EMC RecoverPoint for VMs is another step forward in vAdmin enablement

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This week, EMC released RecoverPoint for VMs (RP4VM). For storage administrators, RecoverPoint has long been seen as the seamless synchronous/asynchronous storage replication of choice for EMC storage, to deliver higher levels of resiliency for enterprise workloads. But for virtualization administrators, it was part of the “magic” that made the storage under the hypervisor surprisingly durable … Read more

Backup Alone Just Isn’t Enough! (vBlog)

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If you haven’t already checked them out, ESG recently started delivering ESG “Video Capsules” – video wisdom in 140 seconds or less – www.esg-global.com/esg-video-capsules. One of the more recent ESG Video Capsules, “Backup Is No Longer Enough,” discusses that IT organizations of all sizes struggle to achieve the SLAs that their business units require, if … Read more

Dealing with endpoint data protection issues

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Perhaps one of the least-expected IT revolutions is the decentralization of data among endpoint devices. After decades of IT delivering consolidated infrastructure platforms (servers), data is becoming increasingly distributed as end users demand increasing flexibility in the devices that they use in their workplace. “Endpoint” should not be confused with “BYOD,” as today’s endpoint devices … Read more

How cloud and virtualization are changing disaster recovery

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It is impossible to have an IT modernization discussion that doesn’t include the cloud, but the details beyond that will vary greatly: Some will replace their legacy backup product with a backup service. Some should supplement their current backup product with cloud storage. Some ought to add a cloud-based DR capability to their on-premises backup … Read more

Modernizing data center protection

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While mobile and cloud platforms are relatively new, data centers have been under the watchful eye of IT professionals for decades; so why is backup not solved yet? There are at least two primary reasons that even data center data protection continues to challenge IT: Changes in workload recovery requirements and workload protection mechanisms. The … Read more