per day across the world through so many different mediums. Analysts estimate that number will increase by 25% every year! The rise in our creation of data is all due to the increase in our consumption and creation of...

Data backup and disaster recovery decisions should start with the board. It is up to them to decide how much data or work they are willing to lose and how long they are prepared to wait to get access to that data. These are the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time...

When businesses invest in a data centre solution for their disaster recovery site, they then start to question whether they should be using it for their live site. Surely, the most resilient option should be the location for the live site, because the business is less likely to go...

With data often described as the ‘life-blood’ of modern businesses, managing and protecting it is vital. IT staff face growing pressure to improve data security, management processes and organisational compliance. Furthermore, data is growing at a rapid rate. Globally, the data...

Public cloud or private cloud? What choice is best for your business? I hope to help you make your choice with the short video above. The main thing to consider is that the public cloud is easy and quick to access via the internet, secured with encryption and access...

As businesses are making the move to the cloud, it is only natural they would start to look at moving their backed-up data to the cloud as well. Whether you choose a public or private cloud solution, both are easy to access from any location. A public cloud, such as Azure or AWS,...

With so many businesses holding large amounts of data, having a disaster recovery (DR) option is essential, especially in light of GDPR regulations on data protection. In recent years, large and small businesses have suffered a disaster; a one in a million-type incident which can...

The universal adoption of the term ‘cloud’ still amuses me, and I am pretty sure some people still think their holiday snaps are floating around in the sky, just waiting to be accessed by a phone, tablet or computer. While it is a romantic notion, the reality is that photos,...

As we look forward to Exeter Chiefs' Premiership semi-final against Newcastle Falcons this weekend, we reflect on how always-available data forms a part of the team’s working week.In this video, Gareth Steenson describes how all their on-field activity is catalogued into video...