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• Top 2020 data backup tips target remote protection, cloud

  From improved security to SaaS protection, these data backup tips are important for your business, especially in an IT world changed by the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading

• Remote disaster recovery presents new business challenges

  With more employees working remotely than ever, natural disasters and other typical DR crises present an entirely new challenge. How can businesses tackle this new set of risks? Continue Reading

• Data anonymization best practices protect sensitive data

  See how data anonymization best practices can help your organization protect sensitive data and those who could be at risk if that data identified them. Continue Reading

• Transition to modern backup strategy for a refresh

  Time takes its toll on both data and backup technologies. Careful planning and preparation can keep enterprise data intact and accessible for many years to come. Continue Reading

• The data science process: 6 key steps on analytics applications

  The data science process includes a set of steps that data scientists take to gather, prepare and analyze data and present the analytics results to business users. Continue Reading

• How to manage virtual disaster recovery setup costs

  Creating a virtual disaster recovery setup shouldn't be pricey, but costs can easily add up if providers don't take all expenses into account.Continue Reading

• Backing up Exchange: Best practices for protection

  Your organization could accomplish Microsoft Exchange backup with native protection or through third-party offerings. It all depends on what you are trying to protect.Continue Reading

• Maintaining data integrity key for data quality

  Maintaining data integrity through improved communication and data literacy is paramount for organizations in the enterprise seeking to ensure data quality and trust.Continue Reading

• Data literacy framework must-haves for enterprises

  As data becomes increasingly important to enterprises, employees beyond the data team need to be data literate. And data literacy programs need certain components to succeed.Continue Reading

• It's a new age for hot site disaster recovery

  Hot sites are a viable disaster recovery strategy, but high costs and changing DR risks have made alternatives like disaster recovery as a service a more appealing option.Continue Reading

• How predictive and prescriptive analytics impact the bottom line

  With all the data organizations collect now, they need a good way to analyze it, and that's where predictive and prescriptive analytics can be useful.Continue Reading

• Understanding BC, resilience standards and how to comply

  Follow these nine steps to first identify relevant business continuity and resilience standards and, second, launch a successful compliance program at your organization.Continue Reading

• Microsoft 365 disaster recovery options: Native vs. third-party

  While Microsoft offers disaster recovery for its 365 platform, you might need more protection. Explore some of the available options, plus how to create a DR plan.Continue Reading

• Investment in talent key for data quality in healthcare

  Investing in training employees on proper data gathering and management practices is crucial for healthcare organizations seeking to ensuring data quality and patient care.Continue Reading

• Best practices for intelligent data management use

  The intelligent data management platform helps organizations get more out of their data. Explore why this trend has taken off and three best practices for use.Continue Reading

• What are 5 backup management best practices?

  The task of managing backups can seem overwhelming. These straightforward guidelines should help, as there are procedures and technologies that can make your job easier.Continue Reading

• Top 5 feature engineering tips for better models

  From understanding a model's expected goal to factoring in subject matter expertise, experts talk about the best ways to improve your feature engineering.Continue Reading

• Key points for a monitoring center pandemic action plan

  On-site monitoring centers come under stress when it's necessary for most workers to telecommute. Here are key points to include in a crisis plan to continue service availability.Continue Reading

• Use disaster recovery standards to guide pandemic planning

  International quality management and compliance standards can help an organization kick off a disaster recovery plan for unprecedented scenarios, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.Continue Reading

• Surprising insight on the data governance process

  Many enterprise data governance processes have been around for a while. Read on for ways a modern approach can be beneficial, and preview a new book that can update your strategy.Continue Reading

• Data integration technologies unify multiple data stores

  Manual data integration can still benefit small and medium businesses, but a prolonged manual process can slow and detract from actionable work by data professionals.Continue Reading

• Remote data protection and DR in the work-from-home boom

  Building a data protection strategy around remote working requires companies to enable employee access to data while ensuring that it is protected from threats such as shadow IT.Continue Reading

• Organization and automation ease data preparation process

  By laying down proper groundwork and investing in automated checks, companies can ease the data preparation process and ensure they are getting the most out of their data.Continue Reading

• Student engagement data helps educators with remote learning

  Distance learning is necessary for most institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. See how institutions are using analytics to measure their success in the shift.Continue Reading

• Big data security management embraces governance, privacy

  Cyberattacks, GDPR and CCPA compliance, and COVID-19 present serious security and privacy challenges for managers tasked with protecting their data stores.Continue Reading

• GDPR, CCPA, cloud drive security management tool makeovers

  As data protection and privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA take hold, data managers refine governance practices, while vendors enhance traditional big data security tools.Continue Reading

