Archive for the 'Best Practices' Category
Answering Ilja’s Request for Server Capacity – HDS Style
Posted in Best Practices, IT Transformation, Tech Talk on November 30th, 2011 1 Comment »
For everyone that celebrates the holiday, Happy [late!] Thanksgiving. The week of Thanksgiving in the US is a great time to catch-up on many of those little work chores that pile up or slip through the cracks while traveling and prioritizing big tasks ahead of fun work stuff. This morning I was catching up on some HDS Industry [...]
A Conversation With HDS SVP John Mansfield
Posted in Best Practices, File and Content Management, Tech Talk on November 8th, 2011 No Comments »
Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with John Mansfield, Senior Vice President, Global Solutions Strategy and Development at HDS. John and I discussed a variety of topics, including Hitachi’s organization design depth and expertise, along with where we can make investments that make a difference. John also tackles tough questions about what Hitachi does [...]
Measuring Up A Supersized McBlu-ray With BDXL
Posted in Best Practices, Enterprise Solutions, IT Transformation on November 1st, 2011 No Comments »
In March of last year, I wrote a blog about disruptive technologies, specifically how the Blu-ray technology could change the storage landscape (or not). The new Blu-ray disc format specification enhancement was defined in June 2010 for the BDXL standard. This new specification increases the recording capacities for Blu-ray discs in two ways.
HDS @ #OOW2011
Posted in Best Practices, Tech Talk on September 29th, 2011 No Comments »
The first week of October marks the largest Oracle global event in San Francisco: Oracle Open World 2011.
HDS Blog Comment Policy
Posted in Best Practices, Tech Talk on June 16th, 2011 1 Comment »
We recently issued our Blog Comment Policy and I thought it worthwhile to mention it here and also share a few thoughts and highlights from the policy.
HDS Joins the Cloud Security Alliance
Posted in Best Practices, Cloud, IT Security on April 29th, 2011 No Comments »
Like many others organizations, I’m pleased to announce that Hitachi Data Systems has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) as a full corporate member. We are quite excited about the CSA scope of work, and in particular, we anticipate getting involved in Version 3.0 of the “Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud [...]
How the Latest FRCP Changes Should Put Experts on Notice
Posted in Best Practices on January 19th, 2011 No Comments »
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) is a set of regulations that specify procedures for civil legal suits within United States District Courts. Federal district courts in all fifty states are required to follow these rules, and many state courts’ civil procedural rules closely follow or adopt similarly worded rules. Currently there are 86 [...]
Storage Security Gets Its Due
Posted in Best Practices, IT Security on November 5th, 2010 No Comments »
When it comes to standardizing security guidelines, practices, technologies, and protocols, there are a plethora of standards development organizations or SDOs operating in this space. Some are accredited and recognized as sources of formal standards, while others produce industry, government, and de facto standards.
Hardcopy Devices, eDiscovery and Professional Ethics for Lawyers
Posted in Best Practices, Tech Talk on September 17th, 2010 1 Comment »
Before anyone comments on the “ethics for lawyers” in the title, I understand that some lawyers may be a bit challenged in this regard…but that’s a topic for another day.
Copy-less Data Distribution
Posted in Best Practices, Innovation, Sustanability on June 22nd, 2010 7 Comments »
Horizontal-UVM – Step 1: Setup and Copy-less Data Distribution So it’s been about a month since my last post, sorry about that, but I’ve been working on several exciting projects that has me quite booked up as far as time goes. One of these projects I can actually share with you. I shared this concept [...]
