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Enterprise Data Preservation: Turning Application Retirement into Strategic Advantage
Executive Summary Enterprise data preservation has moved far beyond cost savings. Three forces—cloud migration, surging M&A activity, and AI’s demand for governed data—have made it a strategic imperative. This post examines how application retirement now includes cybersecurity urgency, how M&A ...
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Remember, Backup is not Archiving!
I’ve been in the Information Lifecycle Management space since my days with Princeton Softech, and then IBM Optim. Way back then there was a misunderstanding about Backups really being a proxy for Archives. They aren’t. I’ve recently gotten some feedback ...
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The Great AI Splinter: Why Sovereign Stacks are Replacing Global Platforms
Gartner® just released a prediction (https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-01-29-gartner-predicts-35-percent-of-countries-will-be-locked-into-region-specific-ai-platforms-by-2027). “By 2027, 35% of countries will be locked into region-specific AI platforms using proprietary contextual data. Gartner also predicts that platform lock-in will rise from 5% to 35% by 2027.” This is not about ...
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How to Choose the Right Data Masking Solution – and What’s Next for the Industry
Data breaches aren’t slowing down—and neither are the demands for tighter data protection. With rising cyberattacks, data privacy regulations tightening globally, and non-production environments becoming a major source of breaches, data masking has shifted from a best practice to a ...
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Inside Data Masking: Techniques, Challenges, and Best Practices
Data breaches cost businesses an average of $4.45 million per incident in 2023, and 83% of organizations admitted to multiple breaches in the past year, securing sensitive data is no longer optional—it’s existential. Data masking has emerged as a critical ...
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83% of Companies Got Breached—The Smart Ones Use Data Masking
According to Verizon's 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, a staggering 83% of organizations experienced a data breach in the past year. This alarming statistic highlights the vulnerability of companies' most valuable asset: their data. While cybersecurity threats continue to evolve ...
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When Compliance Becomes the Catalyst: How Regulatory Reforms are Rewriting the Archiving Playbook
Regulatory compliance has emerged as a driving force transforming the archiving industry from a storage-centric function into a cornerstone of strategic governance. Global mandates such as GDPR, HIPAA, SEC 17a-4, FINRA, CCPA, and new AI governance laws are tightening requirements ...
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Archiving with Intelligence: How is AI Bringing About a Paradigm Shift in the Email Archiving Space?
Listen to the blog [embed]https://www.solix.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/archiving-with-intelligence-how-is-ai-bringing-about-a-paradigm-shift-in-the-email-archiving-space.mp3[/embed] Email remains one of the most reliable pillars of enterprise communication, playing far more than just a role in everyday collaboration. Most employees in any organization consider email as a medium to communicate and ...
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Beyond Data Silos: How Knowledge Graphs are the New Engine for Pharma AI
As the race to bring life saving therapies to market accelerates, the pharmaceutical industry is pushing the boundaries of biology while learning to harness an unprecedented explosion of data. Spanning multi‑omics, clinical trial data, legacy LIMS, and real‑world evidence, this ...
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From Data Overload to Data Discipline: Minimization in a Compliance-Driven Era
Enterprises across the globe are navigating a complex data paradox. Data is core to multiple organization-wide initiatives such as digital transformation, AI transformation, competitive differentiation and creating a niche value proposition. However, the accumulation of unprecedented volumes of data as ...