20 minutes to user data protection

By Brandon | April 19, 2011 @ 9:16 am

20 minutes (from setup to backup) of user data residing on company laptops and desktops?

Leading IT data backup & recovery solutions developer, Cibecs, says it’s that easy.

“CIbecs is quick and easy to install through its new Express Install feature,” says Cibecs Development and Technology Director, Neal Dewing. “Cibecs automatically installs all components required to get your backup server configured and ready it to begin protecting your user data.”

With auto detection of all configuration settings (such as detection of the Active Directory environment and settings), coupled with an easy to use Install Wizard to guide the setup process, as well as recommended policy and backup settings, getting started with Cibecs is now even easier than before.

The Great (Data) Trek: Data migration best practice

By Brandon | April 19, 2011 @ 9:16 am

With the right tools, you can avoid migration blues and simplify data migration through Best Practice methods, in your enterprise

Migrating data from old to new hardware, or changing over to a new software operating system while trying to make sure that all the correct data, from all the company’s users, make that journey successfully, is a bit of a nightmare.

Historically, if migration best practice methods aren’t followed, data migration projects have a tendency to fail, as a Bloor Research white paper suggests:

Approximately 60 percent of data migration projects have overruns on time and / or budget, which affect business continuity and disrupt operations. . . Some projects fail completely.”

The ultimate guide to enterprise Data Migration Projects best practice (PC refresh white paper)

Three aspects need careful consideration so that data migration best practices can be followed and you can simplify data migration in your business:

• Data migration projects differ from the usual as they are not implemented and then maintained. They are once off (hopefully) with the project drawing to a close when the new system is live.

Kongfused about King III?

By Natasha | April 19, 2011 @ 9:15 am

To many companies, GRC (governance, risk and compliance) is a giant ape scaling the office walls.

As technology becomes more pervasive and critical to business success, the hairy creature that is GRC also gains in its complexity. Legislation surrounding various aspects of corporate governance, especially the management of business critical and personal data, further adds to the risk mix that companies are exposed to.
South African Judge Mervyn King identified this exposure and has, since 1994, led the way in establishing an (internationally recognized) benchmark by which boards of directors could measure their compliance in all aspects of business.
The King III Report is his latest offering, with a greater focus on IT governance – separating the “information” and “technology” components to assist companies in managing this critical business component.

According to the report, “The board should understand the strategic importance of IT, assume responsibility for the governance of IT, and place IT governance on the board agenda.” King III strongly emphasises the point that, when it comes to GRC, a company’s board of directors can delegate responsibilities and functions of it but, ultimately, they are accountable for it.

Cloud NEIN: Why enterprise CIOs do not want their data in the cloud.

By Brandon | April 1, 2011 @ 10:31 am

In a recent study 49% of CIOs and CFOs listed security fears as the primary barrier to adopting a cloud solution.

The arrival of Cloud computing has brought with it new opportunities, many of them offering cost-savings and convenience as an attractive benefit to businesses and enterprises – however, when it comes to the security of company data and the viability of moving user data into the cloud, Enterprise CIOs are not so enthusiastic.

An NTT Europe Online survey of 200 CIOs and CFOs of UK-based companies with 500 or more employees (and a turnover of £100m or more) revealed that:

While the above statistics relate to cloud-based services as a whole, we can assume with great accuracy that the attitude towards cloud-based service solutions that target company data will be similar at the very least, if not substantially more suspect.