This expert white paper establishes the ultimate IT security goal: the most reliable preventative and detective security system possible with the least amount of capital expenditure. From common sense solutions to revolutionary concepts, instructor James Michael Stewart challenges IT pros to explore his methods of saving money on company security. 

Database security is the last line of defense, so it deserves greater focus on the protection of private data from both internal and external attacks than IT pros have traditionally given it. Read this paper to learn what steps you can take to improve database security in your organization. 

Deploying a private cloud requires careful planning. Discover the primary drivers for this new IT model as well as key questions to ask to help you get started with your initiative. 

This E-Guide is here to help walk you through the decision-making process and determine which NAS solution is right for you. In this guide you'll learn the pros and cons of scale-out and scale-up NAS options, discover six industries that should always use scale-out systems and more. 

In this podcast, Marc Staimer, president of Dragon Slayer Consulting, discusses storage virtualization technology. Find out the pros and cons of storage virtualization, when to rule out storage virtualization in your environment, and how to decide whether file-based or block-based storage virtualization makes sense in your shop. 

Access this e-guide to learn more about data center fabrics with tips from the pros. 

Managing backup and recovery is a challenge with both short- and long-term business requirements. Read this white paper and learn why developing a long-term data retention strategy is important, and discover 5 key considerations to take into account. 

Recent technological developments in disk backup have had a positive impact on short term data retention requirements. But these improvements do not replace the need to execute and deliver on a long term data retention strategy. This tool provides 5 topics to think about as you design your long-term data retention plans. 

More IT pros are considering implementing a cloud environment, but they soon realize that building a private cloud means overhauling their entire existing data center infrastructure. Learn how moving to the cloud takes more than putting a layer of cloud management software on top of your existing servers, storage and networks. 

In this tutorial, learn about the latest developments on tape storage systems, LTO-5 and LTFS, the differences between backup software vs. archiving software, and and how tape is evolving into a long-term data archiving medium. 

This webcast provides an overview of the different types of storage for VMware environments. Our expert offers storage suggestions based on your organization's size, budget and business needs. An accompanying podcast takes a look at the pros and cons of virtualizing your storage and when this option might be a good fit. 

The following five steps are some very effective ways to improve data security in a cost-effective manner and are the first steps toward readying an organization for more robust data protection measures such as DLP.