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What is Ransomware?

Posted on May 11, 2017 by George Crump

Ransomware is one of the biggest threats facing IT. What exactly is ransomware? Ransomware is a program that once installed in a system encrypts an organization’s data and the only way to get it unencrypted is to pay a fee…

Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Encryption, Flash, Nexsan, Ransomware, Replication, Snapshot, Snapshots
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Deep Dive XtremIO X2 – Dell EMC World 2017

Posted on May 9, 2017 by George Crump

The press releases are out there but they only cover the XtremIO announcement at a high level. It’s time for a deeper dive. At Dell EMC World, Storage Switzerland spent quality time on the XtremIO X2 update. It promises increased…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Deduplication, Dell, EMC, Flash, Latency, QOS, Replication, Scale Up, Scale-Out, SSD, XtremIO
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Dell EMC Delivers Data Domain Virtual Edition 3.1 for In-Cloud Data Protection

Posted on May 9, 2017 by George Crump

One of the first announcements out of the chute at Dell EMC World 2017 is an updated version of Data Domain’s Virtual Edition (DD VE). The new version runs in both Amazon and Azure clouds and is designed to provide…

Tagged with: Cloud, Data Domain, Dell, EMC, Encryption, Flash, Replication, Software Defined
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SlideShare: Storage Refresh? 3 Capabilities Primary Storage Must Have (but probably doesn’t)

Posted on May 5, 2017 by George Crump

If your organization is embarking on a refresh of your primary storage system this year, this is the one webinar that you will want to attend. IT evaluators that haven’t looked at storage in a few years will be impressed…

Tagged with: Fibre, file sync and share, Flash, ISCSI, Nexsan, NFS, SMB, Snapshots
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Tintri Storage is DR Ready

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Joseph Ortiz

In a recent article, my colleague George Crump discussed the need to simplify data protection (DP) and disaster recovery (DR) operations, with primary storage that is DR ready. DR ready primary storage would aid in DP and DR processes without…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, DP, dr, Flash, Hybrid, Object Storage, Replication, RPO, RTO, Scale-Out, Snapshot, Tintri, Virtualization
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ChalkTalk Video: What is Recovery Performance Expectation

Posted on May 2, 2017 by George Crump

Meeting the organization’s high recovery point and recovery time expectations is no longer enough. Now organizations are beginning to pay attention to the performance of an application in its recovered state. Backup and replication applications enable secondary storage or the…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, dr, Flash, NetApp, performance, Replication, RPE, RTO, SLO, Veeam
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StorageShort: Are You Ready for the New Recovery Time Objective?

Posted on April 26, 2017 by George Crump

As long as there has been applications, there have been applications that need zero, or near zero downtime. These are applications where the life of the organization, or even human lives, literally depend on its operation. There has also always…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, dr, Flash, NetApp, performance, Replication, SLO, Veeam
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Should a Backup Appliance be Part of your Backup Refresh?

Posted on April 24, 2017 by George Crump

Backup needs a refresh to keep up with recovery demands of modern application and increasingly expectant users. They expect an “always-on data center.” IT professionals are already overwhelmed with day-to-day tasks. For many, an always-on strategy is a concept that…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, dr, Flash, NetApp, performance, Replication, SLO, Veeam
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How to Tame Data and Storage Sprawl with a Cross-Cloud Data Fabric

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Joseph Ortiz

Over the last decade, the modern data center has evolved into a complex, virtualized environment that hosts many different types of applications ranging from legacy applications to new next-gen applications, while also struggling to securely store, manage, and monetize the…