A little more than 10 years ago, I wrote an article for InfoStor magazine exposing IT's Dirty Little Secret: Backup was grossly inefficient - and IT knew it. Back then, nobody talked about the backup problem because there was little that could be done about it.
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 ...
To begin each year, Joe Tucci brings 400+ people together for the EMC Leadership Meeting. We spend a little time reflecting on the prior year, but most of it focusing on the future. After that, the Backup and Recovery Systems Division leadership spends another day planning our future. So, imagine my surprise when I saw, ...
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, businesses throughout the Northeast, particularly New York and New Jersey, are still struggling to assess the damage and get back to business as usual. With one of their most valuable assets compromised–their information— hopefully they are prepared with a solid disaster recovery plan. For years, the standard disaster recovery ...
If you’re like me, no matter what you do, your to-do list doesn’t seem to get any shorter. Laundry piles seem to reappear overnight; there’s always lawn to be cut and gardens to be weeded (does it seem like your yard gets bigger each season, or is it just me?); appliances to be fixed; pets ...
With all the rest of the VMworld preview posts out there, I wanted to take a moment to throw one more preview into the bucket. This preview however is directed at all of those who will be attending VMworld and have a liking for Backup & Recovery. Ok fine…. I understand there may be just ...
Yep, it’s almost that time again. We’ve passed the mid-point of 2012 and are now in the home stretch to 2013. But before we switch on cruise control and coast into the new year (and into a new set of resolutions), let’s do a quick check point. How are you doing keeping The Top Five ...
The Right Architecture Is Priceless, Part IEvolving 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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