Optimizing VMware Backup and Recovery is the Game Changer
Let’s face it, managing multiple backup applications or trying to adapt traditional backup applications for a highly virtualized environment is not only challenging, but far from optimal. It’s not so...
View ArticleSure, You Can Build Your Own House…
“With the introduction of the EMC Avamar Business Edition, mid-market companies with limited budgets and IT resources can finally experience and enjoy the benefits of a turnkey, backup and recovery...
View ArticleJust the Facts…
Nobody said it better than Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet – “Just the facts ma’am.” As Sgt. Friday interviewed people to solve a crime, he often heard lots of extraneous blather and a good...
View ArticleThe Message Is What Matters
“More people choose EMC Backup.” Our Barcelona airport signs may not be as dramatic as Gaudi’s El Drac at the entrance to Park Guell, but world-renowned mosaic artists are so hard to find these days....
View ArticleDon’t Listen to Me – I’m Biased. Listen to Our Customers!
Don’t Listen to Me – I’m Biased. Listen to Our Customers! Customers Love EMC Avamar and They’re Talking About It… Faster VMware Backups and Recoveries, $avings, Scalability and So Much More Backup and...
View ArticleTape is Alive? Inconceivable!
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...
View ArticleThis Is Your Brain on Tape Backup
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...
View ArticleHow to Stop Database Backup Fights
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...
View ArticleValentine’s Day Present
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...
View ArticleDid Dinosaurs Like the Taste of Tape Cartridges?
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 They have so many things in common: They are both old and outdated (OK, one is...
View ArticleA Perfect Score for Backup and Archive
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...
View ArticleThen and Now: 10 Years of Innovation
This week we’re celebrating the 10th Anniversary of EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems. Data Domain systems have been at the forefront of deduplication innovation since the beginning. Over...
View ArticleEMC Avamar Soaring to New Heights with Eclipse Aerospace
EMC World 2013 set new heights for attendance and excitement this year. Here are a few highlights from my Day 1. Optimized Backup and Recovery for Virtual Environments Daniel Miller and Eddie Pavkovic...
View ArticleRockin’ the house at EMC World: Avamar and Data Domain for Vblock Systems
After several exciting days at EMC World 2013, you should have had lots of opportunities to hear our great sessions and talks around Backup and Recovery for Vblock Systems. But in case you missed it,...
View ArticleEMC Data Protection Suite: What’s New in EMC Avamar 7
So many new features … so little room on this BLOG space. Instead of posting a one-hundred-page What’s New BLOG, I thought I provide a few highlights along with a number of links to various resources,...
View ArticleNew Data Domain Systems – Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger!
For the past 3 months I’ve had Kanye West’s ‘Stronger’ stuck in my head. Why? Because I’ve been preparing to launch new Data Domain systems that are ‘bigger, better, faster and stronger’ and sadly...
View ArticleLive from VMworld 2013! Superior VMware Backup and Recovery, Powered by Intel...
The most pervasive trends in the market related to the data center and backup include: Data growth … especially redundant data. Security – stronger network protection and better data protection Tougher...
View ArticleMy Top 5 Reasons Why Data Domain for Oracle Database Backups!
For the sake of argument, let’s say that I am an Oracle DBA and some of my databases have gotten so big, it’s getting difficult to finish daily full backups within our available backup window. There...
View ArticleI’ll Take “EMC for SharePoint” for $100 Alex
As I participated in the Chicago SharePointFest event last week I talked with lots of SharePoint customers about the many ways that SourceOne for SharePoint could help them. Several of these customers...
View ArticleChicago Was Cold but EMC Forum Was Hot!
October 23rd was very cold in Chicago, almost 20 degrees below normal. But at the Westin hotel near O’Hare airport things were hot with nearly 600 customers attending the EMC Forum Chicago event. In...
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