T-Minus 2 hours, and Counting – VCE Mega Launch Is Here!
| February 21, 2013
Get your popcorn ready! Today is the day that VCE will be holding their virtual launch, and EMC Backup and Recovery is proud to form the foundation of the VCE’s Data Protection Suite. The clock is winding down to the 11AM EST event, which you can still register to watch live here. I plan to ...
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We Keep Getting Better
| February 12, 2013
Check out the new face of The Backup Window. More Blogs. More Social. More Info. Enjoy.
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Valentine’s Day Present
| February 12, 2013
It’s that time of year when love and romance is in the air. I am sure everyone is looking for a good Valentine’s Day Present, so look no farther as I have a great suggestion—well, that is if your loved ones happen to be technically savvy and runs their virtual machines in vSphere.  If they ...
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How to Stop Database Backup Fights
| February 11, 2013
IN THIS CORNER, WEIGHING IN AT 180 POUNDS, LEAD BACKUP ADMIN JOE BACKUP. AND IN THIS CORNER WEIGHING IN AT 175 POUNDS, SENIOR ORACLE DATABASE ADMIN JOHN DATABASE. TODAYS FIGHT WILL BE 10 ROUNDS. THE WINNER: CONTROL OF ORACLE DATABASE BACKUPS. Sound familiar?  Is this a regular fighting match in your IT organization over who has control ...
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Tape Is Dead, Part II
| February 11, 2013
How should I back up data that doesn’t deduplicate? It’s one of the questions I’m asked often – by both our engineers and our customers. In fact, a TBW reader raised the issue in response to my recent post. Therefore, I’d like to explain how we approach such fundamental challenges and then share the approaches ...
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This Is Your Brain on Tape Backup
| February 1, 2013
Ever wondered what your brain looks like on tape backup? Here’s what my brain came up with: Stressed out about recovery times Backups are way too slow Failing backups are killing your #s Boss is unhappy about results Your performance isn’t good Tape cartridges are piling up Skyrocketing backup costs This is your brain on ...
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Cloud vs. Evil
| January 29, 2013
My blog last month entitled Cloud Control to Major Tom talked about the top five reasons enterprise don’t leverage cloud technology.  I focused on one specific reason pertaining to loss of control and visibility as being one of the top five.  This week I’d like to focus on another bullet on that top 5 list: ...
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Perspective Is Everything, Or Is It?
| January 28, 2013
Learn how to free yourself from the muck that's becoming daily backup and gain that all-important broader business perspective (multi-part series).
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Looking Back, Planning Ahead
| January 25, 2013
It’s time again for annual reviews, joy of joys. They generally (or at least are intended to) lead to reflections, resolutions and new beginnings.  Now, this whole “looking back” thing may sound clichéd, but there’s some real value in doing it – if you’re honest. From a business perspective and, in particular, as a backup ...
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Word Clouds, Vblocks, and Backup
| January 23, 2013
What do Vblock and backup have in common? To find out, I used a “word cloud” (or “tag cloud”) generator, Infomous. Here is the result....
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