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Could VeeamON be the next MMS?

This week is the first VeeamON, Availability for the Modern Data Center, conference in Las Vegas. As I listened to the side conversations and such, I was reminded of the special-ness of Microsoft Management Summit (MMS). Not MMS 2010+, when… Read more

Events, Microsoft, Veeam, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

October 6, 2014
What I am looking for at VMworld 2014 … a Data Protection Perspective

For the past few years, the big data protection trend in virtual environments was simply to ensure reliable backups (and restores) of VMs. That alone hasn’t always been easy, but with the newer Data Protection APIs from VMware (VADP), that… Read more

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

August 18, 2014
Data Protection Impressions from the Dell Analyst Conference 2014

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Dell Annual Analyst Conference (DAAC), where Michael Dell and the senior leadership team gave updates on their businesses and cast a very clear strategy around four core pillars: Protect?! YAY!! As a… Read more

Dell-EMC, Events, Videos and Webcasts, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

June 17, 2014
vBlog: Wrap-Up on Backup from EMC World 2014 – part 2, strategy

Last week, I published a video summary of the data protection product news from EMC World 2014, with the help of some of my EMC Data Protection friends. To follow that up, I asked EMC’s Rob Emsley to knit the… Read more

Dell-EMC, Events, Videos and Webcasts, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

June 10, 2014
vBlog: Wrap-Up on Backup from EMC World 2014 – part 1, products

During EMC World 2014 in Las Vegas last month, I had the chance to visit with several EMC product managers on what was announced from a product perspective, as well as overall data protection strategy. Enjoy the video: For such… Read more

Dell-EMC, Events, Videos and Webcasts, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

June 6, 2014
From EMC World 2013: Backup/Archive (video)

This week, I sat down to do a short video for TechTarget on what I was finding interesting at EMC World 2013: EMC’s Data Protection Suite, as a new way to acquire and consume the range of EMC backup software… Read more

Archive, Articles in Publications, Backup-to-Disk, Dell-EMC, Events, Wrap-up on Backup (post event)

May 8, 2013