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    How to select the right IoT database architecture

    Understanding the core components of IoT databases is essential when evaluating and choosing the best architecture for a particular IoT initiative and its requirements.

    Johna Johnson • May 21, 2025
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    High availability and resiliency are vital to a DR strategy

    Together, high availability and resiliency can prepare an organization for potential disruptions. Find out how these metrics work in disaster recovery.

    Paul Kirvan • May 16, 2025
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    4 types of simulation models used in data analytics

    Combining different types of simulation models with predictive analytics enables organizations to forecast events and improve the accuracy of data-driven decisions.

    Kurt Cagle • May 14, 2025
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    The importance of a data destruction policy

    Data destruction policies increase backup efficiency, ease data management and help organizations meet compliance requirements for data storage.

    Damon Garn • May 13, 2025
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    8 top cloud analytics certifications

    Cloud data analytics certifications enhance careers and business efficiency. Compare costs, skills taught and time required to earn top credentials.

    Donald Farmer • May 6, 2025
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    The difference between data cleansing and data transformation

    Data cleansing corrects errors to improve data quality, while data transformation changes data format and structure to support analytics processes.

    Jacob Roundy • May 2, 2025
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    10 ways to reduce your MTTR

    Mean time to repair is a critical metric for BCDR professionals. Learn how to calculate and reduce MTTR with this tip.

    Paul Kirvan • April 30, 2025
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    7 ways to improve your ransomware backup strategy

    It's time to review your strategy for ransomware backup and recovery.

    Paul Kirvan • April 28, 2025
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    The road to carbon neutrality is paved with efficient backups

    Backups are an unavoidable aspect of IT that can contribute to a larger carbon footprint. Learn how your business can transition to a more carbon-neutral backup strategy here.

    Damon Garn • April 25, 2025
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    Use a business impact analysis questionnaire to get critical data

    The quality of the business impact analysis questionnaire will determine how well prepared your organization is for a disaster. Get started with some tips and sample questions.

    Paul Kirvan • April 24, 2025
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    7 data cleansing best practices

    Organizations rely on data for analytics and decision-making, but if that data is flawed, inconsistent or otherwise unreliable, it's not as valuable.

    Robert Sheldon • April 24, 2025
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    The ultimate guide to backup deduplication

    Backup deduplication can reduce active storage space consumption, decrease backup job times and increase the overall efficiency of a storage infrastructure.

    Damon Garn • April 22, 2025
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    Business continuity roles and responsibilities

    Business continuity is a vital part of an organization's recovery strategy. Make sure that these BC roles and responsibilities are accounted for when crisis strikes.

    Paul Kirvan • April 21, 2025
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    Use backup and business continuity planning to protect data

    The data backup strategies and habits you enact during normal business hours might be the difference between maintaining business continuity and a lengthy, difficult recovery.

    Paul Kirvan • April 16, 2025
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    Strengthen a business continuity plan with testing exercises

    Conduct a business continuity exercise to better understand your organization's BC plan. After the exercise, use our free after-action report template to review how it went.

    Paul Kirvan • April 15, 2025
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    8 top self-service analytics tools

    Self-service analytics tools, such as Power BI, Tableau and Qlik, help users analyze data independently with AI, automation and intuitive dashboards.

    Jacob Roundy • April 14, 2025
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    Backup scheduling best practices to ensure availability

    For daily work files, databases and mission-critical systems and data, the more frequent the backup, the better. But how often should you back up all your data?

    Paul Kirvan • April 14, 2025
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    Backup retention policy best practices: A guide with template

    It's critical for an organization to know what data it needs to retain and where to store it. Create a backup retention policy with this free template.

    Brien Posey, Erin Sullivan and Paul Crocetti • April 1, 2025
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    10 multi-cloud backup considerations for admins

    Using a multi-cloud data backup strategy can be good for data protection, but make sure that the providers are a good fit for your business first.

    Paul Kirvan • March 31, 2025
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    Business impact analysis vs. risk assessment explained

    Do you know the difference between a business impact analysis and risk assessment? Find out how they differ and why you need to perform both here.

    Brien Posey • March 28, 2025
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    Assess and manage the risks of using AI for business

    Legal ramifications, public image crises and misleading information are some of the disastrous consequences of incorrectly using AI. If you don't have a policy for managing AI risks, now is the time.

    Damon Garn • March 27, 2025
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    7 areas where AI can support disaster response

    Responding to a disaster requires IT teams to move quickly, with no room for error. Find out how AI-based technology can help before, during and after a crisis.

    Damon Garn • March 24, 2025
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    What is a fully integrated cloud-based data analytics platform?

    Fully integrated cloud-based data analytics platforms offer a comprehensive, scalable and secure approach to managing the entire data analytics process.

    Chris Tozzi • March 20, 2025
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    5 top self-service analytics use cases

    Discover how self-service analytics empowers businesses across industries, enabling faster insights, better decision-making and greater data-driven innovation.

    Donald Farmer • March 19, 2025
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    SaaS disaster recovery best practices

    Businesses that use SaaS applications hand off some responsibilities of managing that data, but disaster recovery is not one of them. Make sure you have a recovery plan in place.

    Stuart Burns • March 19, 2025