20 Common Misconceptions about Backup

There’s lots of misconceptions about backup – here, I want to present 20 of them: Backup is an IT activity.…

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Where RIM went wrong

(Quick note: I posted this on my personal blog – insufficient coffees thus far this morning, and decided to repost…

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If you wouldn’t drink it, don’t cook with it…

This blog article has been moved across to the sister site, Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery. Read it here. Related…

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Should POETS day be special?

You all know about POETS day, don’t you? It’s a great acronym: P-ss Off Early, Tomorrow’s Saturday It’s a pretty…

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5 more considerations for deduplication

Recently I wrote, “7 common problems with deduplication“. That covered some of the practicalities that you need to be aware…

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Preparedness is not wastefulness

This post has now moved to the Enterprise Systems Backup Blog, and can be read here. Related posts: What a…

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But where does the DPA fit in?

In yesterday’s post, I suggested that it was time for businesses to recognise and setup a new role – the…

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What don’t you backup?

I think this is a question that the average company wholly, inadequately, fails to understand. You see, when it’s asked, people…

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7 common problems with deduplication

In an earlier article, I suggested some space management techniques that need to be foremost in the minds of any…

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Auditing should be done only by the experts

I’ve said it before – auditing should only be done by the experts. I first realised this when a security…

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