Posts Tagged ‘Data’
Is Your iManage Work Data Ready for the Cloud?
If you are considering moving your iManage Work database to the cloud, you’ll want to be sure your data is healthy and error-free. iManage provides a utility at no charge to its customers to analyze your data prior to migrating to the cloud. This utility, imDBCheck, is run against your production iManage Work database. imDBCheck…
Read MoreREMEMBER THIS! Considerations for Data Consolidation
Design: Make decisions on how you want your data to look in the future and work backward. Aim for the simplest possible post-consolidation environment. Limit the number of metadata fields available to ensure higher usage and less frustration. End users are more likely to use and appreciate a DMS that does not require a lot…
Read MoreConsidering a move to the Cloud? How well do you know your data?
Before moving to a new home, there are many things that must be prepared and organized to make the move as efficient as possible. The same can be said for data migrations to the Cloud. Just as you would pack up your belongings in an efficient manner so that they can be easily placed in…
Read MoreMigrations Without the Migraine Custom tools can ease the pain
Much like a migraine, migrating data from one system to another can be very painful. I’m sure most I.T. folks could easily list at least a dozen reasons why. Rather than give any attention to the pain, I’d like to focus on what can be done to relieve it. I get migraines regularly. I do…
Read MoreBe Ready for New EU Privacy Regulations – May 25, 2018 is Rapidly Approaching
New EU Privacy Regulations New EU Privacy Regulations were approved in 2016. There is a transition period and the new Directive takes effect in May of 2018. The new Directive is known as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A summary of the Directive can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection. This article is a summary…
Read MoreBe Ready for New EU Privacy Regulations
New EU Privacy Regulations New EU Privacy Regulations were approved in 2016. There is a transition period and the new Directive takes effect in May of 2018. The new Directive is known as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A summary of the Directive can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection. This article is a summary…
Read MoreData Don’t Vote – Disrupting Big Data
While recently watching the news I saw a segment on the 2016 Presidential election. In this segment the reporter was asking a community leader in Detroit why Donald Trump won the State of Michigan after so much pre-election polling data had shown Hillary Clinton with a lead, in some cases substantially. The community leader had…
Read MoreRapid Recovery, Virtual Standby
In this blog post, I’ll discuss some issues pertaining to Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery virtual standby machines. Rapid Recovery is a solution that backs up volumes at the block level, meaning the backup results are volume images. These images can be mounted as physical disks for file restore on the Core (backup server), or…
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