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There’s a debate going on about data protection methods right now, and it centers on “disk, tape or cloud.” Of course, cloud is a delivery mechanism, not a medium, and cloud providers are using disk and near-line tape, too. But what kinds of media and architectures are organizations really using for backup? According to ESG … Read more

There are a myriad of data protection appliances available, many of which defy the early definition of a purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA). Today, there are at least four types of data protection appliances: (Real) backup appliances: Includes both the backup engine and some amount of storage. Storage/Deduplication appliances: Target devices that are fed by backup/archive … Read more

These days, IT no longer has the same influence over what laptop, tablet or smartphone users choose. In the age of BYOD, IT must accommodate for the devices that users prefer. I call this phenomenon “the audacity of BYOD.” Data protection is heading down a similar path. Today, the backup administrator is no longer the … Read more

Corporate data needs to be protected to a corporate standard, even if the servers don’t reside within corporate data center walls. There are three locations where data might reside within your environment: data centers, endpoint devices and remote office or branch offices (ROBO) data. In general, we might make two over-simplistic recommendations: Data center servers … Read more