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Data Protection Matters .com

Am kicking off some independent research and consulting topics, which will be covered under the banner of Data Protection Matters, starting July 2025.

  • Unbiased industry research and analysis
  • Consulting and speaking sessions
  • Content development

Here is an archive of my blogs and articles related to Data Protection. 

  • When isolation protocols activate, your endpoints become a problem

    IGEL might be the most interesting business continuity technology you haven’t considered yet. When isolation protocols activate, endpoint access for the people who need it most becomes an immediate problem. Your IR team. Your senior leadership. Your recovery coordinators. Most BC/DR plans recognize it; very few solve it elegantly. That gap is what drew my…

  • What to look for as the Data Protection Market evolves

    The more time I spend with investors, consultants, and business stakeholders, the conversation keeps circling back to the same questions: “Who are the likely #DataProtection leaders for the enterprise over the next few years, and why is the market shifting the way it is?“

  • Let’s talk about the Server-to-Server Data Gap

    When Certes dropped their announcement last week, it got me thinking about a gap that most data protection and cyber resilience teams haven’t fully reckoned with yet — and it’s not the one you’re probably thinking of. Server-to-server data flows are largely unprotected in most environments; and sophisticated adversaries are already harvesting that traffic today…

  • Run Windows on the good days, Run IGEL on the bad days (part one)

    Here’s a Cyber Resilience isolation mechanism that you may not have heard about yet but really ought to consider as part of your Business vContinuity strategy. HINT: Run Windows on the good days, run IGEL on the bad days

  • DRJ Spring 2026 Wrap-up on Backup

    Not all conferences are created equal. Here’s what DRJ Spring 2026 gets right—and why it matters.

  • Don’t sacrifice protection while you’re modernizing production

    Don’t sacrifice protection while you’re modernizing production. Two years after Broadcom changed the vSphere licensing and the fervor of an exodus started, let’s revisit how it turned out and what it means for Disaster Recovery and Cyber Resilience depending on your hypervisors and hyperscale clouds.