10 reasons why tape is still important (part 1)

Various companies will spin you their “tape is dead” story, and I’m the first to admit that the use pattern…

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There is no magic bullet

The always astute Martin Glassborow has an article on his blog titled “This Changes Everything … Honest!” In it, Martin…

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Aside – An argument against internet censorship

On my personal blog, where I normally babble on about anything that strikes my interest at any given time, I…

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It’s a bit like fishy custard

In the debut episode of Doctor Who for Matt Smith (“The Eleventh Hour”), the Doctor, having only just regenerated is…

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March, in a nutshell

The top article(s) for March related to the highly successful NetWorker Usage survey run. With over 200 respondents, this survey…

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Basics – Previewing Directives

There’s been some discussion in the EMC Community Forum lately as to whether it would be handy to have a…

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EMC, Sun and Oracle

There’s been much speculation as to whether Sun under Oracle would retain the EMC NetWorker OEM arrangement. Finally there’s some…

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NetWorker 7.6 SP1

A short while ago I had a chat with some senior EMC folks about NetWorker 7.6 Service Pack 1. Obviously…

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What a day!

This morning we went to the funeral of our best friends’ father. It was, as funerals go, a lovely service…

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LTO-5 peeking at us from the end of the tunnel

The much long-anticipated wait for LTO-5 is now approaching fulfilment, with stories such as “Mass Production of Sony LTO-5 Media…

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