Have It Your Way with EMC SourceOne 6.8
| May 16, 2012
It’s been 3 years since we launched EMC SourceOne and we’ve been delivering enhancements and additions to the program ever since. We’ve added SharePoint support, and file system support. We’ve updated our offline access capabilities and added mobile support for archived data. Our platform support continues to grow and device support is routinely enhanced. With ...
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Spanning the Globe for Backup Trends
| May 14, 2012
I confess. I have a passion for market data. Maybe it stems from years of studying mathematics at the undergraduate level, or perhaps it’s a byproduct of a 10-year stint as a high-tech journalist. I’m not sure. But what I do know is that if you give me a topic to research, a study to ...
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It Doesn’t Take a Tsunami
| May 10, 2012
Guest Post by Shane Moore, Director, APJ Marketing, EMC Backup Recovery Systems While natural disasters are fresh in everyone’s mind, especially across Asia, due to recent floods, earthquakes and tsunamis, the results of a recent survey show that it’s not the extraordinary events that cause downtime and data loss. In fact, the research shows that ...
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EMC Backup & Recovery Hands-On Labs Bonanza at EMC World 2012!
| May 10, 2012
Well folks, if I take a look at my trusty countdown clock that I keep on my desk here in the office we have just about 11 days, 280 hours, 16831 minutes, or 1009886..5..4..3 seconds until EMC World. Now I am keeping such a close eye on the time for two reasons, excitement and nervous ...
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A Match Made in Heaven
| May 10, 2012
In the not too distant past backup was very straightforward; the mainframe backed up data to proprietary tape formats, UNIX and Windows had their own processes and IBM i (formerly iSeries or AS400 way back in the day) had its unique process for backup data. In effect separate islands but everyone was aware of where ...
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Preventing a Burn
| May 8, 2012
Greeting from sunny Dubai! I find myself in the Middle East to launch survey results about tendencies of the region around backup and recovery in the region. What we found is that the vast majority of respondents are not very confident that they can recover after an incident. The message we want to raise to ...
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“Do It Yourself” Just Isn’t Good Enough
| April 26, 2012
“I’d like the ‘Meat on a Hot Stone,’ please.” Some words cannot be unsaid, some actions cannot be undone and some ideas cannot be eliminated. Unfortunately, as I learned one night, all the next day, and most of the following night – some food can be uneaten. Over and over and over again. During my ...
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Does Your Over-Confidence Put You or Others at Risk?
| April 26, 2012
Summer has arrived!   Most of my weekends are spent participating in activities filled with adrenaline and a little touch of risk. This weekend we were rock climbing in an area that is very popular and filled with experienced climbers.  While waiting for a route we were observing climbers in other groups. One thing that I ...
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Oracle Backup & DR – Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
| April 24, 2012
As we recently discussed in our blog on SQL server backups, there is oftentimes tension between database admins (DBA’s) and backup admins rooted in the need to protect mission critical application data.  The issue is  both DBAs and backup admins want control over database backup and recovery processes, often resulting in parallel database backup processes ...
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Not Your Momma’s NAS
| April 18, 2012
Traditions are wonderful things. Opening a few gifts the night before Christmas, sitting in the first five rows at Shamu stadium, and wearing green on St. Patrick’s day are just a few favorites. For many companies, the use of network attached storage (NAS) systems has become a tradition too, and for good reasons. NAS solutions ...
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The Right Architecture Is Priceless, Part I Evolving data protection technology and expanding requirements have completely transformed the backup industry. Unfortunately, with such rapid change, many organizations have fallen into the chaos of an accidental architecture. Read More...
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