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Chalk Talk Video – DR-as-a-Service: Compliant DR Protection for the Mid-Market

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Most of the disasters that befall a company aren’t hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or acts of terrorism. Most IT disasters are simply unplanned downtime of critical servers. While these are a lot less dramatic, and a lot more common, they can…

Tagged with: Backup, ChalkTalk, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, DR-as-a-Service, Quorum, Storage Switzerland
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Need Consulting? We can help. – Podcast

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Who better to help you with your storage issues than to get input from the folks who you listen to here! Lead Analyst George Crump talks about the consulting service we provide at Storage Switzerland. Subscribe to our podcasts at…

Meet Founder and Lead Analyst George Crump – Podcast

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

I’m starting a series of podcasts with our analysts so you can know the people behind Storage Swiss. We’re starting with Founder and Lead Analyst George Crump. Subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes:

Tagged with: Backup, Flash memory, George Crump, Hard disk drive, Solid-state drive, SSD, Storage, Storage area network, Storage Switzerland
Posted in Podcast

Why IT Needs to Offer Data Protection As A Service

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Colm Keegan

Technologies like application virtualization have given end users increasingly more choice in today’s IT marketplace. New business services can be rapidly spun up on-demand, either in the four walls of the data-center or out into a cloud service provider’s (CSP)…

Tagged with: Application, Backup, Data Domain, Data Protection, EMC, Infrastructure, Protection
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Come See Us at The Data Storage Innovation Conference – Podcast

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Join Storage Switzerland at the Data Storage Innovation Conference from April 22 through 24. The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has a new event designed for end users that features certifications, vendor presentations, hands on labs and the opportunity to…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Cloud computing, Conference, Data center, Flash, Hard disk drive, networking, Santa Clara, SNIA, Solid-state drive, SSD, Storage, Storage area network
Posted in Podcast

Chalk Talk Video – What is GRO? Geographic Recovery Objective

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Below is our latest whiteboard video featuring George Crump, Lead Analyst. He provides a preview of one of the areas covered in our ongoing series of workshops with TechTarget and Storage Decisions. In fact, Thursday, March 13th we will be in…

Tagged with: Backup, Comprehensive Data Protection, Data Protection, GRO, Recovery, RPO, RTO, Storage Decisions
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Backup Needs to Become Adaptive

Posted on March 3, 2014 by George Crump

The foundational component of any data protection strategy is the backup process. It is the backup system’s responsibility to capture and secure data as it changes and then make sure that data can be recovered in a timely manner. But…

Tagged with: Analytics, Backup, Data Protection, HP, Metadata, Prioritization, SLA
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See you at the SNIA Conference – Video

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Join Storage Switzerland at the Data Storage Innovation Conferance in April. The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has a new event designed for end users that features certifications, vendor presentations, hands on labs and the opportunity to watch a Storage…

Use Software To Get Peak WAN Performance – Podcast

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Get ready for software defined WAN Acceleration for Virtual Environments. Silver Peak VP of Marketing Tony Thompson and Storage Switzerland Senior Analyst Colm Keegan discuss their recent webinar Ready for Software WAN Acceleration. To see the webinar, click on the…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud computing, Silver Peak, Storage, Virtual machine, Virtualization, WAN Acceleration, WAN optimization
Posted in Podcast