Last week I crossed 500 Twitter followers. I thought I would test out my followers to see how many thoughtful responses I would get if I posed a real question about 'Data Protection'. So the question was:
What do you think of when you think about 'Data Protection'?
I got 3 replies - less than 1% - wow! I would have thought people who you follow would be more engaged in back and forth dialog versus just talking about what they are doing. Anyway, here are the 4 thoughtful responses:
@wcpreston - @skenniston To me DP includes backup (traditional, CDP, near-CDP, dedupe), archive, DR/BC, & intrusion & spam detection/prevention
@jasoniehl - RT @wcpreston @skenniston To me DP includes backup (traditional, CDP, near-CDP, dedupe), archive, DR/BC, & intrusion & spam detection/preven
@datastorsupport - @skenniston I like knowing not only are the plans running, but data can actually be restored. Trust but verify.
First, thank you all who replied, I do appreciate it.
I am working on a project to figure out the 'real definition' of 'Data Protect'. I am curious if people think of data protection as just backup or does it include replication, CDP, archive, etc..
I've tried looking at how the Analysts define it but there is no consistency. Back to the drawing board.
If you want to leave a comment about what Data Protection means to you - leave it here. And if you have any good data protection taxonomies you would like to share, send the info along.
BTW: I am doing this all in an effort to help customers take Backup Beyond!