Whitepapers

You will already know that we understand your data is valuable and our service is unique because it provides a 100% data guarantee. We are not just another cloud storage provider, we know how to keep data safe and make it easily accessible in the long term. Furthermore we have a highly skilled team of people who have spent years gathering a wealth of experience in long term data retention and the outsourcing of data storage.

To demonstrate our expertise we have put together a series of whitepapers focused on the issues and technology that surround safe and secure archiving in the cloud. Click on any of the links below to view or download the whitepaper that interests you :

  1. How Green Is Your Archive?
    Businesses looking to reduce the amount of energy and money consumed by archiving often turn to datacentres for their storage needs. However, datacentres themselves are facing a growing strain on the amount of electricity they use.  This whitepaper looks at the arguments for and against data tape and what cost savings can be derived from archiving in the cloud. More…

  2. How Arkivum Uses LTFS to provide Online Archiving as a Service
    LTO data tape and LTFS form an essential part of our service.  There are many advantages to data tape for archive applications, including its low cost, high reliability and very low energy consumption.  These all make data tape ideal for us when providing our extremely cost effective service with fast online access to data.  More…

  3. The Benefits of Archiving and Seven Questions You Should Always Ask
    Long-term retention and access to data is a skilled business that shouldn’t be undertaken lightly.   The benefits of doing it properly can be substantial:  meeting compliance requirements, saving costs, or monetising archive assets.   But the cost of doing it wrong can be even higher.   This whitepaper explores some of the benefits that come from a good archiving strategy and some key questions you should be asking to make sure whatever approach you take will allow you to realise these benefits rather than create a lot of sleepless nights! More…

  4. Making the Cloud A Safe Place to Keep Data
    There seems to be an endless number of cloud types: public, private, virtual, hybrid, multi-tenant,  smart, club and community to name a few. There’s plenty of hype and confusion on what cloud   really is, sometimes it’s traditional models dressed up with a new cloudy name, for example hosting kit you own in someone else’s data centre or renting servers in a rack from an ISP.  This whitepaper talks about what you need to consider in terms of data safety and security, questions  you should ask of your cloud provider to ensure that you use a service that is reliable and keeps   your data safe and secure over the long term. More...

  5. Arkivum Digital Archive Solutions for Life Sciences
    This whitepaper focuses on the growing data challenges facing Life Sciences organisations and the benefits to be gained from digital archive solutions aswell as how Arkivum supports 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance. More..