The 15 Minute Rule

I still remember a conversation I had with a customer circa 2001 when we were planning their updated backup environment.…

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The Last Gasp of Windows 2008

Hopefully it’s reasonably well known that Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 are almost end of service life. In case…

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Book Giveaway Competition (Protecting Information Assets and IT Infrastructure in the Cloud)

Hi! So in May my latest book, “Protecting Information Assets and IT Infrastructure in the Cloud” was released. Co-authored with…

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Protecting Information Assets and IT Infrastructure in the Cloud

Last year, I was asked to co-write a book with Ravi Das on risks and data protection in the public…

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Start with “Why?”

Introduction I admit, I’m riffing on Simon Sinek’s Start with Why? for the title of my blog post here, but…

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PowerProtect – Changing Data Protection

At Dell Technologies world, PowerProtect was announced. This is next generation data protection software and appliances; these aren’t just an…

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Understanding Database Backup Methods

Introduction There’s always been a few different methods for database backups. Adding to the mix of course, businesses can have…

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Data Domain Virtual Edition Extends Multi-Cloud Support

When Data Domain OS 6.2 was released, one of the new features enabled for virtual edition (DDVE) was support for…

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Basics – The FARR Model

Public Cloud is one of those things that works great until it doesn’t. Now, there’s a lot of reasons why…

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GDPR: Do your backups spark joy?

itnews Australia is reporting on a DLA Piper analysis of GDPR operations within Europe since it came into law in…

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