| Special Edition Content - Sponsored by EVault Buyer's Guide: Cloud Storage, Backup and Synchronization
The cloud is displacing local physical storage for applications as diverse as file sharing, backup and cross-device data synchronization. Both business users and IT are adopting cloud services because of their convenience and low costs. We examine the market landscape and present detailed features and pricing from 14 providers.
PLUS: Full responses from 14 vendors
Strategy: Expanding Role of Cloud in BC/DR
Small and midsize businesses face the same escalated cyber attacks and increased frequency and scope of natural disasters as enterprises. Fortunately, new cloud offerings can help everyone work smarter.
Research: Cloud's Role in BC/DR
Cloud services can play a role in any business continuity and disaster recovery plan. Yet if our readership is any indication, these services are largely untapped — just 23% of the 414 business technology professionals responding to our InformationWeek 2011 Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Survey use cloud services as part of their application and data resiliency strategies, even though half correctly say it would reduce recovery times. Other Reports: Backing Up Android and iOS Devices
As more employees use their own tablets and smartphones for work, IT teams need to figure out how to back up data created while on the go. The answer: a smart mix of policies, cloud services and mobile device management. We outline a data protection plan that doesn't depend on end users, because "BYOD" shouldn't mean "back up your own data."
Strategy: E-Discovery, Mobility and the Cloud
Do you know everywhere business documents reside? Storage pros are often tasked with aiding discovery, yet as IT increasingly relies on cloud repositories while employees substitute mobile devices for PCs, that question is getting much harder to answer. Problem is, in the event of litigation, courts won't accept "the cloud ate my homework" as an excuse. Here's how to cope.
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