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The winners of our 22nd annual TechTarget Storage Products of the Year contest have been announced! Congratulations to the companies that took Gold, Silver and Bronze in our 4 categories. Backup and Disaster Recovery 🥇 Gold: HYCU, Inc. R-Cloud 🥈 Silver: Commvault Data Protection Platform 🥉 Bronze: Zerto 10 Cloud Storage 🥇 Gold: Pure Storage Evergreen//One 🥈 Silver: CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform 7.5 🥉 Bronze: Portworx by Pure Storage Enterprise 3.0 Disk and Disk Subsystems 🥇 Gold: Infinidat InfiniBox SSA II F4316T 🥈 Silver: Dell Technologies PowerStore with PowerStoreOS 3.5 🥉 Bronze: Western Digital OpenFlex Data24 NVMe-oF Storage Platform 3200 Series Storage System and Application Software 🥇 Gold: Hammerspace Release 5 🥈 Silver: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage powered by HPE Alletra Storage MP 🥉 Bronze: Dell Technologies VxRail VD-4000 Learn more about the winners here: https://bit.ly/48yHGoX #StoragePOY #DataStorage #CloudStorage #DisasterRecovery

Understanding the pros and cons of biometric authentication is essential to securing data and systems. Check out this expert analysis to understand why.⤵️ 📰 Read more: https://bit.ly/3BpaZPu By Dr. Char Sample #Biometrics #BiometricAuthentication #DataSecurity #Security #Cybersecurity

If you're considering a NAS device for your organization, discover the factors to evaluate and some vendor offerings to add to your NAS shopping list. 📃 Read: https://bit.ly/4gHNMHg By Brien Posey #NAS #NASOfferings

IAM standards do a lot of the behind-the-scenes work in authorization and authentication. Learn which standards and protocols can assist your identity management efforts.⤵️ 📰 Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZZXxuw By Sean M. Kerner #IAM #IdentityManagement #Authorization #Authentication

Identity management is a perpetual challenge. To keep pace, learn the IAM trends reshaping cybersecurity. Be ready for what's coming next in IAM in 2025! ⤵️ 📰 Read more: https://bit.ly/3DeeJnd By Phil Sweeney #IAM #IdentityManagement #IdentityAccessManagement #Cybersecurity #IAMTrends

Organizations must stay organized to boost efficiency. Content collaboration platforms can help, but business leaders must choose carefully to find one that best fits their needs. Explore the most popular options that can improve productivity in the workplace for 2025. Read: https://bit.ly/3VJm197 By Christine C. #ContentCollaboration

How critical is business intelligence (BI) to companies today? While static reports remain the standard for financial statements and regulatory documents, BI applications are at the forefront of analyzing data. These tools provide actionable insights that support strategic planning and everyday business decisions. Unlike traditional reporting, which has changed little, business intelligence continuously evolves. Learn about the key trends shaping BI's current and future use here: https://bit.ly/3BoihCZ #BusinessIntelligence #Analytics #Data

🛠️ Network management is crucial to networking, and the five foundational elements -- also known as FCAPS -- remain the same no matter what changes organizations make. Learn what the five different types of network management are and why they're important to network operations. 📰 Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZLaIzp By Amy DeCarlo #NetworkManagement #NetOps #FCAPS #Networking

Considering how ubiquitous data storage is, it's reasonable to think that challenges will come up. ⚠️Don't overlook or ignore these 10 data storage issues -- including those related to staff, security and cost -- as they could disrupt operations without the proper planning. Read: https://bit.ly/3ZFoWSn By Paul Kirvan, Hon FBCI, CISA #DataStorage #DataStorageChallenges

What is a metrics store and how would you use it? A metrics store is a central place where organizations keep definitions and calculations of their metrics. You might heard the terms headless business intelligence, a metrics layer or a metrics platform used. Metrics stores provide a consistent way for teams to use and share these definitions and calculations across different data tools. This technology bridges user data tools and a data warehouse, data lake, or data lakehouse. Learn more about the benefits of metric stores here: https://bit.ly/3OEYMJo