Ya gotta know what ya got

Today, we continue with our six-week vlog series. While tactical IT initiatives may be obvious, strategic IT initiatives are often hindered by a lack of practical visibility and understanding of what is working and what isn’t. Simply put, your IT modernization efforts can only go so far. If you can only “see or do” the … Read more

When you modernize production, you must modernize protection

We are starting a new six-week vlog series based on interpreting some industry research that I helped deliver prior to me joining Veeam last year. With thirty years in the data protection industry and the last seven as an industry analyst, I’m going to examine some concepts and research data, and hopefully make it actionable … Read more

Why IT doesn’t modernize data protection

“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” For far too many organizations, the main reason they don’t modernize IT architectures as fast they probably should is a failure to communicate. Even for something as simple as backup, it stands like this: Technology professionals think in terms of IT capabilities, such as the protection … Read more

The Future of Data Protection is Data Management

In this last installment of the series, two former industry analysts (who are now Veeam execs) discuss the trends that are shaping the data protection industry and IT landscape: Dave Russell @BackupDave, former VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, lead analyst for the Backup MQ Jason Buffington @JBuff, former Principal Analyst for Data Protection at ESG This … Read more