Good Ideas and Angular Friction

Introduction If an idea doesn’t get off the ground, does that automatically mean it was a bad idea? Well, no.…

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What’s new in PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10

A little while ago, PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10 was released. Data Manager continues to offer enhanced backup and recovery operations,…

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Multi VM Instant Access

Instant access refers to provisioning a read/write snapshot of a virtual machine backup to your VMware environment, with the storage…

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What is Smart Scale?

A single PowerProtect DD series appliance can hold a staggering amount of backup data within your environment. The DD9900 for…

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Review: XMind — Mind Map Tool

I’ve always been one of those people who has been a bit leery of mind maps. I’d see examples of…

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Death in the Digital Age

ā€œWhat happens when we die?ā€ This is a question that has occupied countless philosophers, theologians, scientists, stoned first year university…

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PowerProtect Data Manager Audit Logs

Being able to track who has done what within an enterprise data protection solution is always a useful function. It…

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Oracle and PowerProtect Data Manager

I recently wanted to check out some PowerProtect Data Manager options with Oracle, and so I found myself spinning up…

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IT Skills: To Degree or not to Degree

(This article was originally published at Musing About Tech, which I’m closing down.) Introduction When I was 16 or thereabouts…

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General Review: Fences

I’m a multi-OS person. I use Windows and macOS as desktops, and have a plethora of Linux systems in my…

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