Mainframe Modernization: Why Do You Need It? And How Can Archiving Legacy Mainframe Applications Help?

The advancements in cloud, web technologies, and application architectures have ushered in a new era focused on the end users—the decentralized potential of this new computing technology advances us leaps and bounds beyond the capabilities of archaic legacy mainframe applications. But despite this, mainframe computing persists to this day. In fact, one recent IBM survey found 71% of executives say mainframe-based applications are central to their business strategy. (more)

Optimize migration to SAP S/4HANA with SAP Archiving

SAP’s new enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, SAP S/4 HANA, brings many enhanced features and faster computing capabilities. SAP S/4 HANA uses the robust in-memory SAP database HANA. It is considered the digital core for connecting enterprises with people, business networks, the Internet of things (IoT), and big data. It also enables organizations to make business decisions informed by real-time insights, machine learning, IoT scenarios, and predictive computing. It also allows for a more comprehensive array of deployment options, including on-premises, public cloud, private cloud, hosted cloud, and hybrid environments. (more)

File Archiving Unpacked: Simply Automate and Maximize the Benefits

Unstructured data (Documents, PDFs, PPTs, text files, social media data, etc.) is growing at an unprecedented rate. As per a report published by IDC in 2021, enterprises have an average of 71PB of file storage in on-premises locations and over 91PB of it in public cloud locations. It, therefore, stands to reason that file archiving strategy is of the utmost importance for any organization to consider today. (more)

Archive Everything

IT cost reduction objectives are upon us again, and every infrastructure manager knows that the data growth crisis is not only real, it is growing exponentially every day. The impact is severe because data growth 1) degrades the performance of production databases and file servers, 2) drives hardware upgrade requirements, 3) creates availability challenges during upgrade cycles 4) exposes the organization to legal liabilities, and 5) exacerbates the challenges of consumer data privacy and compliance. At the end of the day, IT cost is directly proportional to the amount of data under management. (more)

Backup vs. Archiving: Understand the difference

Many IT professionals consider Backup and Archive the same and frequently use one instead of the other. But in reality, they are entirely different and have diverse and essential purposes. Hence, it is crucial to understand what they are and their differences. (more)

What is File Archiving?

File archiving is the practice of identifying and storing static/inactive files in low-cost, long-term secondary storage for future business, legal, or compliance purposes. Sometimes also referred to as Unstructured Data Archiving, File archiving has become crucial for organizations since, according to Gartner, unstructured data represents an astounding 80 to 90% of all new enterprise data, and it’s growing 3X. (more)

Solix Technologies, Inc. Announces Strong Customer Momentum for SOLIXCloud Enterprise Archiving Solution; Named a Visionary in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Information Archiving

Solix Technologies Inc., has been named “Visionary” in Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving. We believe this positioning by Gartner reflects Solix’s ability to deliver on its vision of an all encompassing enterprise information archiving solution supporting structured, semi-structured and unstructured data. (more)

Seven Steps To Compliance With Email Archiving

With email communication continuing to be the number one communication and collaboration tool for businesses of all sizes, enterprises today are faced with a myriad of challenges to maintain regulatory compliance and avoid costly enforcement actions. New regulatory requirements have placed email under great scrutiny, and it is no longer acceptable to hoard emails over years “in-case-you-need-them”. (more)

Top Three Reasons to Archive Your Microsoft Exchange Server in the Cloud

Email continues to grow as the number one communication and collaboration tool, and Microsoft Exchange Server remains the dominant on-premise solution for enterprise email. In addition enterprises must now retain more and more sensitive information to meet governance and compliance objectives. The net result is that enterprise IT is facing three major challenges to manage their Exchange Servers, and many are looking to cloud data management as a solution. (more)