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  • An appliance by any other name

    Today, two former industry analysts (who are now Veeam execs) discuss the trends that are shaping the data protection industry and IT landscape: Jason Buffington @JBuff, former Principal Analyst for Data Protection at ESG Dave Russell @BackupDave, former VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, lead analyst for the Backup MQ This week, we’re talking about an appliance…

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  • Using “the cloud” as part of your data protection strategy

    Today, two former industry analysts (who are now Veeam execs) discuss the trends that are shaping the data protection industry and IT landscape: Dave Russell @BackupDave, former VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, lead analyst for the Backup MQ Jason Buffington @JBuff, former Principal Analyst for Data Protection at ESG This week, we’re talking about using “the…

  • Tape is (not) dead

    Today, two former industry analysts (who are now Veeam execs) discuss the trends that are shaping the data protection industry and IT landscape: Jason Buffington @JBuff, former Principal Analyst for Data Protection at ESG Dave Russell @BackupDave, former VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, lead analyst for the Backup MQ This week, we’re talking about how tape…

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  • The Data Protection Landscape

    For the next few weeks, two former industry analysts (who are now Veeam execs) discuss the trends that are shaping the data protection industry and IT landscape: Dave Russell @BackupDave, former VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, lead analyst for the Backup MQ Jason Buffington @JBuff, former Principal Analyst for Data Protection at ESG This week, we’re…

  • Why I joined Veeam

    I love data protection within IT— so much so that I am starting my 30th year focused on DP by leaving the analyst world and going back to the vendor world at Veeam. Here’s why: The state of the data protection industry After seven blessed years as the Principal Analyst at ESG covering data protection,…

  • Wrap-Up on Backup from Veritas Vision 2017

    It would be easy to assume that because the Veritas name has been around for more than 20 years, its products are all legacy and no longer suitable to modern data centers or IT scenarios; you would be wrong. Veritas is “back” after its divestiture from Symantec—with a laser focus on data management that very…

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