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The winners of our 22nd annual TechTarget Storage Products of the Year contest have been announced! Congratulations to the companies that took Gold, Silver and Bronze in our 4 categories. Backup and Disaster Recovery 🥇 Gold: HYCU, Inc. R-Cloud 🥈 Silver: Commvault Data Protection Platform 🥉 Bronze: Zerto 10 Cloud Storage 🥇 Gold: Pure Storage Evergreen//One 🥈 Silver: CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform 7.5 🥉 Bronze: Portworx by Pure Storage Enterprise 3.0 Disk and Disk Subsystems 🥇 Gold: Infinidat InfiniBox SSA II F4316T 🥈 Silver: Dell Technologies PowerStore with PowerStoreOS 3.5 🥉 Bronze: Western Digital OpenFlex Data24 NVMe-oF Storage Platform 3200 Series Storage System and Application Software 🥇 Gold: Hammerspace Release 5 🥈 Silver: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage powered by HPE Alletra Storage MP 🥉 Bronze: Dell Technologies VxRail VD-4000 Learn more about the winners here: https://bit.ly/48yHGoX #StoragePOY #DataStorage #CloudStorage #DisasterRecovery

Are you worried about your company's employee retention rate? Creating an employee journey map can help identify challenges and recommend how to fix them. An employee journey map visually shows the path of a specific type of employee within the organization and highlights key moments. This map can also cover the candidate's experience during the recruiting and hiring process. Learn how to get started here: https://bit.ly/42gDtUE #HRSoftware #EmployeeExperience #Map #Journey

The state of quantum computing is challenging to pin down. The emerging technology is subject to shifting claims, uncertain timing and a fragmented technology landscape. Explore quantum computing's market outlook in this guide. Read: https://bit.ly/3G3vzql By John Moore #QuantumComputing #EmergingTech

Do you know the differences between supercomputers and quantum computers? Supercomputers can handle large amounts of data quickly. However, there are challenges with energy use and maintaining performance. Quantum computers use the principles of quantum mechanics. These computers have great potential, and development for enterprise use continues to grow. In the future, using both technologies together could lead to new discoveries that neither can achieve on its own. Learn more about the possibilities here: https://bit.ly/3YgRRLv #CIO #Supercomputer #QuantumComputer

Compare Dell VxRail and Nutanix NX, leading hyperconverged infrastructure platforms, to understand their strengths and ideal applications to best fit your organization's needs. Read: https://bit.ly/42nNPT1 By Brien Posey #HCI #DellVxRail #NutanixNX

Did you know that... data cleansing, or data scrubbing, fixes wrong, incomplete or duplicate data in a dataset? By improving data quality, data cleansing helps companies make well-informed decisions. Data scrubbing is an important part of managing data and a key step in preparing datasets for BI, machine learning, AI and other analytical work. Learn more now, including who executes data cleansing tasks: https://bit.ly/3QQL2fJ #DataCleaning #DataQuality #DataManagement

Do you use data storytelling in your organization? And what is a data story, anyway? People thought it meant using charts and graphics to show data. Companies first used tools to create visuals that explained findings that supported business choices. However, data storytelling changed when practitioners started adding traditional narrative techniques to make more engaging and compelling stories. Today, storytelling with data includes various methods and ideas, each with its own community of users and experts. Discover seven ways to use data storytelling here: https://bit.ly/42cCmGI #BusinessAnalytics #BI

❓ Did you know the biggest data breach in history exposed a whopping 3 billion user records? 📰 Read up on the 10 biggest data breaches of all time and why they happened, and get advice on how to prevent your organization from suffering a similar fate: https://bit.ly/4kWZH6D By Sharon Shea #DataBreach #DataSecurity #Cybersecurity

IT automation platforms help streamline and scale the numerous processes that occur in the context of IT work, from software installation to incident response operations. Explore these popular IT process automation platforms to tackle IT-related tasks in your organization. Read: https://bit.ly/4kT84jA By Chris Tozzi #ITAutomation #ITProcessAutomation

Is your company using gamification properly? Gamification uses game-like features to make non-game tasks and activities more fun and interesting. It includes aspects such as collecting badges, acquiring points to move up on leaderboards and earning rewards. Companies can apply gamification in areas like education, marketing, employee training, health, wellness, and customer engagement. A gamification strategy can encourage people to participate more. To implement gamification effectively, company leaders must consider the target audience, their motivations and the context of its overall use. https://bit.ly/41zm4pY #HR #Strategy #Gamification