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From EMC World 2013: Backup/Archive (video)

This week, I sat down to do a short video for TechTarget on what I was finding interesting at EMC World 2013: EMC’s Data Protection Suite, as a new way to acquire and consume the range of EMC backup software… Read more

Archive, Articles in Publications, Backup-to-Disk, Dell-EMC, Events, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

May 8, 2013
VMworld 2012 Wrap-up on Backup

As much as I like virtualization, and systems management, and private cloud … most folks know that I am a backup guy, first and foremost. So, you should definitely look to some of the ESG peers for the other parts… Read more

Backup-to-Disk, Dell-EMC, Videos and Webcasts, VMware-VMworld, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

September 7, 2012
VMworld 2012 video on VMware backup

Had the chance to do an interview on ‘The Cube’ … on VDP, VMware backup and other stuff from VMworld. Thanks for watching. Read more

Dell-EMC, Videos and Webcasts, Virtualization, VMware-VMworld

August 31, 2012
Cool EMC Networker 8 video

While I was taking some time off last month, EMC announced NetWorker 8 – and one of the things that I caught up on was a neat video celebrating the legacy of NetWorker from 1988 through 2012. Other than the… Read more

Dell-EMC, Videos and Webcasts

August 6, 2012
Video on EMC DataBridge from EMC World 2012

Most of you know me as a “backup guy” (and I am) … but my last gig at Microsoft not only included MS backup products but also monitoring and reporting technologies such as System Center Operations Manager. So, when I… Read more

Dell-EMC, Events, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

June 25, 2012
Quest announces NetVault XA — and it is absolutely gorgeous

I confess to have been personally blown out of the water by this new UI, when I saw it a few weeks ago. Many backup companies talk about ‘policy-based’ solutions and ‘ease-of-use’ – but what has come out of Quest… Read more

Backup-to-Disk, Dell-EMC, Quest

June 5, 2012