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  • JBuff’s BYOD Experiment (part 1 of 4) Acquisition Challenges

    One of the more intersecting discussions in data protection is BYOD. When its not a corporately owned device, and therefore the IT department has far less influence (including perhaps the inability to install agent technologies on it) — who is responsible for backing up the data, and where should corporate data be backed up to…

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  • How Netflix damaged my opinion of Barnes and Noble

    First, let me say that I have been a fan of the Nook since it came out.  I owned an original, have two Nook Colors, and bought a Nook Tablet on its first week.  In total, my family has 5 devices, along with umpteen book and apps. But all of that fidelity waned today –…

  • The best outcome of a TCO-ROI presentation is when they argue with you

    [Excerpt from my book, Data Protection for Virtual Data Centers – www.DataProtectionBible.com]  Chapter 2, Data Protection by the Numbers (click here to download Chapter 2) covers among other things ROI and TCO.   One of the formulas discussed is the “Cost of Downtime”:           Sometimes, the best thing that can happen when you present your methodology…

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  • National “Back to Church” Sunday – Sept.18

    I didn’t know of such a day … but it is September 18, 2011. Here is a strong video encouraging you to either visit if you don’t currently go … or invite a friend if you do.  http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf Not sure who created it, but thanks !

  • Teaching the three P’s in School

    Zack Whittaker at ZDnet wrote a good post (zd.net/nWEATt) on how schools may be teaching Word and PowerPoint, but kids are unaware of data privacy and protection issues. I would go one ‘P’ further.  Along with Protection (of data) and Privacy (of information), add Piracy (of software and media). Last year, I took the opportunity…

  • What I did last Summer

    Do you remember when you were a kid, and during the first day of school, the teacher would ask you to write an essay on what you did over the summer? Looking back, I presume the teacher really wanted to get a sense of your writing skills, but also learn a little about you and…