Unreliable backups and recovery times that are too long have long plagued IT organisations. This paper takes a look at the costs and benefits of backup with deduplication storage as strategic assets for data protection. 

Relying on tape backup for branch-office data protection is costly and risky. This white paper examines some of the strategies and technologies available for backing up remote or branch offices. 

When Clinical Financial Services, LLC needed to reduce its disaster recovery risk and reassure their clients, they turned to i365. Their solution was EVault SaaS plus Agent plug-ins for Microsoft Exchange and SQL Servers and Open Transaction Manager working in conjunction with EVault Remote Disaster Recovery service. 

Deduplication is one of the few IT solutions that cuts costs quickly and improves service levels. ESG believes CIOs and IT executives should look to deduplication for cost reduction projects in their environments. 

Looking for solid data behind the cost-savings story of WAN optimization? In this paper, NetForecast analysts interviewed customers who have deployed this solution, and the results show that this technology has significant strategic business value to companies. 

The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls 

Northern Storage Suite delivers financial returns in three ways: by improving utilization of existing resources, by reducing the pace of hardware investment and by reducing the need for administrative intervention in data management. This paper provides details on these three benefits and how this storage solution can benefit your organization. 

A new standard file format, Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), for submitting financial reports to the SEC in the United States is being mandated for June 2009. Both the creation of, and reporting from XBRL, are functions performed by the same new tool described in this paper. 

In this research, we examine the lessons that have been learnt from the current financial crisis, and propose ten practical lessons that could help to address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment and management. 

This IDC Analyst Connection takes a closer look at the key parameters in establishing the appropriate financial objectives in an organization's decision-making framework. 

Matrix Group, a privately owned financial services business, was looking to implement a full disaster recovery and continuity strategy. Read this case study to learn how Matrix Group worked with Double-Take Software to create a highly resilient, reliable and predictable IT system. 

This June 2009 study examines the financial impact and potential return on investment (ROI) for McAfee Network Security Platform intrusion prevention system (formerly McAfee IntruShield®), using Adena Health System as a case study.