-
Now’s the time to virtualize backup deduplication
With so much great work being done in converged infrastructure and hyper-converged appliances, many users are getting to the point that the only boxes with blinky lights that they want to see on their floor are those converged infrastructure (CI)/hyper-converged… Read more
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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