Am kicking off some independent research and consulting topics, which will be covered under the banner of Data Protection Matters, starting July 2025.
Here is an archive of my blogs and articles related to Data Protection.
I am looking “forward” (pun intended) to Rubrik’s event this week. Bipul recently declared “Cybersecurity is dead. Hello, Agentic Cyber Resilience,” which we’ll likely hear from main stage. No doubt this conference will focus on the intersection of cybersecurity, AI, and backup (we still need backups). I’ll be listening to how those main stage promises…
Watching the NVIDIA AI Factory devices at Dell Technologies World (and traveling with a device that couldn’t run my usual AI tools) got me asking a question most IT leaders haven’t found great answers for yet: how are you ensuring the resilience of the infrastructure that fuels your AI-enhanced productivity? DPM will be exploring that…
What’s PowerProtect’s Superpower? I went to Dell Technologies World expecting to hear about what’s new in Data Domain and to dig into PP DM and PP1 as a backup or Data Protection solution — that was the wrong lens. Usually, a vendor’s Cyber Resilience superpower is wrapped around its backup software. That’s not entirely the…
The average org uses 2.8 backup products — which is one of many reasons why centralized purpose-built Protection Storage is critical to many Cyber Resilience strategies. Headed to Dell Tech World next week to hear the latest about Dell Technologies’ Power Protect portfolio and to engage the ecosystem built around Data Domain, including Commvault, Druva,…
Every ten years, the Data Protection industry (what we’re mostly calling Cyber Resilience these days) rediscovers two truths and asks the same question: what else can I do with my backup data? HYCU, Inc. aiR might finally give us an answer — here’s why. press release: https://lnkd.in/ghJ-HJcU Congrats to Simon Taylor, Andy Fernandez, and the…
“Single control plane” — real differentiator or marketecture? The answer determines whether your vendor stays relevant as AI and Cyber Resilience reshapes the market. Here’s how’s to tell the difference.