Assorted Musings (Episode 4)

Dark Mode in UIs I’ve been thinking a lot recently about dark mode in UI design. Dark mode divides many…

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What’s new in NetWorker 19.11 (and 19.10)?

It’s been a while since I’ve done an update about recent NetWorker releases, and it’s high time I correct that.…

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Keeping Cloud Data Protection Costs Low

The NIST Cloud Computing framework defines the following essential characteristics of cloud computing: On-demand self-service Broad network access Resource pooling…

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PowerProtect Backup Service Launches

The PowerProtect Backup Service — a SaaS-based backup platform, has launched. Using this platform, Dell EMC customers can protect critical…

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Data Protection and the Cloud Shared Responsibility Model

The shared responsibility model in public cloud is well known. But does it work for data protection? In sort, no – there’s some work to do there.

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Bad Things Happen

Bad Things Happened at OVH If you work in infrastructure, you probably saw some reference in the last week to…

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7 Contentious Thoughts about Data Protection

Years ago, back in the days when TV shows would take months, if not years, to appear in Australia after…

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Looking Back on a Decade of Data Protection

Introduction It’s that time of the year when pundits usually (badly) predict what’s going to happen next year. It’s an…

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Cloud is a Product Pivot

Whoa! Everyone calls cloud a destination, what is Preston going on about here? I grew up in a farming town,…

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Cloudy, with a chance of data-loss?

How confident are you that the data you have in cloud is protected? That’s one of the questions I asked…

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