Data Backup and Archiving

There are certainly more exciting things in the world than tape cartridges, tape drives and tape libraries. However, these concepts become pretty appealing when they help organisations save boatloads of money. The following striking statistics about tape tell a tale that all records management professionals will want to read.

With growing regulations around information management, litigation on the rise and massive quantities of data being generated every day, organisations need to store and protect large, increasing volumes of data for longer periods of time.

Organisations face several obstacles when it comes to restoring data from growing tape archives. Learn best practices to successfully restore tape data.

The Pace Of Regulatory Change Is Accelerating, And Costs Related To Litigation Continue To Rise.

Can you meet the storage demands of big data while holding down costs, maintaining compliance and providing on-demand access? Here are seven steps for making your tape archives secure, accessible and business-relevant for decades to come.

Over the last 12 years, IT has moved away from traditional tape solutions for data protection and disaster recovery. Disk-based recovery has proven itself to be faster and easier. In more recent times, the Cloud has also been embraced as a simpler way to manage fast, offsite recovery. Despite such advances, a serious challenge remains: How to restore data from now-retired or legacy systems.

With Iron Mountain Restoration Assurance Programme you can retire your legacy tape backup hardware and software systems.

Restoring data in the wake of a disaster or other sudden loss poses several challenges. Legacy data, in particular, is often spread across the organisation in multiple formats. Over time, as data moves from format to format and one storage site to another, the risk of mishandling, theft and compliance violations increases.

If there’s one universal truth that pervades all organisations, no matter the size, sector or specialty, it very well may be this: Data growth is a force to be reckoned with.

Some enterprises are discovering great value in archiving data. Is yours? Here’s how to determine if you’re getting the maximum benefit from your archival programme.