• Business continuity challenges emerge as work from home ends

  As governments consider reopening, organizations must address how it affects business continuity planning, such as accounting for WFH employees returning to offices and the potential for outages.Continue Reading

• When a DIY database management system design is the best fit

  Learn how a combination of homegrown, off-the-shelf and open source tools, plus proper motivation, can yield a DIY DBMS that meets corporate expectations, needs and ROI.Continue Reading

• Building a database application the DIY way

  Business users experience the trials, tribulations and exultations of building a DIY DBMS, especially when IT expertise is not readily available or costs are too high.Continue Reading

• Use and protect backup against COVID-19-related cybercrime

  Be aware of innovative cyberattacks connected to the new coronavirus. Improve data safety with these backup best practices that can serve as a foundation of response preparation.Continue Reading

• The COVID-19 impact on analytics professionals

  The global pandemic has forced many businesses to make quick changes. The COVID-19 impact on analytics professionals makes them imperative to changing business goals.Continue Reading

• 12 key elements of a crisis management plan

  Starting or revising your crisis management planning? Include these elements in a plan to make sure you don't leave anything out and your organization can run effectively.Continue Reading

• Roles and responsibilities of a crisis management team

  The formation of a crisis management team that includes members with diverse skills can help organizations respond quickly and decisively to a crisis.Continue Reading

• Key differences of a data scientist vs. data engineer

  Data scientists and data engineers often work together, and sometimes the positions are treated as the same. Read on to find out what makes the roles different from each other.Continue Reading

• Ensure remote backup system protection amid coronavirus pandemic

  Don't let a pandemic ruin priceless enterprise data. Here's how your organization can safely preserve and back up remote data generated by employees at home.Continue Reading

• Don't cut corners with disaster recovery and backup

  A well-thought-out BCDR plan is just half of the resilience equation. A solid data protection strategy relies on thorough backup and disaster recovery planning.Continue Reading

• Trends and top use cases for streaming data analytics

  As more enterprises adopt real-time analytics, new infrastructure and best practices are appearing. Here are some trending practices for streaming data analytics platforms.Continue Reading

• Varied experience builds strong data science background

  Data scientists need many skills and learn those skills from different backgrounds. Experts say relevant experience can come from nearly any quantitative field.Continue Reading

• How to build an effective streaming data architecture

  Data architecture can be tricky when it comes to real-time analytics. Clear objectives and scalability are important factors when determining the streaming data architecture you need.Continue Reading

• The future of DR orchestration goes beyond recovery

  What's next for disaster recovery orchestration? As tools grow and change, orchestration may soon go beyond disaster recovery, as well as aid in planning.Continue Reading

• Using a pandemic recovery plan template: A free download and guide

  Outbreaks like the latest coronavirus can spread fast. Download our free pandemic planning template and read our step-by-step guide on pandemic planning for businesses.Continue Reading

• Embedded BI software creates common ground for diverse analytics

  Learn how embedding separate business intelligence capabilities into one application empowers users to drill down, access and analyze data without opening a separate tool.Continue Reading

• How to handle data management in the cloud

  Managing data in the cloud can result in cost and management complexities. But you can also use the technology to get a deeper understanding of your data.Continue Reading

• 3 cloud-based data management challenges

  Your organization has data in the cloud, but there are still concerns as to how you and your data protection vendor manage that data to maintain performance and costs.Continue Reading

• Ensure your DR strategy meets the challenges of a new decade

  Traditional disasters and new cyberthreats have organizations reexamining their DR plans to ensure they maintain high levels of availability and can restore operations quickly.Continue Reading

• 6 best practices on data governance for big data environments

  Efforts to govern big data must corral a mix of structured and unstructured data. That's a challenge for most organizations. These six action items will help.Continue Reading

• Achieve multi-cloud data protection with archiving, backup and DR

  How can multi-cloud users effectively use DR, backup and archiving together? Although multiple clouds complicate infrastructure, they also offer benefits for data protection.Continue Reading

• Updating your old business continuance plan for the new year

  Has your business continuity plan kept up with data center changes of the past year? If not, it may be time to revisit your plan's capabilities and existing recovery objectives.Continue Reading

• Should you host your data lake in the cloud?

  On premises or in the cloud: What's the better place for your data lake? Here are some things to consider before deciding where to deploy a big data environment.Continue Reading

• Data warehousing design and value change with the times

  Big data, the cloud and analytics profoundly shape data warehouse purpose and design. Learn how companies derive value from a repository that at times needs definition.Continue Reading

• Analytics demands add loftier goals to data warehouse strategies

  As the concept of storing data and the technologies needed to do it evolve, companies with set goals in mind are building their data warehouses to maximize analytics outcomes.Continue Reading

• How to enhance your data science storytelling

  How do you create substantive, compelling stories for business executives from cold, hard numerical data? Experts share their tips on how to improve your data storytelling skills.Continue Reading

• Year's best practices for backup feature ransomware, SaaS

  Backup best practices range from making sure your backups are safe from ransomware to being able to move on in the face of a failure. Take advantage of the advice and products.Continue Reading

• When is having a cloud-based disaster recovery plan critical?

