Predictions-and-Trends – Page 2 – Centralized Backup … aka Jason's Blog

Do we still need VM-specific backup tools? [video]

February 7, 2018March 9, 2016 by Alex Truax

This is one of the big questions in 2016 (and each of the past few years as well). Have the “traditional” unified data protection solutions caught up in reliability and agility to the degree that the need for “point products” that only protect VMs are no longer necessary? To help answer the question, I’ve recorded a short … Read more

Data Protection Predictions for 2016

January 20, 2022January 21, 2016 by Jason Buffington

‘Tis the time of year to re-think how you did things before and what you might want to do differently in the future — in life, in IT and in Data Protection. To help you with those considerations, I’d like to share a short video on what we expect the more interesting trends will be in Data … Read more

VMworld 2015 Had Some Great Marketing

February 7, 2018September 23, 2015 by Alex Truax

There was some great marketing execution at VMworld 2015. As a sequel to my blog last year that “Event Marketing Doesn’t Get Enough Credit,” here is my tip of the hat to some of the unsung heroes of tradeshows: the events planners and marketing leaders that ensure that the technology experts and sales folks have … Read more

How do you back up Big Data? Or SaaS? Who will be the next Veeam?

February 7, 2018April 18, 2014 by Jason Buffington

It seems that every time that a new major IT platform is delivered, backing it up is an afterthought – often exacerbated by the fact that the platform vendor didn’t create the APIs or plumbing to enable a backup ecosystem. Each time, there is a gap where the legacy folks aren’t able to adapt quickly … Read more