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• 6 key features of embedded analytics software

  Data-driven organizations need employees of all technical skill levels to be able to access and use data. Embedded analytics software has six features that make data more usable.  Continue Reading

• Multi-cloud databases: How to deploy and manage them

  Deploying databases on different cloud platforms offers various benefits. Here's a set of 10 best practices for building a multi-cloud database architecture.  Continue Reading

• Evaluate and choose from the top 10 data profiling tools

  Any effective data quality process needs data profiling. Evaluate key criteria to select which of the top 10 data profiling tools best fits your needs.  Continue Reading

• Managing databases in a hybrid cloud: 10 key considerations

  To manage hybrid cloud database environments, consider business and application goals, consistency, configuration management, synchronization, latency, security and stability.  Continue Reading

• 10 best practices for managing data in microservices

  Data architects managing loosely coupled microservices applications need to make the right decisions about databases, data ownership, sharing, consistency and failure recovery.  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery in healthcare: Free plan template and overview

  Healthcare organizations handle critical, sensitive data in their IT infrastructures. They must protect those infrastructures from disruptive events with a disaster recovery plan.  Continue Reading

• Data profiling vs. data mining: Why you need both

  Data mining and data profiling have different roles. Using one without the other is not an option for data management operations that want quality data and usable insights.  Continue Reading

• How to improve analytics maturity

  Improve analytics maturity with advanced analytics capabilities and the proactive use of data. Navigate cultural challenges to progress to higher maturity levels.  Continue Reading

• When is multi-cloud disaster recovery the right choice?

  A multi-cloud disaster recovery strategy has numerous benefits, including enhanced resilience. It also brings in several technical and organizational hurdles for IT teams.  Continue Reading

• Develop a backup KPI to improve performance

  Key performance indicators help ensure that IT teams meet the needs of the business. A backup KPI demonstrates effective data protection to both customers and management.  Continue Reading

• The 5 components of a DataOps architecture

  Reaping the benefits of DataOps requires good architecture. Use five core components to design a DataOps architecture that best fits organizational needs.  Continue Reading

• AI boosts efficiency in data management

  AI can automate tasks across every aspect of the data management process, enabling data teams to focus on models, not labeling and graphing.  Continue Reading

• Open source vs. proprietary database management

  Open source and commercial databases are alternative options to help streamline data management processes. Examine the pros and cons of each approach.  Continue Reading

• 7 steps to create a data loss prevention policy

  Data loss prevention is an ever-changing process of proactive and reactive protection and planning. Read on to learn how to set up a successful DLP policy.  Continue Reading

• 8 data protection challenges and how to prevent them

  Businesses contend with a combination of issues spawned by data overload, privacy regulations, access rights, cyberattacks, cloud environments, generative AI and human error.  Continue Reading

• Data protection vs. security vs. privacy: Key differences

  Data protection, privacy and security might look alike but their differences can make or break a comprehensive compliance program to collect, manage, access, erase and secure data.  Continue Reading

• Data protection vs. data backup: How are they different?

  They might be viewed as separate functions, but data backup should be part of an overall data protection strategy to thwart ransomware and comply with stringent privacy laws.  Continue Reading

• How to conduct a data privacy audit, step by step

  The vital importance of a data privacy audit can't be underestimated in today's climate of proliferating customer data, more stringent regulations and sophisticated cyber threats.  Continue Reading

• Vector vs. graph vs. relational database: Which to choose?

