NetWorker Usage Survey, 2012-2013
It’s time again for the NetWorker Usage Survey. There’s just 16 questions in this survey (one more than the previous…
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It’s time again for the NetWorker Usage Survey. There’s just 16 questions in this survey (one more than the previous…
One of the most powerful aspects of NetWorker is that the entire design philosophy of the product is that of…
Hosting for the NetWorker Blog has shifted. I’m hoping I’ve not left anything out – but if you spot any…
The caution about keeping all of ones eggs in the one basket is a fairly common one. It’s also a…
I’m directing this at all IT vendors – your job is enable me. Enable me to work, enable me to sell,…
The history of NetWorker and synthetic fulls is an odd one. For years, NetWorker had the concept of a ‘consolidated’…
Thanks to everyone who provided responses into the recovery survey. It proved to be a very interesting insight into some…
We talk a lot about backups, but we all know that backups are done for one reason – to recover…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, and that’s not really what I intended. I had hoped to do…
There are three hard questions that every company must be prepared to ask when it comes to data: Why do…
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