Because of the essential role they play in our modern digital society, protecting data centers has become more important than ever. Businesses need to feel confident that their data centers will be available whenever they need them. Even a short outage could cause serious disruption and degrade the user experience. Data centers also make an attractive target for criminals. Data is a valuable asset, and it needs to be protected accordingly. This is challenging because modern applications often rely on distributed infrastructure. Businesses need to be able to move data wherever it’s most useful and valuable, without placing it at…

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