Centralized Backup ... aka Jason's Blog
Random thoughts from a Backup-dude … Husband & Father … Christ-follower & Scout-leader … Gamer & former-MSFTie & former-ESG Analyst … now at Veeam
“Backing up and recovering VMs” is not solved. There are lots of options in market, and the dynamics seem to shift by the day: The unified (physical plus virtual) backup solutions are trying to take back share from the virtualization-specific folks, now that some of them are catching up (or passing) on VM protection methods … Read more
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
I spend a lot of time talking about protecting highly virtualized environments because so many people still struggle with it. In fact, ESG published a whole report on it earlier in 2013: ESG Report: Trends in Protecting Highly Virtualized Environments Server virtualization solves a lot of challenges for IT. And if I wasn’t a “backup … Read more
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
As VMworld kicks off, I wanted to share some insights from ESG’s recently published “Trends in Protecting Highly Virtualized Environments” report. In a new research brief that ESG published this morning, we look at the ‘skills gap’ for data protection and virtualization. Click Here to check it out. As IT organizations move from 20% to … Read more