  Vector databases enhance the use of generative AI. Organizations should consider how vector capabilities stack up vs. graph and relational databases before deciding which to use.  Continue Reading

• How to build a data protection policy, with template

  Enterprises can't afford to operate without a sound data protection policy that specifies business goals, stakeholders, regulatory obligations, data classifications and access.  Continue Reading

• Generative AI capabilities increase data analytics value

  GenAI can enhance data analytics uses. Automation and synthetic data let data analysts generate better quality insights more quickly and cost-efficiently than ever before.  Continue Reading

• Use these 10 steps to successfully build your data culture

  Building a data culture starts at the top level of any organization. These 10 steps can help guide leadership through the key aspects any data culture needs to succeed.  Continue Reading

• 4 disaster recovery plan best practices for any business

  Disaster recovery plans are unique, built around an organization's size, type and industry. However, there are some key best practices that all businesses can implement.  Continue Reading

• On-premises vs. cloud data warehouses: Pros and cons

  Data warehouses increasingly are being deployed in the cloud. But both on-premises and cloud data warehouses have pluses and minuses to consider, as explained here.  Continue Reading

• Cloud DBA: How cloud changes database administrator's role

  Cloud databases change the duties and responsibilities of database administrators. Here's how the job of a cloud DBA differs from what an on-premises one does.  Continue Reading

• Data management trends: GenAI, governance and lakehouses

  The top data management trends of 2023 -- generative AI, data governance, observability and a shift toward data lakehouses -- are major factors for maximizing data value in 2024.  Continue Reading

• Generative AI can improve -- not replace -- predictive analytics

  Generative AI improves predictive analytics through synthetic data generation. Managing data bias and ethical AI risks can enable GenAI to widen the scope of simulated outcomes.  Continue Reading

• Optimize data protection as a service with these essential tips

  As a one-stop shop, DPaaS and its array of data management and protective cloud services provide security, access control, backup and recovery to safeguard mission-critical data.  Continue Reading

• Best practices for a strong disaster recovery testing strategy

  Testing is a critical part of the disaster recovery planning process. Without proper testing, IT teams might miss crucial updates or make avoidable missteps in a recovery.  Continue Reading

• What is the link between sustainability and business continuity?

  At first glance, business continuity planning and sustainability efforts might seem separate. But at their core, both aim to create a resilient organization.  Continue Reading

• Top 12 data observability use cases

  Experts identify 12 top data observability use cases and examine how they influence all aspects of data management and governance operations.  Continue Reading

• The emerging role of the chief resilience officer in BCDR

  Business continuity, disaster recovery and resilience are often managed by a variety of different personnel. Appointing a chief resilience officer can bring BCDR to the forefront.  Continue Reading

• Build and maintain digital resilience for a stronger DR program

  A digital resilience program builds on existing preventive and restorative activities by identifying the ways an organization's infrastructure can become more resilient.  Continue Reading

• 4 data loss examples keeping backup admins up at night

  Protecting data is a critical task for backup admins, and threats are ever evolving. Preparation is key to preventing data loss and recovering quickly.  Continue Reading

• Offline backups are a key part of a ransomware protection plan

  Ransomware resilience relies not on a single tool, but on several layered protections. Offline backups are a critical layer in a ransomware protection strategy.  Continue Reading

• Top 5 IT disaster scenarios DR teams must test

  While most organizations are prepared to face small-scale interruptions, they cannot overlook a larger, more complex crisis just because it seems less likely to occur.  Continue Reading

• Business continuity maturity model: An at-a-glance guide

  Business continuity maturity models are effective tools to improve disaster recovery processes and define an organization's desired level of BC preparedness.  Continue Reading

• How to use a SWOT analysis for IT disaster recovery planning

  A disaster recovery IT SWOT analysis can identify the good and the bad aspects of a DR plan, as well as highlight potential risks and opportunities for improvement.  Continue Reading

• Use geo-redundant backups for long-distance data protection

  Storing duplicated data across multiple regions is a tried-and-true method of protection, but geo-redundant backup can bring its own set of complications.  Continue Reading

• Oracle RMAN tutorial: Get started with database backup

  In this tutorial, find out how to use Oracle RMAN for different types of database backups and learn which commands admins must know to get the most out of the tool.  Continue Reading

• What are 5 good reasons to do yearly disaster recovery testing?

