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BaaS, DRaaS, STaaS/DP, and any other way that cloud-services are used as part of a data protection, preservation, or availability strategy

D2D2C is like 1 box of Legos and 2 manuals

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Last year, I blogged that a modern “Data Protection Strategy” is more than just backup – instead including also snapshots, replication, archiving, etc.  (see also bit.ly/jbSpectrum1) And while some would then call this a hybrid architecture, others prefer to think about “hybrid” as being disk plus tape or cloud.  If we dig into where those … Read more

OFS and BaaS – why you need both

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At first glance, the services can be easily confused: A small application is installed on your endpoint device, perhaps from a consumer “app-store” Behind the scenes, there is a cloud-based storage service; typically billed on capacity used Your changes to local files seem to be magically updated, with no effort at all Yes, it’s very … Read more

New Math: Virtualization plus DPaaS = BC/DR!

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Maybe that is overly-simplified, but not by much. Virtualization makes servers (and their associated storage) portable, while Data Protection Services provide alternate locations and expertise that many organizations of all sizes have been desperate for. In 2013, ESG published complete research reports on both of these topics: Research Report: Trends in Protecting Highly Virtualized Environments … Read more

vBlog: Every Data Protection Architecture should be "Hybrid"

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Maybe not “every” – but certainly more than “most” – data protection architecture should be “hybrid,” meaning that it should include disk-, cloud-, and yes tape-based recovery components. Why? Because each has a legitimate set of use-case scenarios and attributes that lend each medium type to different data protection goals. I previously blogged that every … Read more

You have one less way to recover your data – and you probably didn’t realize it

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BE AWARE that today’s laptop and mobile devices have one less recovery option than they used to.  This particular customer service announcement is targeted mostly at business executives and the IT professionals who support them.   -  Those folks presume that device theft never happens and that they are too responsible to ever leave their … Read more