A Car Without a Seatbelt
Imagine you’re driving down the highway rocking out to Kelly Clarkson (don’t worry, I won’t tell) and all of a sudden the person in front of you hits their brakes and you quickly slam yours to try not...
View ArticleCloudy with Restricted Visibility
In my blog Cloud Control to Major Tom I talked about the top five reasons enterprises don’t leverage cloud technology. This month I want to focus on the first bullet on that list: data privacy...
View ArticleLumenate Talks Backup Transformation at VPEX 2013
More companies are looking to backup to improve operational efficiency. Brad Maltz from EMC partner Lumenate explains why, and shares insight into the transformation that's needed. Shot from the show...
View ArticleHighlights from the VCE Launch Reel
One word for the launch – “wow!” Well done VCE! I certainly hope all of our readers caught the Feb 21 VCE Launch, which you can replay here if you missed it (but watch it soon because it will only be...
View ArticleCoaching Blindfolded?
As a native New Englander, I have been lucky enough to enjoy the spoils of many great coaches in recent years including Bill Belichick, Doc Rivers and Terry Francona (yes, even Francona). But do you...
View ArticleReplicating Your Backups…Do You Trust Your Network?
One of the major advantages data duplication brings to going tapeless for backup is the ability to use your existing network links to replicate your backup data to a second site. This in theory is all...
View ArticleDid Dinosaurs Like the Taste of Tape Cartridges?
Whenever I see physical tape cartridges still being used for backups, I can’t help but think about cavemen and dinosaurs. They have so many things in common: They are both old and outdated (OK, one is...
View ArticleBackup as a Service: The On-Ramp to Cloud Services
In a recently published white paper by IDC, Program Vice President, Laura DuBois outlines and reviews the challenges IT departments are having with meeting the data backup SLAs required by the...
View ArticleStorage DNA (and Beer) – Brilliant!
I read an article a few weeks ago in The Economist about test-tube data. It begins in a similar way to most stories we hear in the data and storage industry. Data growth is massive, becoming more and...
View ArticleCloud Driving the Economy
From tech startups (like mine) to Fortune 200 tech companies (like mine) alike, cloud has been a global engine of growth as well as as an enabler of rapid innovation. And even through the recent...
View ArticleView Into VSPEX: EMC Backup for VSPEX Virtualized Applications
The Backup Window bloggers Caitlin Gordon, Alex Almeida and Mark Doncov discuss the importance of getting SQL, Exchange and Oracle backup right in this short video.
View ArticleA Perfect Score for Backup and Archive
With today’s announcement, a performance worthy of a Dancing with the Stars mirror ball trophy, Data Domain systems are poised to take protection storage to the next level. Let’s take a closer look at...
View ArticleNo Longer Gilligan’s Island
Just a few years ago, remote offices were a bit like Gilligan’s Island. The employees made the most of the computer equipment provided and when something broke, they did their best to fix it. The local...
View ArticleThen and Now: 10 Years of Innovation
This week we’re celebrating the 10th Anniversary of EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems. Data Domain systems have been at the forefront of deduplication innovation since the beginning. Over...
View ArticleView Into VSPEX: Driving Business Value With EMC Avamar
Mark Doncov interviews Dave Miller from law firm Weltman, Weinberg & Reis. Dave discusses how VSPEX deployed with EMC Avamar slashed backup times from 1 week to 45 minutes.
View ArticleGot your head in the clouds? We did at EMC World!
During the course of EMCWorld, we had the opportunity to work with the company Infomous to set up some custom clouds to monitor the Twitter discussion around #EMCWorld and @EMCBackup. You can check out...
View ArticleBackup Game Day Live from EMC World, with Nina Hargess from VCE
This episode of the Backup Game Plan, filmed live at EMC World 2013, features Nina Hargess from VCE giving a play by plan of the VCE portfolio and why backup and recovery is a must have for a converged...
View ArticleDid Dinosaurs Like the Taste of Tape Cartridges?
Whenever I see physical tape cartridges still being used for backups, I can’t help but think about cavemen and dinosaurs. They have so many things in common: They are both old and outdated (OK, one is...
View ArticleBackup Game Day Live from EMC World, with Nina Hargus from VCE
This episode of the Backup Game Plan, filmed live at EMC World 2013, features Nina Hargus from VCE giving a play by plan of the VCE portfolio and why backup and recovery is a must have for a converged...
View ArticleOne Lens to the Future: Visibility without Boundaries
You may have recently read The Backup Window’s May 17 post “Forget the Drapes…How’s Your Plumbing?”, in which Heidi Biggar talks about the important relationship between backup architecture and...
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