Storage

Avoid being held captive by ransomware with secure, reliable backups

After a ransomware attack, tiered recovery time objectives and a thorough, practiced plan can help agencies minimize downtime.

  • By Bret Piatt

Data-driven space exploration

Organizations pursuing missions in space need quick access to their data so they can support mission-critical systems, ongoing software development and analytics applications.

  • By Nick Psaki

How agencies can control access to IoT data

Dynamic authorization with attribute-based access control allows agencies to securely share IoT data by only allowing authorized users access to sensitive data under the right conditions.

  • By Gerry Gebel

AI adoption: Don't ignore the fundamentals

Computing power, networking and storage are the foundational elements that enable the incredible work of AI, but unless they move forward at the same rate, the process will be off balance and other technologies will be held back.

  • By Gary Newgaard

Software-defined storage positions agencies for modernization

As government enterprise networks grow in size and complexity, software-defined storage can help agencies better handle data growth.

  • By Paul Parker

Balancing security with accessibility: Properly managing information and high-value assets

A comprehensive information management program will help agencies more effectively secure their information, while still maximizing the availability of important agency data.

  • By Tyler Morris

Why agencies are turning to object storage

Popularized as a way for cloud providers to house massive amounts of unstructured data, object storage's biggest benefit is its ability to meet modern storage needs.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

Better solutions for ransomware recovery

With the versioning and write-once, read-many features of object storage, agencies can limit the impact of ransomware when preventative measures fail.

  • By Jon Toor

Consequences of ransomware heat up in Atlanta

Continuous data protection can help agencies shield themselves from the significant damage and costly recovery from cyber attacks.

  • By Caroline Seymour

DNA: Nature's data center

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is looking for a new storage medium that can hold more data within a smaller footprint. Is DNA the answer?

  • By Matt Leonard

IT innovation in government: Here's what federal agencies need to know

Flash as-a-service can deliver high-performance storage in a flexible model for secure deployments optimized for government agencies.

  • By Eyal David

Florida's data-driven intelligent transit

The SunStore data management initiative will support housing, sharing, analyzing, transporting and applying enterprise data for improved safety and mobility across all modes of travel.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

7 ways to minimize data loss after a storm

Agencies must ensure their employees know how to deal with to damaged devices to reduce the likelihood of data loss.

  • By Todd Johnson

3 factors affecting video surveillance storage

Agencies investing in more powerful cameras and analytics software should base their video storage decisions on retention time, accessibility and cost.

  • By Wayne Arvidson
Featured eBooks

The hidden challenge behind body cams -- storage

An open source, software-defined storage solution helped a small town manage its body-worn camera and surveillance data.

  • By Scott McManus

Hyperconverged solution streamlines transit IT

San Francisco’s transit agency is using Nutanix’s enterprise cloud solution to improve service delivery and reduce its data center footprint.

  • By Amanda Ziadeh

Stop the reliance on legacy IT: What to consider in a modern storage network

To support digital transformation, today's agency networks must provide reliability, high-performance access and secure modern storage.

  • By Steve Wallo

The storage challenge for body-worn camera video

Agencies considering implementing a body-worn camera program need a scalable, secure data storage infrastructure.

  • By Ted Hayduk

A flash forward for government data

Will embracing flash storage drives help the Department of Defense optimize its data centers?

  • By Karen Epper Hoffman

HCI opportunities in agency IT

Agencies have already leveraged hyper-converged infrastructure for sharing storage, virtual desktop infrastructure and workload consolidation.

  • By Kurt Marko

Why the time is right for hyper-converged infrastructure

Evolutionary changes in technology and policy have created a climate for technology-fueled automation and efficiency in the data center.

  • By Kurt Marko