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The Spectrum of Data Protection
It is interesting to me how marketing folks and technical purists banter IT terms around, in hopes of sounding fresh and compelling to their customers. While “backup” is often thought of as passé or the bane of IT operations, “data… Read more
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vBlog: What if you paid for backups, like you pay for insurance?
Many people in the Data Protection field talk about “backups” like “insurance” – where you pay a little (cost and effort) so that you won’t have to pay a lot (lost data/productivity) when calamity strikes. If that is how backup/recovery… Read more
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Data Protection in a BYOD World
One of the most complicated areas of data protection in IT today has to be around securing the data on endpoint devices (laptops & tablets). Frankly, most IT organizations weren’t able to do an effective job of protecting that data… Read more
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What I am thankful for – as a backup guy
First and foremost, I am so thankful for the job that I have and the ESG family members that I share it with. It has been an amazing year that I cannot say “thank you” enough times for. I am… Read more
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Snapshots vs. Backup – a great debate, no longer
It wasn’t that many years ago that “snapshotting vs. backup” had the same kind of fervor in IT debates that some American political discussions have today, or religion, or any other media-infused divisive issue. Sidenote: my favorite of these incite-ful… Read more
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Happy World Backup Day (early)
How are you celebrating World Backup Day? You have it on your calendars for March 31 (Saturday), right? Are you testing your Disaster Recovery solution over the weekend to ensure you can resume service? Remember, if it doesn’t get tested,… Read more
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