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EMC announces another step towards backupless-backups
Last week, in London, EMC made several announcements – many of which hinged on the VMAX3 platform – but the one of most interest to me was ProtectPoint, where those new VMAX machines will be able to send their backup… Read more
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Workload-enabled Data Protection is the Future … and that is a good thing
When asked about “what is the future for datacenter data protection,” my most frequent answer is that DP becomes less about dedicated backup admins with dedicated backup infrastructure … and more about DP savvy being part of the production workload,… Read more
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Data Protection Impressions from the Dell Analyst Conference 2014
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Dell Annual Analyst Conference (DAAC), where Michael Dell and the senior leadership team gave updates on their businesses and cast a very clear strategy around four core pillars: Protect?! YAY!! As a… Read more
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vBlog: Wrap-Up on Backup from EMC World 2014 – part 2, strategy
Last week, I published a video summary of the data protection product news from EMC World 2014, with the help of some of my EMC Data Protection friends. To follow that up, I asked EMC’s Rob Emsley to knit the… Read more
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vBlog: Wrap-Up on Backup from EMC World 2014 – part 1, products
During EMC World 2014 in Las Vegas last month, I had the chance to visit with several EMC product managers on what was announced from a product perspective, as well as overall data protection strategy. Enjoy the video: For such… Read more
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Video summary of Disk-Based Backup Target Systems
A few months ago, ESG completed its research on Disk-Based Backup Target Systems – the storage platforms that data protection solutions are often built upon. The nice folks in ESG’s video team were kind enough to help me record some… Read more