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Briefing Note: NIMBOXX delivers Hyper-converged for Medium Business
Hyper-converged architectures collapse compute, storage and networking into a single tier so that a few servers can run all of an organization’s applications while also supplying the supporting storage and network infrastructure. These designs seem ideal for the small to…
Tagged with: Data Protection, HA, HDD, Hyper-converged, NIMBOXX, Replication, SMB, SSD, VM
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Briefing Note: Rovius provides the Mobility to realize Virtual Platform and Cloud Freedom
With the move towards software-defined infrastructures and commodity-based hardware, companies are getting used to freedom and flexibility in IT. They also expect that freedom in the cloud, including the ability to move between platforms, clouds and hypervisors easily as they…
Tagged with: Cloud, Data Protection, Hypervisor, Protection, Rovius, Software Defined, Virtualization
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Podcast – Fixing fractured backup and bad DR
Zetta found in a recent survey of IT pros from a cross-section of companies that IT environments in most companies are a conglomeration of operating systems, platforms and backup solutions and that backup is a mess for most companies and DR…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Data Protection, dr, Protection, Virtualization, Zetta
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How does Data Loss Happen and How can it be Stopped?
A recent blog by B&L Associates brought to light the problem of data loss. The entry cites surveys from Kroll Ontrack and EMC, which indicated that organizations see data loss as their single most significant risk and that the cost…
Tagged with: Change Block Tracking, Data Loss, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, dr, Protection, Replication, Snapshots, TechTarget
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SlideShare: How Snapshots CAN be Backups
Snapshots have been a key feature of primary storage infrastructures that IT professionals have relied on for years. In fact, many use snapshots as their first recovery option when their primary data copy is compromised. But storage systems have traditionally…
Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Infrastructure, Nexenta, Recovery point objective, Recovery Time Objective, Snapshots
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Bacula Enterprise is changing the definition of Open-source Backup Software
For many in IT, the term “open source software” conjures images of inexpensive but powerful programs that require a lot attention to keep running. They’re often a better fit for organizations with more time than money; unfortunately, most organizations don’t…
Tagged with: Bacula, CBT, Changed Block Tracking, Data Protection, Deduplication, Open Source, Protection, Snapshot, Virtual machine
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SlideShare – Why 2015 is the Year of Copy Data – What are the requirements
Data is the new currency of business. To fully protect and exploit this data requires that it be copied to various backend processes like data protection, compliance and data analytics. The problem is that primary data is growing by 35…
Tagged with: Catalogic, Compliance, Copy Data, Data Analytics, Data Protection, Managability
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Backup is a Fractured Mess and DR is worse – Can the Cloud Save us?
Cloud backup solution provider Zetta.net recently surveyed over 400 IT professionals from a wide range of industries, asking questions like what types of backups were being done, what operating systems were being protected, how virtualized the environment was, and how…
Briefing Note: For Veeam it’s about more than Backup, it’s about Availability
Data protection is about much more than the successful completion of backup jobs. While the backup part of the process has value, its role has shifted to providing point-in-time versions of data instead of being the primary point of recovery.…
Tagged with: Data Protection, Protection, Recovery, Replication, RPO, RTO, Snapshot, Veeam
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