Workload-enabled Data Protection is the Future … and that is a good thing

When asked about “what is the future for datacenter data protection,” my most frequent answer is that DP becomes less about dedicated backup admins with dedicated backup infrastructure … and more about DP savvy being part of the production workload, co-managed by the DP and workload administrators. In the last few years, we’ve seen a … Read more

Data Protection Impressions from the Dell Analyst Conference 2014

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Dell Annual Analyst Conference (DAAC), where Michael Dell and the senior leadership team gave updates on their businesses and cast a very clear strategy around four core pillars: Transform — to the Cloud Connect — with mobility Inform — through Big Data Protect Protect?! YAY!!  As a … Read more

vBlog: Wrap-Up on Backup from EMC World 2014 – part 2, strategy

Last week, I published a video summary of the data protection product news from EMC World 2014, with the help of some of my EMC Data Protection friends. To follow that up, I asked EMC’s Rob Emsley to knit the pieces together around the Data Protection strategy from EMC: Essentially, what I call the Data … Read more

vBlog: Wrap-Up on Backup from EMC World 2014 – part 1, products

During EMC World 2014 in Las Vegas last month, I had the chance to visit with several EMC product managers on what was announced from a product perspective, as well as overall data protection strategy.  Enjoy the video: For such a broad range of products within the EMC DP portfolio, it is impressive that while … Read more

VIDEO: What to plan for in a Data Protection Spectrum

Continuing on the theme that we started last year that “Data Protection” is the umbrella theme that encompasses a broad range (spectrum) of IT behaviors, including “Backup, Snapshots, Replication, etc.”:      Here is a video that gives some color to those ideas (pun intended):      1. Start with a fresh understanding of your business units’ … Read more