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Transform Backup Data into an Information Advantage

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Colm Keegan

Backup infrastructure is somewhat like an expensive insurance policy. Large premiums are expended on backup hardware, software and people resources to collect, store and protect business information in the event a “claim”, or in this instance, a data recovery event…

What is Backup Appliance Sprawl – and how to stop it

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Eric Slack

Appliances have arguably become the de facto product format for new technologies in IT for a number of reasons. They’re complete systems that typically don’t require other components and their ‘plug and play’ implementation is simpler than the software and…

How Big Backup Impacts Deduplication

Posted on March 20, 2012 by George Crump

“Big Backup” is an enterprise challenge where millions (or billions) of files have to be processed each night so they can be safely and cost effectively stored on backup devices. These kinds of backup jobs not only have large numbers…