Speed2Lead: Launch, not hypegasm
I recently went to the EMC Speed2Lead/SpeedToLead product launch in Milan. After the launch, I saw that The Register had…
The quickening
I recently attended EMC Forum, where some fairly impressive figures were rolled out relating to what EMC has spent on…
Casing the joint
When you’re working with NetWorker on the command line, it’s important to be aware that NetWorker is case sensitive. Sometimes,…
Avamar: Gym Built Version
I don’t normally write too much about Avamar. While it’s a great product with some excellent features, my background has…
Notify me
A small yet nice new feature in NetWorker 8.1 is a limited form of parameter expansion in NetWorker notification action…
Data protection lessons from a tomato
Data protection lessons from a tomato? Have I gone mad? Bear with me. If you’ve done any ITIL training, the…
Of accidental architectures
EMC’s recent big backup announcements included a variety of core product suite enhancements in the BRS space – Data…
NetWorker 8.1 Overview
As is typically the case, EMC and my timing has been a little out of whack. They announced their “backup…
Happy anniversary, EMC and Legato
In July 2003, 10 years ago, EMC announced they were buying Legato for around $1.3 billion dollars (US). The acquisition…
Cloud and Backups
The other day I stumbled across a link to an article, Why you should stop buying servers. The title was interesting…