Change the Way You Think About Data Sanitization

Change the Way You Think About Data Sanitization

See the drives in the picture? They just sit there. Over time they get old, and with use they eventually reach end of life – or perhaps it’s eventually time to return them as part of a lease. Either way, it’s time to sanitize them – a term that means either erasing or...
Why the Capacity to Destroy Data is a Good Thing

Why the Capacity to Destroy Data is a Good Thing

It’s much more difficult to successfully build and grow something like a business or a career, than to destroy it. Destruction usually carries with it a negative connotation. Except when it comes to destroying, or more accurately, eradicating, obsolete data that can...
Overcoming the Data Erasure Operational Challenge

Overcoming the Data Erasure Operational Challenge

The days when data centers were rooms full of racked servers are gone. Today’s data centers are clouds. The difference: operational processes and the software that supports them. In the past, data center operators managed servers and racks one at a time. Today, the...