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vBlog: Every Data Protection Architecture should be “Hybrid”
Maybe not “every” – but certainly more than “most” – data protection architecture should be “hybrid,” meaning that it should include disk-, cloud-, and yes tape-based recovery components. Why? Because each has a legitimate set of use-case scenarios and attributes… Read more
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vBlog: What to look for in Virtualization Protection in 2014
I spend a lot of time talking about protecting highly virtualized environments because so many people still struggle with it. In fact, ESG published a whole report on it earlier in 2013: ESG Report: Trends in Protecting Highly Virtualized Environments… Read more
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vBlog: You Too Can be a Data Protection Super Hero
The awesome folks in the ESG Video team recently let me sit down and record a few podcasts that I will be releasing over the next few weeks. In this one, I started thinking about the challenges of midsized organizations… Read more
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Video: Separate VM backups or Unified Protection?
As many in the IT industry are getting ready for VMworld, my mind always wanders back to what seems to be the perennial question – “Use a separate backup solution for protecting VMs … or a single solution for physical… 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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SMB data backup strategy must overcome data protection issues
ESG Senior Analyst Jason Buffington discusses some of the major data protection issues a small or medium-sized business must overcome while planning a data backup strategy in this podcast. What are the major differences between enterprise and SMB backup? In… Read more