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Do we still need VM-specific backup tools? [video]

This is one of the big questions in 2016 (and each of the past few years as well). Have the “traditional” unified data protection solutions caught up in reliability and agility to the degree that the need for “point products” that… Read more

Predictions-and-Trends, Virtualization

March 9, 2016
Data Protection Predictions for 2016

‘Tis the time of year to re-think how you did things before and what you might want to do differently in the future — in life, in IT and in Data Protection. To help you with those considerations, I’d like… Read more

Predictions-and-Trends, Virtualization

January 21, 2016
Wrap-up on Backup from VeeamON 2015 (Video)

Wrap-up on Backup from VeeamON 2015 If your Director of IT came and told you that you needed to “Look for a backup/replication product that was built-for VMs,” you’d obviously look at Veeam. But what if your Director of IT… Read more

Veeam, Virtualization, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

November 2, 2015
Backing up virtual machines doesn’t have to hurt

Backing up virtual servers was a serious challenge for a number of years. Even today, many shops use traditional, agent-based backup to protect virtual servers. But it’s a classic example of something working well until it doesn’t. Virtual server backup… Read more

Virtualization

September 24, 2015
VMworld 2015 Had Some Great Marketing

There was some great marketing execution at VMworld 2015. As a sequel to my blog last year that “Event Marketing Doesn’t Get Enough Credit,” here is my tip of the hat to some of the unsung heroes of tradeshows: the… Read more

Events, Marketing, Predictions-and-Trends, Veeam, Virtualization, VMware-VMworld, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

September 23, 2015
Wrapup on Backup from VMworld 2015

It’s taken me a while to catch up after VMworld, but I did want to share some observations on what was interesting at the show from a data protection perspective. Thankfully, nearly gone are the days of asking “How do… Read more

Events, Virtualization, VMware-VMworld, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

September 23, 2015