  Cloud disaster recovery is accessible, affordable and reliable and has become a strong alternative to on-premises DR. In some situations, it may even be essential.Continue Reading

• How to improve data governance for self-service analytics

  Citizen data scientists and self-service analytics are on the rise as the data scientist shortage continues. Here are some data management best practices to support them.Continue Reading

• Data catalog best practices rely on teamwork, governance, tools

  This handbook provides advice on creating data catalogs to help data analysts and other users find information in corporate systems, plus insight on data catalog trends.Continue Reading

• Data catalog management for analytics fraught with unique demands

  Data catalogs for analytics applications demand detailed assessment of user needs, cross-functional teams, ready access, continuous improvement and a self-sustaining system.Continue Reading

• Data warehouse technologies evolve as vendors look skyward

  The need for high-speed analytics and low latency are pushing data warehousing vendors to create and reinvent their platforms and, in some cases, reinvent themselves.Continue Reading

• How to streamline feature engineering for machine learning

  Structured data is necessary in machine learning, but sifting through data is time consuming. Streamlining the feature engineering process can help data scientists be more productive.Continue Reading

• What are some best practices for planning database backups?

  Adhering to service-level agreements, keeping up with performance demands and planning for future workloads are just a few of the goals you should keep in mind when planning database backups.Continue Reading

• Post-disaster recovery, don't overlook user connectivity

  After you've successfully recovered your environment, the job isn't quite over. Ensuring user connectivity following a recovery is the final vital step of a complete DR plan.Continue Reading

• Managing unstructured data is crucial to enterprises' AI goals

  Unstructured data makes up a huge portion of most businesses' data volume. But, with data-hungry AI systems coming online, making sense of these stores has never been more important.Continue Reading

• NLP makes augmented data discovery a reality in analytics

  BI vendors are increasingly using NLP technology to make their products work more like a web search, with simplified user interfaces and improved ease of use for customers.Continue Reading

• Important questions about DRaaS you're not asking your vendor

  Not all DRaaS vendors are created equal. Expose any weaknesses and shortcomings in your current or prospective providers by asking the following questions.Continue Reading

• How enterprises navigate GDPR data management rules

  For businesses that operate in the EU, complying with GDPR has to be a top priority. And in many, much of the compliance burden falls on the data management staff.Continue Reading

• How to use multi-cloud data management and protection

  Data protection vendors are continuing to add more data management features in their products. How does this convergence affect multi-cloud environments?Continue Reading

• Tips for obtaining BC/DR plan and resilience funding

  Creating a comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plan is no joke, and funding those services can add another hurdle to your company's IT resilience strategy.Continue Reading

• DOD CDO shares 7 data management best practices

  The DOD's first chief data officer, Michael Conlin, shares tips on how organizations can modernize their data management practices with the objective of matching private enterprise.Continue Reading

• How to determine if your data backup strategy has the right resources

  The volume of different data backup resources available can be overwhelming. Learn how to quantify what is appropriate for your organization's backup strategy.Continue Reading

• Align business and IT drivers through data quality best practices

  Information management consultants talk about the importance of aligning business and IT drivers for a holistic architectural approach to ensuring strong data quality.Continue Reading

• Choose the AWS backup strategy that best fits your needs

  What's the best way to back up your valuable AWS data? Compare the recently launched AWS Backup product versus data protection offerings from other vendors.Continue Reading

• Third-party database tools boast attractive alternatives

  For companies considering third-party database tools, this handbook provides expert advice on evaluating and deploying on-premises and cloud options from third parties.Continue Reading

• Database management tools from third parties make natives restless

  Third-party database performance tools offer attractive alternatives to management software from DBMS vendors, provided their capabilities include orchestration, governance and integration.Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery and backup: To converge or not to converge?

