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Can Snapshots Be Backups?

Posted on December 10, 2013 by George Crump

My colleague Eric Slack, recently wrote a column suggesting that how we protect data needs to change in order to meet the ever shrinking backup and recovery windows. That column has also generated quite a few comments objecting to his…

Tagged with: Backup, Data center, Data Protection, Flash, Replication, Snapshot, Storage
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Is Traditional Backup Obsolete?

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Eric Slack

As we will discuss in our upcoming webinar, creating a second copy in order to protect important data is becoming increasingly inefficient, a fact driven home by the relentless growth of ‘copy’ data in companies of all sizes. Setting up…

Webinar – Customer Use Cases: Accelerating Protection & Recovery of Business Critical Apps

Posted on December 2, 2013 by George Crump

In this Webinar Storage Switzerland speaks with two IT Managers to discuss the challenges they’re having around data protection and application availability. They tell us how they leveraged Nimble Storage Data Protection Solutions to resolve those challenges. Learn what they…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud computing, Customer relationship management, Data Protection, Nimble Storage, Oracle, SQL
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Can The Enterprise Count on The Cloud For Data Protection?

Posted on November 22, 2013 by George Crump

Cloud storage has come under increased scrutiny as of late, thanks to several well publicized outages as well as an outright shutdown of one provider. Enterprises are starting to re-think their cloud strategy, even when it comes to data protection. In this report Storage Switzerland’s lead analyst examines the state of cloud backup to determine if it is ready to deliver enterprise class protection.

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Cloud Backup, Cloud computing, Cloud storage, Data Protection, Data security, Encryption, HP, Protection
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A Tiered Approach To Data Protection

Posted on November 22, 2013 by George Crump

Think your data is protected? Think again. True data protection is more than just enterprise backup, snapshots and replication; it’s a combination of all of these technologies. Understanding how to leverage each type of data protection is key towards enabling the rapid recovery of mission critical business information while not overspending on data protection insurance. In this article, lead analyst George Crump, outlines the specific role each type of data protection technology serves in the data center and how organizations can tier their data protection strategy for the maximum cost/benefit.

Tagged with: Backup, Data Domain, Data Protection, EMC, PBBA, Protection, Recovery point objective, Replication, Snapshots
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Webinar – 5 Reasons Object Storage Can Solve Unstructured Data Problems

Posted on September 19, 2013 by George Crump

Are you drowning in unstructured data? Can a private cloud, object based storage system be the solution? Watch our on demand webinar “5 Reasons Object Storage Can Solve Unstructured Data Problems” and get your head above water! According to industry…

Tagged with: Cloudian, Data Protection, Data Protection Workshop, Object Storage, Retention, Storage, Unstructured data, Webinar
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Webinar – Improving the State of MS-SQL Backup

Posted on July 15, 2013 by George Crump

Organizations of all sizes are delivering mission critical applications to users and customers that are built on Microsoft SQL. But many of these organizations lack the time, skill sets and tools required to develop a capable data protection strategy. Instead…

Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, SQL, Webinar, Zetta
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Breaking The Top Four Myths Of Tape vs. Disk Backup

Posted on January 27, 2011 by George Crump

Over the past few years disk as a backup target has become a key enhancement to most backup infrastructures. Disk is believed to be faster, almost as cost-effective and more resilient. In reality tape has its own unique value in…