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A Disk Backup Target Can be Much More than a Glorified Form of Tape

Thursday, March 4, 2010

The introduction of disk and deduplication into the backup process over the last few years has certainly helped to minimize existing backup problems. Organizations using these technologies have found that their backup success rates now approach 100% and that they no longer have to continually troubleshoot backup problems. But while...[more]

Point, Click, Recover: Cloud-based DR has Arrived

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

At the conclusion of a recent call I had with Rob Tellone, the CEO of vBC Cloud, he asked me, "What do you consider the difference between business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR)?" I gave him my definition of each but then went on to explain...[more]

The New Server Virtualization Imperative for 2010: Application Consistent Recovery with Low Overhead

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Server virtualization was one of the hot technology trends in 2009 and there is every reason to believe it will remain that way in 2010.  But as this trend broadens to include the virtualization of mission critical applications like Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server, new considerations come into play. Most...[more]

Disaster Recovery is Definitely a "Start Small but Think Big" Application when it comes to Virtualization

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Even though Gartner Research says that server virtualization is not yet widely implemented (only 16 percent of workloads currently run on virtual machines according to Gartner), Gartner does point to a more virtualized environment in the very near future. It expects...[more]

Creating Test, Dev and DR Environments that can Co-Exist without the Complexity

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Disaster recovery (DR), testing and development environments have historically been closely linked whether or not anyone liked to admit it. Organizations would construct test and development environments and then use them for DR purposes if needed; or, they would quietly repurpose computer gear purchased using DR funds for testing and...[more]

CDP Makes the Value of Disk-based Data Protection Self-evident

Monday, November 9, 2009

This past spring a debate erupted on BackupCentral.com between a user complaining about not getting new features in his backup software as part of his annual maintenance contract and his backup software provider wanting to charge extra for it. The user was, in his...[more]

New Multi-Tenancy Feature Makes DR Software a Viable SaaS Option

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Software as a Service (SaaS) is on almost every company's radar screen as a cost-effective means for outsourcing applications that are not core competencies of their IT staff. Yet while outsourcing more applications sounds great in theory, applications such as disaster recovery (DR) that organizations are looking to outsource must...[more]

An Automated Disaster Recovery Solution is the Lynchpin to a Viable Business Continuity Plan

Thursday, September 24, 2009

"Business Continuity" and "Disaster Recovery" are two aspects of IT and business planning and process management that no organization can afford to get wrong. So it is somewhat disconcerting that a recent article reports that the majority of businesses do not yet have a disaster recovery plan...[more]

HDS Gives IT Managers New Choices for Hardware Agnostic CDP, Replication and Recovery Software

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

A single software product that can deliver continuous data protection (CDP), replication and automated application recovery for heterogeneous open system environments is still an anomaly in today's world. Most software that does CDP, replication or application recovery may do one of these functions well but rarely can it do all...[more]

40% of InMage Systems Customers See a 200% Return on Investment

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Recent feedback from InMage Systems' existing customer base indicates that 100% of them use its Scout software for disaster recovery. That probably comes as no surprise to anyone familiar with Scout or its heterogeneous recovery capabilities. But what may come as a surprise to some is that nearly 40% of...[more]

Recovery Should Not Displace Backup as the Next IT Headache

Monday, June 29, 2009

Most organizations recognize that the introduction of disk into the data protection process is fundamentally changing the landscape of how data is protected. But what organizations are failing to entirely grasp is how disk fundamentally alters how applications can be protected and recovered. Disk can minimize the impact of data...[more]

It's Time to Contemplate Consolidated Recovery

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Bounce the phrase "consolidated recovery" off of most individuals in IT and you are just as likely to get a blank stare as a good answer as to what it means or how to accomplish it. Most IT staff keeps so busy on a day to day basis just managing...[more]

Achieve Faster, Cheaper and Better Recoveries Using Asynchronous Replication

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Synchronous replication may be viewed by users as the "Gold' standard when it comes to achieving the highest levels of application availability for business continuity and disaster recovery. But as I previously discussed, using synchronous replication for business continuity and disaster recovery can actually take longer and cost more...[more]

Separating Fact from Fiction when Using Synchronous Replication for DR

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Synchronous replication is a technology that organizations often view as synonymous with the highest levels of application availability. In fact, a SearchStorage article entitled WAN Mirroring and Replication written a little over a year ago even makes the assertion that organizations using synchronous replication can achieve recovery...[more]

Displacing Backup is the New End Game for Replication Software

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Replication software is increasingly entering the conversation as the logical replacement for backup software in client environments. Yet replicating data is really the easy part. Integrating the replication software so it becomes part of the fabric of a company's infrastructure is a far more difficult task. It is also one...[more]