What are some affordable archiving tools and products for SMBs?
You’ll be able to get the most affordable tools for your SMB if you understand your data storage needs. To understand your needs, ask yourself the following questions: Are you trying to archive everything in your environment? Are you trying to find a package that does email, file and database archiving? Are you looking for nice-to-have features vs. what you have? Look at several different products that will fit your needs. And there are several of them out there. You have startups like Acronis Inc., established names like CA, Dell, EMC Corp., Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co., IBM Corp., the media makers like Fujifilm Corp., hosting sites like Iron Mountain Inc., other vendors like NetApp, your traditional media types like Quantum Corp., and vendors like Symantec Corp. and Tek-Tools Software. They all have different offerings that can scale down to meet the needs of small businesses, but also allow flexibility. What are some tips regarding how to get started with archiving, or, taking the next
