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
ESG recently started offering TechTruths … single nuggets of data and the analyst perspectives of why they matter. Check out all of them via the link above, but here is my favorite so far on BYOD data protection: So, why doesn’t IT back up BYOD endpoints?! It isn’t a rhetorical question. I have always been … Read more
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
Doing a selective mobile device backup that separates work data and personal data can’t be done, says analyst Jason Buffington, but perhaps not for the reasons you think. Before I get started, let me define the two basic types of endpoint devices: consumption devices and creation devices. Consumption devices are like e-readers that fetch data … Read more
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
A while back, I decided to do an experiment on BYOD — here are my results: JBuff’s BYOD experiment – part 1, Acquisition Challenges JBuff’s BYOD experiment – part 2, Getting Started with Data JBuff’s BYOD experiment – part 3, Corporate Expectations JBuff’s BYOD experiment – part 4, video excerpt from BYOD seminar JBuff’s BYOD … Read more