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Muddied definitions of backup and archiving and a lack of policies about data deletion are hobbling organisations as they race against Big Data, delegates at the Implementing Information Infrastructure Symposium (IIIS) have heard.
Speaking at the event, co-hosted by Storage Networking Industry Association A/NZ and Computerworld Australia, IBRS advisor, Kevin McIsaac, said many IT professionals did not make the distinction between backup and archiving