Archives : 2010 : September

RDX Usage in Healthcare

New Evaluator Group white paper on RDX and Healthcare now available from http://bit.ly/cFAKmU our homepage. RDX, with its unique characteristics, has the applicability to meet specific requirements in many different vertical markets. One such vertical market where the RDX removable disk can play a key role is the Healthcare market.
In the healthcare market, the need to retain information for long periods of time is mandated by regulatory compliance requirements. The time frames for retaining information vary depending on the type of data and the state but are in periods that can be 10 to 30 years or even a lifetime – literally. New regulations and enforcement have accompanied legislation that provided funding to assist in the transition to all electronic health records. These have motivated the healthcare industry to address the healthcare storage requirements and meet very specific needs. Technologies previously in use such as optical disks, traditional IT disk storage systems, or magnetic tape are either obsolete of fall short of meeting the requirements. With new requirements and incentives, an opportunity exists to address the limitations of those technologies. Read more of the Evaluator white paper. http://www.rdxstorage.com/RDX_Usage_in_Healthcare_201009.pdf

Evaluator Group Joins RDX Storage Alliance

Evaluator Group is now a partner in the RDX Storage Alliance. http://bit.ly/aVQaT7 Evaluator Group Inc. is an analyst firm helping IT professionals and vendors create and implement strategies that make the most of the value of their storage and digital information. Evaluator Group services deliver in-depth, unbiased analysis on storage architectures, infrastructures and management for IT professionals. Since 1997, Evaluator Group has provided product and market evaluations, competitive analysis and education to end users and vendor professionals.

Evaluator Group is a well respected storage industry analyst group. We are glad to have Evaluator Group join the RDX Storage Alliance as a partner and contribute their knowledge to this professional community. Evaluator Group brings unbiased, informed, and relevant evaluations of current business and technology challenges and solutions. Evaluator Group will address customer solution profiles and best practices showing how RDX removable disk technology can make data storage more efficient while reducing IT costs.

RDX for Video Surveillance

For Video Surveillance, RDX removable disk technology offers the best of fixed-disk solutions http://bit.ly/8YWQNv (high-performance, random access), and the best of removable solutions like tape or optical (offsite data protection, low power usage, infinite capacity). Retention management is simplified by RDX removable disk technology, while compliance and disaster protection are automated. To achieve these same benefits with other technologies, additional software and hardware purchases are required.

RDX systems are plug-and-play, interoperable and can seamlessly integrate with most common back-up applications. Set-up is as simple as plugging in the data cable, power cord, and inserting an RDX cartridge into the drive. See our Solution Brief in the Solutions area of the RDX Alliance Web site