Technology is great isn't it? When someone thinks they have a new idea on the same old technology foundation they call it "X 2.0". I have been watching the banter between analysts and vendors (specifically NTAP’s Dr. Dedupe and Permabit’s CEO Tom Cook) on the topic of Deduplication 2.0 and it is my belief that the proverbial boat is being missed (since we are using water analogies). I have been watching these guys hash it… Read more »

Another great post from my colleague Mike Dutch

Many users believe that their backup tapes are their archive as well. Additionally deduplicating storage systems are driving a similar notion that a backup platform and archive platform could be common. Opinions definitely vary on this topic so I encourage all to comment. Let’s take a deeper look…

The reason you “backup" a set of data is because you might need to recover the primary data if… Read more »

Server virtualization has changed the IT landscape dramatically. It has become a magic potion curing a number of ills in the physical server world such as low individual CPU utilization and excess use of space, power and cooling in the data center. However, like all potions that cure what ails you, there can be side effects. You need to be careful of what the Witch Doctor orders.

When I speak with customers who have aggressively… Read more »

The Architecture

This ‘architecture’ diagram, as you can see, is not a typical architecture diagram, but hopefully it can be used to align your business and business objectives with the technologies that are available and can best be applied to solve your issues helping to balance, cost, complexity and compliance.

This diagram can also be used to do a couple of other things. It can help you begin to classify your data and align your… Read more »

If you all remember, back in May the blogging community kicked off a world wide search to help a fellow colleague, Nick Glasgow, with a bone marrow transplant that could save him from leukemia.

Earlier this month Nick received a successful marrow transplant and is on the Road to Recovery.

I wanted to keep you all apprised of his progress and let you know you can learn more @ http://markfredrickson.wordpress.com/

Thank you to… Read more »