  Do you think yearly disaster recovery testing is overkill? You're not alone, but you are missing out on some key ways DR testing can help backup and recovery efforts.  Continue Reading

• 6 ways to support business resilience at your organization

  Without enough support, resilience initiatives are unlikely to succeed. Here are six ways individuals and departments can support business resilience.  Continue Reading

• Key backup-as-a-service benefits that help keep data safe

  Backup as a service offers several advantages, from easy deployment to better protection for a changing climate. Find out how your organization can reap the benefits of BaaS.  Continue Reading

• How often should you review a business continuity plan?

  Business continuity plans are not a one-and-done deal. Before a disaster strikes, ensure your organization's BC plan is up to date with regular reviews.  Continue Reading

• Geospatial analytics bolsters predictive capabilities

  Geospatial analytics provides insights that help organizations analyze current situations and use historical data to predict future outcomes.  Continue Reading

• 8 ways to drive business value with advanced analytics

  It can be difficult to get buy-in for analytical operations. These eight bottom-line benefits of data analytics -- with real-world examples -- can win over execs.  Continue Reading

• How to create a data quality management process in 5 steps

  Data quality requires accurate and complete data that fits task-based needs. These five steps establish a data quality management process to ensure data fits its purpose.  Continue Reading

• Mainframe databases teach an old dog new survival tricks

  Long predicted to fade away in favor of more modern architectures, mainframes still play an integral role in corporate IT strategies, thanks to advances in database software.  Continue Reading

• 5 major data backup trends to watch

  As IT becomes more sophisticated, data backup grows to incorporate, and protect against, the latest advances. Find out which five data backup trends are top of mind for IT teams.  Continue Reading

• 10 game-changing disaster recovery trends

  Recent trends in AI, ransomware and data regulations have a major impact on disaster recovery teams. Don't let the rapidly changing IT landscape hurt your DR initiatives.  Continue Reading

• 10 disaster recovery questions to ask in 2023 and beyond

  There are many factors to getting a disaster recovery plan to run smoothly. Here are 10 questions disaster recovery teams should ask themselves, their vendors and their leadership.  Continue Reading

• 12 business continuity trends to keep an eye on

  As technology rapidly evolves, IT pros are bound to see countless trends come and go. In business continuity, there are some significant trends shaping up to change the field.  Continue Reading

• Enhance data governance with distributed data stewardship

  Data stewardship and distributed stewardship models bring different tools to data governance strategies. Organizations need to understand the differences to choose the best fit.  Continue Reading

• Network documentation best practices for DR teams

  In the event of a disaster, IT teams often think of servers and storage, but forget about networks. Find out what you should document as part of your network DR plan.  Continue Reading

• Use backup encryption to protect data from would-be thieves

  Encryption is a powerful tool to keep sensitive data out of the wrong hands. To ensure recoverability after a disruption, data backup encryption is vital.  Continue Reading

• Use zero-trust data management to better protect backups

  Backup admins looking to protect data from bad actors can implement a zero-trust strategy for added protection. However, the method is not without its downsides.  Continue Reading

• Data stewardship: Essential to data governance strategies

  As data governance gets increasingly complicated, data stewards are stepping in to manage security and quality. Without one, organizations lose speed, quality info and opportunity.  Continue Reading

• How to maintain network continuity in a DR strategy

  Disaster doesn't just come in the form of fire, flood and ransomware. Loss of network continuity is a real issue and must be appropriately addressed in disaster recovery planning.  Continue Reading

• Prevent different types of network attacks with DR planning

  Disaster recovery and IT security teams must protect the network on several fronts to keep data safe from potential attackers. A dedicated disaster recovery plan can help.  Continue Reading

• Examples of real-time analytics for businesses

  Organizations use real-time analytics and automation to be more efficient and effective, whether it's in retail, healthcare, manufacturing or other verticals.  Continue Reading

• Cloud backup vs. cloud storage: What are the differences?

