- Computer Science Loses Another Luminary – Farewell Dennis Ritchie
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Guest post by Fred Douglis, EMC Consultant Software Engineer. When I heard the news about the recent passing of Dennis Ritchie, inventor of the C programming language and co-inventor of the UNIX operating system, I felt an acute sadness I had not anticipated. Part of my reaction was no doubt due to the unexpected nature of the news: Unlike Steve Jobs, whose poor health we had known about for several years, Dennis had kept his illness quiet. Read More » Continue Reading » - Next-Generation Storage and Backup for vSphere 5
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VMware vSphere 5 is a major release that brings a wide range of improvements and new capabilities – ideal for virtualizing mission-critical applications. These include up to 32 virtual CPUs with 1 TB of RAM, VM high availability and better security. As you undergo your IT transformation, it’s time to evaluate current storage platforms and ... Continue Reading » - Backup Transformation from “Across the Pond”
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Greetings from Europe! In my first posting, I wanted to add to The Backup Window conversation by highlighting some recent customer experiences in Europe. Like other parts of the world, customers from Europe, the Middle East and Africa trust EMC for backup, recovery and disaster recovery for data and applications. It’s one thing for me ... Continue Reading » - Making the Right Backup Choices – Part III
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Previously on “The Backup Window,” I had described a scene that would rival a classic 1960s Batman cliffhanger. I was desperately trying to get my daughter dressed for church, so I could save my donut from the clutches of some Joker. Backup administrators tried to solve the Riddler’s question, “How can I protect all my ... Continue Reading » - Steve Jobs – More than Just an Industry Innovator
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FORWARD 100 LEFT 90 FORWARD 100 LEFT 90 FORWARD 100 LEFT 90 FORWARD 100 LEFT 90 I remember learning this Lingo program in grade school, and I remember using one of Steve Job’s creations – the Apple IIe ─ to do it. Yep, instructing a “turtle” to draw a square on the screen started it ... Continue Reading » - Changed Block Tracking – The Revolution Is in the Recovery
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What would you rather do recover 2GB or 500GB? Recovery is the final end game – after all, it is the point of backing up. With Avamar, files can be recovered into a VM without the need for agents within the guest OS. But this is not the revolution. The revolution is about “changed block ... Continue Reading » - EMC Demos Data Domain Boost for Oracle RMAN at Oracle OpenWorld
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Guest Post by Ben Weiss, Technology Consultant, EMC Backup Recovery Systems Division It’s no secret that DBAs crave the rapid backup/restore capabilities of disk but often settle for tape for long-term retention requirements. But the question is, why? While Oracle RMAN has significantly improved the efficiency and ease of backup and recovery of Oracle environments, ... Continue Reading » - Improving Backup Efficiency and Reliability in Small to Midsize Enterprises
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EMC backup and recovery has had an exciting year of announcements and we’re not done yet. In January, we delivered Data Domain systems that established new performance benchmarks that remain standing today. In April, IDC released a study that shows the Purpose Built Backup Appliance market is growing at 16.6% CAGR and that EMC is ... Continue Reading » - The Backup Window Goes Pink
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You may have noticed The Backup Window is sporting a new look these days, and I’ve got to say I like it! Whoever said pink is the new black is wrong; it’s the new blue. In all seriousness, in recognition of breast cancer awareness month and in support of “EMC Fights Cancer,” a global community ... Continue Reading » - Cloud Getting Clearer, Big Data Getting Nearer
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I had the opportunity to sit in on Joe Tucci and Pat Gelsinger’s keynote at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco. Now, I was fully expecting to hear a continuation of the Cloud and Big Data messages Joe and Pat have been delivering for the past year, and I did. But what I wasn’t expecting was ... Continue Reading »
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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.
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