While the FBI tussles with Apple over breaking the encryption of an iPhone used by the San Bernardino terrorists, the nation’s premier law enforcement agency finds itself grappling with a security breach of its own. Continue reading
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VDI Extends Access and Security to BYOD Users
As more employees use their own personal devices to perform work tasks, rather than use a corporate-owned and managed device, there are a few IT challenges businesses need to overcome. Continue reading
Still Using Tape for Offsite Backup?
As more organizations migrate from tape to disk as their primary onsite backup media, a growing number of them are turning to disk for their offsite retention as well. Not any disk solution will do, of course. What’s needed are speed and reliability for both backup and restore processes.
ExaGrid, for example, provides features that make its solution a compelling choice for offsite disk backups…
Effective Security through Context-Aware Analytics
In light of recent, well-publicized hack attacks on Fortune 500 companies and Federal government agencies, implementing effective security to protect data and networks is now a top concern among organizations of all types.
What’s not working is the usual practice of denying access and placing barriers between users and resources, which often forces employees to find workarounds to get their jobs done – a situation that can result in greater risk exposure.
More VDI Usage Coming from Mobile Devices
Worker mobility is playing an increasing role in driving companies to a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, according to a report issued by Enterprise Management Associates.
Some of the key findings in the EMA study include…
Using the Cloud for Email? Don’t Forget Archiving
As organizations increasingly move to cloud environments, easily accessing and protecting email becomes a challenge. With this in mind, new cloud-based email archiving services have emerged.
5 Technology Trends to Watch in 2016
Roughly 51% of digital media is now consumed via smartphones, compared with only 42% via desktops and laptops. This shift is feeding the biggest technology trends businesses will face in the coming year…
Collaboration Tools Determine Business Success
In a pair of recent global studies, Frost & Sullivan found that access to collaboration tools is a major driver of company performance.
With the pace of change accelerating in the workplace, the need for collaboration technologies has never been greater. The workforce is becoming more dispersed with more than half of all employees working outside of a traditional corporate office. Continue reading
Missing Out on Smart Ways to Exploit Technology?
DataLink is ready to help you explore your options and make informed IT decisions that can drive results. We start by analyzing your entire IT infrastructure, including software, systems, processes, networks and applications. Continue reading
“Internet of Things” Poses Security Risks
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects embedded with electronics, software, sensors and connectivity, which enables these objects to collect and exchange data over the Internet.
There’s no ignoring IoT… The market is predicted to reach $1.7 trillion by 2020. The big issue: the mass adoption of IoT may be coming at the expense of thorough security safeguards. Continue reading