Video Blog on Dell Compellent Storage Center Thin Provisioning

Last month, ESG Lab released its Lab Report on Dell Compellent Storage Center 5.4. Click here to read the ESG Lab Report on Dell Compellent Storage Center 5.4. This project was interesting to me not only because of the technology itself, but because it was the first ESG Lab project that I had the opportunity … Read more

ESG Lab Validation – EMC VNX Total Protection Pack

One of the coolest parts about going from a single-vendor to ESG has been the chance to see IT from a broader perspective. As a long-time ‘software-guy’, this was a chance to re-discover the power of hardware, particularly as it relates to data protection.   This week, the ESG Lab team released its most recent … Read more

Windows 8 – ISO and VHD support!

Am not sure whether to shout “Woo Hoo” or “Finally" … but am going with “Woooo Hooo”. ISO and VHD files are a wonderful container for files, until you actually need just one.   Prior to Windows 8, you could risk downloading shareware (with and without malware) to mount ISOs, which was really risky because most … Read more