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A Perfect Score for Backup and Archive
| April 15, 2013
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 some of Data Domain’s new moves.
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“Those Guys” or “The Other Guys”…It’s All About the Data
| April 12, 2013
 Las Vegas is certainly the city of choice this spring when it comes to IT conferences! In the past three months, I have visited here twice already. We aren’t even through April! Here is the Best Part, I along with other members of the EMC team will be back here AGAIN in May for the ...
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View Into VSPEX: EMC Backup for VSPEX Virtualized Applications
| April 10, 2013
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.
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Backup as a Service: The On-Ramp to Cloud Services
| March 28, 2013
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 business.   Laura discusses how cloud services can fundamentally change the cost model around backup and how enterprises are leveraging these new backup-as-a-service (BaaS) offerings ...
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Did Dinosaurs Like the Taste of Tape Cartridges?
| March 19, 2013
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 They have so many things in common: They are both old and outdated (OK, one is a little older than the other) They are problematic (the problem is, what good are they to anyone anymore?) ...
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Coaching Blindfolded?
| March 12, 2013
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 think that the Patriots would have gone to 5 Super Bowls and won 3 (it hurts to type that ‘3’) ...
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Cloudy with Restricted Visibility
| February 28, 2013
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 concerns.  While many people consider this as a top inhibitor to cloud adoption, the reality is that most businesses are ...
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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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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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Thoughts from Stephen Manley
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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