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  • Don’t sacrifice protection while you’re modernizing production

    Don’t sacrifice protection while you’re modernizing production. Two years after Broadcom changed the vSphere licensing and the fervor of an exodus started, let’s revisit how it turned out and what it means for Disaster Recovery and Cyber Resilience depending on… Read more

  • The fate of the wounded rests in your hands

    The fate of your organization rests in the hands of your technical ‘first responders’ for Cyber Resilience and Disaster Recovery. Do they all know the plan? Read more

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  • Protection Storage

    Most resilience conversations focus on backup software. But what if the more consequential architectural decision is the storage layers beneath the software? In my next Forbes article, I examine the evolving role of protection storage — and why it may… Read more

  • Why I love DRaaS – and you should too

    There are several reasons that I love DRaaS for Disaster Recovery using Managed Services – especially when it’s part of your Cyber Resilience plan.  Let’s talk about a few of them and why you should love DRaaS too. Read more

  • If you aren’t testing, then you don’t have a plan

    If you aren’t testing, then you don’t have a plan … you have a hope (and not much of one).  One of the most consistent complaints I hear among BC/DR professionals is the lack of support from senior leaders to… Read more

  • IDC MarketScape for SaaS Protection

    IDC recently published its MarketScape on SaaS data protection for 2026. If you’re an IDC client, you’ll want to read the entire report. Else, there’s a lot that you can glean from their chart that ought to raise some hard… Read more