  While it makes sense to some degree to have overlap between backup and disaster recovery systems, there may be even more sense behind keeping them discrete.Continue Reading

• SaaS data backup challenges and best practices

  The protection offered by a SaaS provider for your important customer data can be minimal, so it's crucial for organizations to back up SaaS data on their own.Continue Reading

• 2 trends that complicate SaaS data protection

  Malware and multiple cloud platforms have pushed the importance of SaaS backup and recovery to the top of IT managers' to-do lists. We explore challenges and how to pick a vendor.Continue Reading

• Backup testing: A step-by-step tutorial

  Testing backups is a key piece of the data protection puzzle. Explore the different approaches and frequencies you can use to make sure your backups work.Continue Reading

• Free IT disaster recovery plan template and guide

  A DR strategy is the cornerstone to ensuring infrastructure and applications continue to operate when a major outage hits. Our free DR template outlines the needed steps.Continue Reading

• Tableau vs. Qlik Sense: Pros and cons of the BI tools

  Products from the two top data visualization vendors are starting to resemble each other as the need for strong visualizations and scalability in self-service BI has crystalized.Continue Reading

• Ethical data mining and analytics elude privacy, usage snafus

  This handbook examines the ethics of data mining and offers advice on missteps to avoid when mining and analyzing customer data to help drive marketing campaigns.Continue Reading

• Governance, compliance, ethics in data mining: Separate but equal

  In the ethical mining and analysis of data, governance, compliance and ethics are mistakenly taken as one in the same. Data managers need to be aware of the critical differences.Continue Reading

• Sample business continuity plan template for small businesses

  Our step-by-step business continuity plan for small businesses enables an organization to restore mission-critical operations during an unforeseen event.Continue Reading

• How does a data archiving strategy benefit DR and backup?

  In order to be truly resilient, your organization needs more than just a backup and disaster recovery plan. Integrating archiving into your strategy offers some serious benefits.Continue Reading

• Using multiple cloud providers can benefit your DR plan

  Incorporating a cloud-to-cloud strategy using multiple providers may not simplify your DR plan, but it can offer peace of mind in the event of a disaster.Continue Reading

• How a backup administrator can manage large volumes in 3 steps

  Backup administrators have a tall task: managing a vast amount of data. Even if the volume is seemingly growing out of control, it's possible to keep a handle on it.Continue Reading

• Protect backups from ransomware and other security risks

  Backups can return your enterprises to a known good state. So it's essential to secure them by aligning your backup and security strategies for better protection and recovery.Continue Reading

• Information Builders exec talks data management ethics

  In this Q&A, James Cotton, director of the Data Management Centre of Excellence at Information Builders, offers advice on how organizations can carry out ethical data management.Continue Reading

• How to navigate today's business analytics governance challenges

  Don't let a traditional analytics mindset lure you into complacency when it comes to advanced analytics governance. Here are the biggest governance roadblocks and how to avoid them.Continue Reading

• Fortify your business resilience with consequence management

  Is there something lacking in your incident response strategy? Consequence management could be the missing piece in your organization's IT resilience plan.Continue Reading

• Underscore preparation in your natural disaster recovery plan

  When it comes to recovering after a natural disaster, you'll need more than just basic business continuity and recovery planning. Being informed about severe weather events is key.Continue Reading

• 6 best practices for choosing a cloud backup provider

  Learn six criteria for choosing the best cloud backup vendor for your organization. Key among these is knowing your unique needs.Continue Reading

• Today's top data pipeline management challenges

  IT executives say pricing models, agility and auditability are some of the biggest challenges they have faced in managing today's increasingly complex data pipelines.Continue Reading

• Switch to a new data backup system without disruption

  Your organization may be looking to transition to a new data backup platform. Avoid potential pitfalls and make the change seamlessly with these guidelines.Continue Reading

• What are some public cloud backup options for better data protection?

  Organizations that need to protect resources in the public cloud have a number of backup possibilities, some with more hazardous negatives than others.Continue Reading

• Using a LEFT OUTER JOIN vs. RIGHT OUTER JOIN in SQL

  In this book excerpt, you'll learn LEFT OUTER JOIN vs. RIGHT OUTER JOIN techniques and find various examples for creating SQL queries that incorporate OUTER JOINs.Continue Reading

• How 4 organizations are breaking down data silos

  Siloed data continues to inhibit enterprise efficiency. Here, IT professionals discuss problems their organizations are facing around data silos -- and how they're solving them.Continue Reading

• Why do you need backup for Salesforce and other SaaS apps?

  Backup for Salesforce is available from several third-party vendors. Why aren't a lot of organizations doing it? Explore some of the many reasons why you need this backup.Continue Reading

• Building leaner, meaner BI data sources

  As business intelligence analysis and reporting platforms become increasingly important in the enterprise, so does the data that feeds them. Are your BI data sources up to par?Continue Reading

• Social media analytics applications live and die by the data

  This handbook provides insight and advice on how to use analytics to get information on customer sentiment and marketing opportunities from sets of social media data.Continue Reading

• Social media analytics best practices tempered by privacy laws

  Social media provides a fertile landscape of information and insight into consumer behavior, but collecting and analyzing that data carries all sorts of privacy pitfalls.Continue Reading