Data Storage & Migration: Data storage and migration is performed at all levels of technical expertise. From a college student coping a paper onto the USB flash drive to an enterprise data center upgrading the SAN (storage area network).

* In the Home: Over the next few years home data storage will start to gain limelight like never before. Microsoft's home server OS and the increasing number of external NAS (network attached storage) backup drives for the residential market is a response to the consumer's need for data backup and retrieval. Migration of residential data is straight forward, often the data are documents or images and movie files.

* In the small business: Data backup and recovery is extremely important. Data loss could cause a business to go under and employees to lose their jobs. Data migration is becoming more important as companies accumulate more data and run increasingly sophisticated database technologies. The best medium is still tape. Compared to other mediums (very small businesses are often temped to use DVD, or HD DVDs) tape has most storage capacity, it's rewritable, portable, and fast.

* In the enterprise: Data backup and recovery for some large firms isn't only mission critical, it's required by law. Enterprises use a variety of mediums for backup, tapes, large RAID arrays, and SANs. In this environment, expect to find data consultants dedicated to working on data storage and migration.

Each year businesses accumulate more data so data backup and recovery is more important. As a small business owner or enterprise CIO, do not make the mistake of overlooking your firm's data storage planning.

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