Disaster recovery on double duty

	Encyclopaedia Britannica goes online only | NatGeo moves its media archive to the public cloud
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	Disaster recovery on double duty More and more IT shops are using technologies such as virtualization and replication to make disaster recovery just another service, sometimes using the same servers, network and storage that run order entry, email, application development or other services. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Drobo "My Other SAN is a Drobo" Customers have now deployed over 200,000 Drobo storage systems. Buoyed by the new B1200i, over half of Drobo revenue comes from products designed specifically for business. And more and more large companies are buying Drobos. It turns out that they don't always need the premium stuff from the "big boys" for 100% of their storage requirements. Learn more In this Issue Encyclopaedia Britannica goes online only NatGeo moves its media archive to the public cloud San Jose gives free Wi-Fi another try Marvel offers digital extras for comic book fans White House CIO endures after tough start Microsoft makes a price cut to slow Google Apps The Grill: David D. Clark Paul Glen: Words are the first hurdle for new tech managers Who holds the encryption keys? Big fish, little pond: Some IT execs go small, and love it Security Manager's Journal: Getting validation at the RSA Conference Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Does VMware have a real future? Career Watch: Employers focusing on retention Scot Finnie: Are tablets inevitable as PC replacements? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Encyclopaedia Britannica goes online only After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica will cease to publish its flagship encyclopedia and will concentrate instead on its digital offerings. Read More NatGeo moves its media archive to the public cloud The National Geographic Society announced that it is moving its backup and archive of large unstructured multimedia files -- including video, photos and graphics -- to Nirvanix's Cloud Storage Network. Read More San Jose gives free Wi-Fi another try The city of San Jose intends to offer high-speed Wi-Fi throughout its downtown area, with the network paying for itself entirely by making city workers more productive. Read More Marvel offers digital extras for comic book fans Next month, Marvel Comics will release a new application to add content enhanced with augmented reality to some of its comic books. Read More White House CIO endures after tough start In Brook Colangelo's first 40 days as CIO of the Executive Office of the President, the White House email system was down 23% of the time while he and his staff put in 80-hour weeks. Insider (registration required) Read More Microsoft makes a price cut to slow Google Apps Microsoft is cutting the price of its own cloud-based service, Office 365, to improve its chances of success in the enterprise market and to stave off competition from Google Apps, analysts say. Read More The Grill: David D. Clark Meet David D. Clark, who has been involved in the development of the Internet since the 1970s. He talks here about the Internet, its potential and problems, and its future. Insider (registration required) Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hosting.com What if your key applications FAIL? Build for 100% application availability in the Cloud with Microsoft SQL Server. Achieve the highest levels of availability, performance, scalability, and security for your mission-critical applications while minimizing cost. Learn more at the April 12 webinar from Microsoft and Hosting.com subject matter experts. Register now! Paul Glen: Words are the first hurdle for new tech managers New managers lack the language to understand and express the value of management itself. Insider (registration required) Read More Who holds the encryption keys? Experts and IT leaders offer strategies for getting the most from the latest encryption and digital rights management technologies. Read More Big fish, little pond: Some IT execs go small, and love it It's a small organization with an even smaller IT shop, and it's all yours. Tech execs share the pros and cons of leading modest operations. Read More Security Manager's Journal: Getting validation at the RSA Conference Our manager talks to colleagues and attends various breakout sessions and talks, where he might learn something new or (even better) get validation for his security program and priorities. Read More Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Does VMware have a real future? Price is a big weakness when every player in the virtualization market is offering a good-enough free option. Read More Career Watch: Employers focusing on retention Increased compensation and promotions have become more popular as motivators. Read More Scot Finnie: Are tablets inevitable as PC replacements? Tablets are making huge inroads, but PCs aren't even close to being dead yet Read More
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