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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
VMware DRaaS Announcements are a Good Thing!

Today, VMware announced enhancements to both its vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and vCloud Air Disaster Recovery. In both cases, VMware is essentially asking, “Why just BaaS when you can DRaaS?” Over the past three VMworld events: In 2013, VMware… Read more

BaaS and DRaaS, BC-DR, Events, Virtualization, VMware-VMworld, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

August 31, 2015
What I Want to Talk About at VMworld 2015

In 2015, the question is no longer “Can I get a reliable backup of a VM?” With vStorage APIs for data protection (VADP) now being mature since 5.5, through 5.8 and up and coming in 6.0, shame on any backup… Read more

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

August 6, 2015
What’s New in Data Protection from EMC World 2015 – and Why It Matters

Today, at EMC World 2015, EMC announced a significant number of new offerings and updates; starting from their core technologies (storage) and then quite literally wrapping it with a layer of “Data Protection Everywhere.” With that in mind, here are… Read more

Dell-EMC, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

May 4, 2015
What’s New in Data Protection from IBM Interconnect 2015

Every time that I take a close look at IBM’s data protection portfolio, veiled under its Storage solutions umbrella, I am happy surprised by the technology – and my guess is that you would be too. Among the announcements and… Read more

Events, IBM, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

February 24, 2015