No More Tiers / Tears

The great thing about blogging and independence is that we can post things that add value that we want to share as long as we give the proper recognition. One of my colleagues, Mike Dutch from the CTO office of SSG and long time SNIA member had some thoughts as it pertained to storage tiering that were insightful so together we decided to share this post. I hope you enjoy it.

I'm guessing that many… Read more »

What Happened in Vegas, Stayed in Vegas

Well, until now. This is an interesting story about archiving and how it could have, but didn't help a friend of mine.

Often, when speaking with customers, I talk to them about the 4 fundamental principals with regard to data protection:

AssessArchiveBackupManage

The assessment phase is a multi-dimensional phase. It's about people, process and technology. Like with most things, the technology piece is the easy piece. EMC has tools that allow us to scan file… Read more »