The (backup at the) end of the road

There’s a simple truth that weaves its way through all of our lives: deferring a decision is in itself a…

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Book Giveaway: The Busy IT Manager’s Guide to Data Recovery

Well, it had to happen eventually! Normally when my publisher sends me complimentary copies of my books, they arrive a…

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Coming Soon: A book about recovery for busy people

In June I decided to start tallying how many meetings I do. In this, I should preface that I only…

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When do I invoke Cyber Recovery?

Introduction Here’s a question I get asked quite frequently: “If we have a vault, how will the vault team know…

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28 Days Later – Managing the Challenges Posed by Long-Term Retention Backups

Long-term retention backups, if not managed correctly, can represent a bit of a horror situation for businesses — they can…

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How do you solve Protective Dissonance?

There’s a term in psychology you may have heard of – cognitive dissonance. It refers to having contradictory beliefs, or…

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Introductory Considerations to Cyber Resiliency

It’s fair to say that a significant number of my customer conversations this year have been centred around cyber resiliency.…

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Basics: Backup Lifecycle

In the various backup/data protection groups I hang around on, I periodically see the “I’m new to backup, what do…

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Why Data Classification in Backup is Pointless

You know that saying, “Data is the new oil”? If you work in IT and haven’t heard of it, I’d…

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The 9 Essential Properties of Backup

Introduction What goes into making a backup? What are the traits that essential in order for it to be something…

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