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How do you back up Saas? I’d like to know
You can’t have an IT “modernization” discussion without bringing up the cloud. And in the realm of data protection, that comes in a few obvious flavors: Backup as a Service (BaaS) – where your data is backed up either directly… Read more
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SunGard On-Premise Managed Recovery is coming
I love Ah-Ha moments followed by Heck-Yeah exclamations … when you when you hear about something new and yet so intuitive that you have to shout “Why haven’t folks always done this?!?” Maybe they didn’t do it in the past… Read more
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New Years Resolution – back up my own stuff better (part 1)
With twenty years of backup experience, you might presume that my own personal backups might be flawless and in triplicate. And for my professional workstation, it actually is. But admittedly, for the rest of my data, such as those invaluable… Read more
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Why SMBs need DR more, not less
“All we can afford is tape.” “We’re small – so we can’t afford enterprise stuff” “We only have 40 people. If we have to recreate something, it isn’t too bad“ Respectfully, none of these are reasons — they are all… Read more
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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… Read more
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The best part of BCDR Planning is what you get before the disaster
[originally posted on my ESG blog at TechnicalOptimist.com] The best part of BC/DR planning is not being prepared for your eventual disaster — its what you get before hand. In my earlier post, I talked about the 10 professional practices… Read more
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