  Comparing cloud backup vs. cloud storage differences can be confusing, and file sync and share further complicates things. Here's what you should know to determine which is best.  Continue Reading

• What are the pros and cons of cloud backup?

  Know which type of cloud backup you want to use and the advantages and disadvantages that come with cloud backups before you trust your data to a third-party provider.  Continue Reading

• Fine-tune a social media emergency plan with ISO 22329:2021

  Social media and its effective management are major interests for emergency management professionals. Find out how ISO's recent standard can help guide a social media strategy.  Continue Reading

• Decision intelligence changes operations across industries

  Decision intelligence speeds up the process of delivering data to decision-makers efficiently, improving operations across industries including retail, healthcare and trucking.  Continue Reading

• 3 enterprise ROBO backup factors admins should think about

  Remote office data backup comes with its own unique challenges and considerations. Backup type and media can be affected by the ROBO locations and staffing needs, so choose wisely.  Continue Reading

• Data backup failure: Top 5 causes and tips for prevention

  What can you do to prevent data backup failure? Learn how using the 3-2-1 rule, turning to cloud backup and following other practical steps can help protect your data.  Continue Reading

• Why BCDR teams should consider EMP disaster recovery plans

  An EMP event could be a major game changer depending on where it happens and who is affected. EMP disaster recovery might not seem urgent, but it never hurts to be prepared.  Continue Reading

• Full vs. incremental vs. differential: Comparing backup types

  Evaluate full vs. incremental vs. differential backup, as well as newer types of backup, in synthetic and incremental-forever, to determine what's best for your organization.  Continue Reading

• Data tenancy maturity model boosts performance and security

  A data tenancy maturity model can boost an organization's data operations and help improve the protection of customer data. Improvement is tracked through tiers of data tenancy.  Continue Reading

• Data observability benefits entire data pipeline performance

  Data observability benefits include improving data quality and identifying issues in the pipeline process, but also has challenges organizations must solve for success.  Continue Reading

• Unstructured data not exempt from compliance requirements

  Concerned about regulatory compliance? Data protection teams must be familiar with all regional and industry regulations to back up unstructured data in a compliant manner.  Continue Reading

• Simulation and predictive analytics boost forecast capabilities

  Simulation and prediction analytics cover two different ways to forecast data. Together, they can boost capabilities, but organizations must craft them carefully to trust the results.  Continue Reading

• 5 steps to an improved data quality assurance plan

  Follow these steps to develop a data quality assurance plan and management strategy that can help identify data errors before they cause big business problems.  Continue Reading

• 6 data observability open source tools to consider

  Learn about six data observability open source options helping organizations pursue data science experiments that are more budget-friendly and flexible than commercial tools.  Continue Reading

• Data analytics pipeline best practices: Data classification

  Data analytics pipelines collect a variety of data categories requiring efficient data organization. These data classification best practices can help improve pipeline performance.  Continue Reading

• Where do business continuity plans fit in a ransomware attack?

  Recovery isn't the only priority when ransomware hits. Careful planning, training and coordination among IT teams are critical to maintain business continuity during an attack.  Continue Reading

• Create a flood business continuity plan to stay afloat

  In the event of a flood, don't settle for watered-down action plans. Download our free flood business continuity plan template to create a flood-specific recovery strategy.  Continue Reading

• Data analytics pipeline best practices: Data governance

  Data analytics pipelines bring a plethora of benefits, but ensuring successful data initiatives also means following best practices for data governance in analytics pipelines.  Continue Reading

• 5 unstructured data backup challenges and how to handle them

  Unstructured data backup requires the management and protection of vast amounts of data while keeping it available and secure. Is your backup strategy up to the challenge?  Continue Reading

• 4 data quality challenges that hinder data operations

  Data quality challenges pose a threat to organizations' decision-making. Inaccurate, inconsistent, missing and duplicate data poses threats to cultivating trustworthy data sets.  Continue Reading

