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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

New BC/DR Infographic from ESG

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Does Virtualization + Cloud = BC/DR?  YES! In June 2013, ESG published its “Trends in Protecting Highly Virtualized Environments” report. In September, ESG published its “Data Protection-as-a-Service Trends” report. And for many people, when you virtualize your infrastructure (so that the servers are portable) and then you provide a cost-effective secondary location (the cloud) … … Read more

New ESG Research on BaaS, DRaaS and Tertiary

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These days, you can’t have a discussion on modernizing your IT infrastructure without talking about “cloud” … but when it comes to Data Protection, there isn’t just one kind of Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS). In fact, most folks are considering up to three different DPaaS capability sets, including:   -  BaaS – Backup … Read more

vBlog: What if you paid for backups, like you pay for insurance?

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Many people in the Data Protection field talk about “backups” like “insurance” – where you pay a little (cost and effort) so that you won’t have to pay a lot (lost data/productivity) when calamity strikes. If that is how backup/recovery works, then what if you paid for it like insurance?  Insurance wouldn’t be affordable if … Read more

Discussing Data Protection with IBM

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Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Tom Hughes and Todd Watson from IBM.  We talked about three IT trends that are disrupting traditional data protection strategies and legacy approaches: Highly Virtualized / Private Cloud Infrastructures Cloud-based Solutions for backup & storage Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for endpoint protection Here is … Read more