Planning for ICD-10 at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
When October 1, 2014 arrives, there are a number of potential disasters that await if we're not fully prepared for the new clinical coding classification, ICD-10. Federal regulators have proposed a...
View ArticleCentralizing healthcare big data in the cloud
Can the medical community make better use of big data, government regulations and the cloud to improve service and save lives?
View ArticleThe price is right when it maximizes startup market share
Companies argue internally about whether to maximize revenue or maximize market share. Market share really means “number of users.” And if the Experience Curve is to be trusted, the answer to this...
View ArticleHow big is your big data?
I mentioned last time that I would be talking about snapshots and data protection. And so I shall! But snapshots cover a lot of ground, and I prefer to focus on particular aspects of them, rather...
View ArticleSnapshots have a visibility problem
There's a fantastic bakery in my neighborhood where everything is terrific. Whether you're getting bread or cakes or cookies, they are the best in town. Unfortunately, there's one problem. Nothing is...
View ArticleTop 10 storage predictions: Back to the future
At the end of every year, I try to look back at the predictions I made in the prior 12 months to assess what was hot and what was not. It's that time of year again, so let's look back at my 2012...
View ArticleData protection services -- Make sure you get what you pay for
For those readers growing up in the 1970s, you are probably familiar with the commercials for Fram oil filters. For those who don’t know, they featured a grease covered mechanic talking about how...
View ArticleData protection and data growth -- within budget. Possible?
A few months ago the folks at Wikibon published a survey around a number of different IT topics. One of the questions centered around the biggest IT challenges that organizations were facing. The top...
View ArticleTo reduce or dedupe, that is the big data question
Reducing data at the source is the smart way to do backup. That is the conclusion I came to in my last post, If files were bricks, you'd change your backup strategy. But I also left off by saying that...
View ArticleA hit and a miss from The Tech Guy
Leo Laporte, The Tech Guy on the radio, left out an important step that anyone dealing with lost files on their computer should always do first thing. On the other hand, his ridicule of Faith Salie on...
View ArticleMakin’ copies! How many copies of data are you storing?
There’s a very old IT problem that’s gaining renewed attention lately: the problem of keeping too many copies of data. The analyst firm IDC has quantified the problem and come up with some rather...
View ArticleSoftware-defined everything: Revolution or evolution?
Software-defined solutions certainly hold a lot of promise -- an automated, dynamic infrastructure, business-aligned SLAs, simpler operations and lower costs. But, technology shifts like this don't...
View ArticleData deduplication in the cloud explained, part one
Everyone is talking about the benefits of storing data to the cloud for sharing information among friends, to simplify moving data between different mobile devices, and for small businesses to back up...
View ArticleAre you ready for software-defined storage?
The software-defined data center is one of the technology trends that’s kicking the industry into its next evolutionary stage. It's rife with innovation and has the potential to dramatically increase...
View ArticleAre there data squirrels in your IT department?
Believe it or not, your IT department is probably full of squirrels. No, not those cute fuzzy critters that climb trees, but data consumers that hide data away with the same relentless fortitude as...
View ArticleData deduplication in the cloud explained, part two: The deep dive
In this second installment, I dig a bit deeper into the guts of how deduplication works and why it's important in ensuring that our personal and business data is continually and efficiently protected....
View ArticleWhat to do if external drive data lost after OS X Mavericks upgrade
Western Digital has confirmed a problem in which some Apple Mavericks OS X users may experience what appears to be data loss using external hard drives, similar problems are reportedly affecting LaCie...
View ArticleApple working with WD on OS X Mavericks data loss disaster
Western Digital (WD) has confirmed it is working with Apple [AAPL] to address a OS X Mavericks-related bug that's wiping out data stored on some external drives, saying: "the occurrence rate of this...
View ArticleStorage predictions: 5 things that WON'T happen in 2014
Are you fed up with reading 2014 predictions yet? Each year around this time, pundits in the tech sector make predictions about which transitions will occur in the coming year. Rather than adding to...
View ArticleSoftware robots are taking over the data center!
By now, you’re probably familiar with IT’s new business mindset: that of a highly efficient service provider. Cloud services, consumerization and BYOD are just a few of the business-driven topics that...
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