• Make data usability a priority on data quality for big data

  To help make big data analytics applications more effective, IT teams must augment conventional data quality processes with measures aimed at improving data usability for analysts.  Continue Reading

• How to overcome the top 5 DataOps challenges

  DataOps is a new tool for effective data use and improved data-driven decision-making. Organizations should prepare for these five DataOps challenges and learn how to overcome them.  Continue Reading

• Why a HIPAA disaster recovery plan is critical

  Disaster recovery is a complex and high-stakes operation. When healthcare data is in the mix, a good DR plan is even more crucial. Do you have a HIPAA disaster plan in place?  Continue Reading

• The future of DataOps trends in 2023 and beyond

  DataOps is a growing tool for organizations looking to efficiently distribute accurate data to users. Learn the DataOps trends teams must understand as it evolves.  Continue Reading

• How to build an effective DataOps team

  More organizations are turning to DataOps to bolster their data management operations. Learn how to build a team with the right people to ensure DataOps success.  Continue Reading

• How to get the most out of cloud database backups

  When backing up databases, the cloud can provide a secure, easily scalable target. However, don't forget important features like immutability and encryption when getting started.  Continue Reading

• Use ISO 22320:2018 to prepare an incident management plan

  Incident management is critical to ensure that businesses can deal with unplanned disruptive events. Find out how the ISO:22320:2018 standard can help.  Continue Reading

• 7 data quality best practices to improve data performance

  Data quality is essential to operate a successful data pipeline and enable data-driven decision-making. These seven data quality best practices can help improve performance.  Continue Reading

• Use ISO/TS 22317:2021 to shape your business impact analysis

  ISO/TS 22317:2021 is a useful tool for BCDR practitioners and other personnel tasked with executing a BIA, which can often be a highly complex activity.  Continue Reading

• Top 4 self-service BI benefits for organizations

  Self-service BI tools benefit organizations in four major ways, including improved decision-making, organizational efficiency, increased collaboration and reduced costs.  Continue Reading

• Where does AI fit into a risk assessment strategy?

  AI is a helpful way to take a different look at risk assessment and disaster recovery. AI sifts through massive amounts of risk data without the typical constraints of DR teams.  Continue Reading

• Free disaster recovery budget template to justify BCDR spending

  Budgeting for disaster recovery does not need to be difficult. With detailed guidance from our free budget template, IT professionals can easily initiate and manage the process.  Continue Reading

• How CDOs manage cloud adoption and hybrid cloud compliance

  Cloud advancements are changing how chief data officers approach cloud data management as they juggle security, privacy and other hybrid cloud compliance issues.  Continue Reading

• Key roles and responsibilities of the modern chief data officer

  Chief data officer roles and responsibilities are expanding beyond data strategy, as they are increasingly tasked with cultivating a data-driven culture.  Continue Reading

• Natural language processing augments analytics and data use

  Natural language processing brings new tools to organizations to democratize data across the userbase in a simple, easy manner, but faces challenges with the nuances of language.  Continue Reading

• Use recovery level objective to fine-tune BCDR response

  Recovery level objective is not a widely used metric, but it has value to business continuity and disaster recovery teams. Learn how it fits in the BCDR timeline here.  Continue Reading

• Create a better endpoint backup strategy for remote work

  An endpoint backup strategy must protect data for remote employees working on a variety of devices without IT oversight. Incremental and immutable backups are key.  Continue Reading

• How Zerto users can get the most out of immutable backups

  Zerto users can create and manage immutable data backups within the vendor's long-term retention capabilities. Immutability is key to ransomware protection.  Continue Reading

• The evolution of the chief data officer role

  Chief data officers are taking on additional responsibilities beyond data management as they strive to transform organizations' data culture and focus on value creation.  Continue Reading

• How self-service BI capabilities improve data use

  Organizations can be more efficient problem solvers and enable users with self-service BI capabilities that bring more data and tools to their fingertips.  Continue Reading