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EMC’s Remedy to the Accidental Backup Architecture

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Colm Keegan

As we hit the mid-point of our EMC briefing day, we sat down with the folks from EMC’s Data Protection and Availability division. The first item of discussion was the Data Domain product family. As we have covered in recent…

What Are Integrated Backup Appliances?

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Colm Keegan

A lot has been written about the size and scope of the purpose built backup appliance (PBBA) market. When backup appliances first came to market over a decade ago, they were designed primarily as large disk repositories, some of which…

Solving the RMAN Backup Challenge

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Eric Slack

Database applications are typically the lifeblood of organizations, supporting revenue generating activities and/or mission critical business data analysis. Database administrators are the stewards of this infrastructure and often have an almost personal interest in the welfare of these precious information…