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.
Lego Architecture sets are among the greatest inventions of the last decade. My seven-year-old son Connor loves to show off his Lego creations, but my wife doesn’t really appreciate the aesthetic value of a Lego Death Star. Thankfully, Lego solved the problem by creating beautiful reproductions of buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and ...
EMC World 2013 is next week. Read the blog post to learn three steps to buildng a winning game plan for backup and archive, and stop by Booth 747 for more info on changing your game.
Just a few years ago, remote offices were a bit like Gilligan’s Island. The employees made the most of the computer equipment provided and when something broke, they did their best to fix it. The local IT “expert” likely had many responsibilities and technical training that included turning on the coffee pot and adding paper ...
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 ...
Is the new Boeing Dreamliner too big for safety inspections? Was the Titanic too big to need lifeboats? Are some banks too big to follow basic asset safety rules? Was Gmail too big to lose data? So, is big data too big to back up? Definitely not. But that doesn’t mean you can back up ...
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.
Read More...
