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THIS ISSUE | 03.26.2012 [ VOL. 46, NO. 6 $5/COPY ]

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SPOTLIGHT | STORAGE

28
WHO HOLDS
THE KEYS?

Disaster Recovery
on Double Duty

20 Virtualization
and replication technologies protect
data from disaster, while keeping
business services humming.

Who Holds
the Keys?

28 Encryption isn’t bulletproof
if keys and digital rights are
left out in the open. Here’s how to
lock down stored data.

Big Fish, Little Pond
32 Despite budget constraints and limited resources, being an IT leader in a small
shop has its benefits, including agility and a greater ability to influence the business.

HEADS UP | 6 The Encyclopaedia Britannica forgoes print and opts for an online-only future. | National Geographic chooses the public cloud for multimedia storage. | 8 Downtown San Jose may offer high-speed Wi-Fi by summer’s end. | Marvel Comics announces a new mobile app.

OPINIONS | 18 Paul Glen says new managers lack the language to understand the value of management itself. | 42 Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols doesn’t expect VMware to exist in a few years. | 48 Scot Finnie ponders the inevitability of tablets as PC replacements.

NEWS ANALYSIS | 10 White House CIO Brook Colangelo strives to modernize an aging I T infrastructure. | 12 Microsoft cuts the price of Office 365 to stave off Google Apps competition.

DEPARTMENTS | 14 The Grill: Internet pioneer David D. Clark | 40 Security Manager’s Journal: Validating priorities at RSA | 44 Career Watch | 46 Shark Tank