Remember WinFS – Windows Future Storage? Once upon a time, this was a planned radical enhancement to the Windows file system that was going to be part of Vista. It turned out to be far too ambitious, ...

Let’s face it. Managing data in the enterprise is a messy endeavor. I have yet to see an organization that has a 100% handle on where data should live, how it should be used, protected, consumed, etc.

Microsoft's TechEd is an enterprise show, but that didn't stop the Softies from leading off with Windows 7 client in its kick-off keynote on May 11. Microsoft execs didn't totally skip over Windows ...

In recent years the growing amount of legislation affecting data retention and records management has placed an enormous burden on IT. As part of a broader compliance framework, there's a tremendously ...

Classify data on Windows Servers and use automated storage location and retention policies to comply with business and regulatory requirements. While many businesses work with SharePoint Server to ...

Dataglobal, a vendor of data classification software based in Germany, has integrated its product with Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) and is targeting the U.S. market ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

The Windows File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) is new to the first release candidate of Windows Server 2008 R2, which was made available last month and is due to be released in October. FCI is a ...