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  • vBlog: You Too Can be a Data Protection Super Hero

    The awesome folks in the ESG Video team recently let me sit down and record a few podcasts that I will be releasing over the next few weeks. In this one, I started thinking about the challenges of midsized organizations… Read more

    Appliances, Backup-to-Disk, SMB, Videos and Webcasts
    November 13, 2013
  • The term PBBA is overused and often incorrect

    There are some who would refer to optimized disk-based target devices that are optimized for as Purpose-Built Backup Appliances (PBBAs), but that term is actually misleading. When one refers to a “backup server,” the implication is that the server performs… Read more

    Appliances, Backup-to-Disk, Dell-EMC, Exagrid, HPE, NetApp, Quantum, Sepaton
    May 22, 2013
  • Why can’t everything be as easy as a Drobo?

    I am a Backup Guy, which by definition means that I somewhat pretend to be a Storage guy, too (cuz where else are you going to store back up stuff?). Well, a few weeks ago, I decided to augment my… Read more

    Appliances, iSCSI, SMB
    October 3, 2012
  • Stop Shipping Tapes – please!

    Last week, I saw the latest disclosure on what is still too common – “backup tapes are lost and the amount of disclosure is under investigation” . This time, it was 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients – click… Read more

    Appliances, BC-DR, Cloud-powered
    October 5, 2011
  • ESG Lab Validation – EMC VNX Total Protection Pack

    One of the coolest parts about going from a single-vendor to ESG has been the chance to see IT from a broader perspective. As a long-time ‘software-guy’, this was a chance to re-discover the power of hardware, particularly as it… Read more

    Appliances, Backup-to-Disk, Dell-EMC
    September 20, 2011
  • Partner Webcast on DPM and Appliances from i365

      If you are Microsoft Partner, I’d like to invite you to an upcoming webcast on March 15 at 9AM Pacific time. Go to your Microsoft Partner portal and look up MGT116AL which talks about helping System Center customers with… Read more

    Appliances, Cloud-powered, DPM, Videos and Webcasts
    March 2, 2011
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