EMC, Sysco, and Gartner discuss backup transformation

Thought you might be interested in this new Gartner videocast about backup transformation. -Gartner’s Dave Russell talks about key backup and recovery market trends -Our president “BJ” Jenkins discusses customer challenges and where EMC is headed -Lucas Wagenaar, VP, IT for Sysco Corp, explains how they moved to next-generation backup and recovery solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/acc/brs_sales/0/51492220/

$50 Starbucks Gift Card – EMC Backup Assessment

For a limited time, I am offering up a 50 dollar Starbucks gift card to three lucky winners. All you have to do to get your name on the list is complete an EMC Backup Assessment on your existing CommVault, Backup Exec, NetBackup, or TSM environment to be entered to win. The backup assessment is … Continue reading $50 Starbucks Gift Card – EMC Backup Assessment →

Another day, another backup appliance – Dell

Everyone sure wants to get into the deduplication game! Dell recently entered the market with the DR4000 which uses the Ocarina deduplication technology they purchased. Reading over the specs, this device looks like it is intended for small to medium business with a limited ability to scale out. They are touting OST integration (likely since … Continue reading Another day, another backup appliance – Dell →

Webinar: Avamar Transforms Next Generation Backup and Recovery at Ecolab

Avamar Transforms Next Generation Backup and Recovery at Ecolab: Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012 Time: 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET Hosts: Dan Janski, Lead Infrastructure Engineer, VMware Administrator, Ecolab and Phil George, Senior Product Marketing Manager, EMC > Ecolab's innovation extends beyond its products into its IT infrastructure. Hear how Ecolab is transforming … Continue reading Webinar: Avamar Transforms Next Generation Backup and Recovery at Ecolab →

When is a backup really a backup?

Chuck Hollis raised an interesting question last year, asking when is a backup really a backup. His argument is that a copy of data stored local to the production copy, isn't really a backup. This means taking a snapshot of a document or repository, isn't really a backup. You must move a copy of your … Continue reading When is a backup really a backup? →

Modernizing Backup and Recovery in a Virtual World

I thought following article from early last year summed up the why's best. Reprinted here in its complete form. --- Virtual Strategy Magazine: “Modernizing Backup & Recovery in a Virtual World” January 28, 2011 By Rob Emsley http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2011/01/28/modernizing-backup-recovery-virtual-world Companies easily get started with server virtualization – typically internal IT applications. Having tasted the obvious benefits, … Continue reading Modernizing Backup and Recovery in a Virtual World →

New videos

I have added some new videos covering DPA and its ability to report on Data Domain and Avamar. Check it out at the Videos page or on my youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/gotdedupe/videos

Upcoming customer education offerings in Texas

The class schedules for BRS training in Texas have been updated through March of 2012. We offer both classroom, and virtual instructor lead offerings for most of the following classes. We have another unique offerings that can help you achieve your certification and education goals. A subscription (CE-LGSUBCUS01) of $11K per person provides you access … Continue reading Upcoming customer education offerings in Texas →

Gotdedupe Youtube Channel online

A new YouTube channel has been brought online to host demonstration videos for the BRS portfolio. We will focus on Networker, Avamar, Data Domain, and Data Protection Advisor tutorials and feature overview videos to help make using these products even easier than they already are.

EMC Technical Consultant Standouts

Any day that I get to spend time with my peers is a good day. This is because as a team, we are some of the most brilliant, motivated, dedicated, and thoughtful people I have ever had the pleasure of working with. We lift each other up by constantly raising the bar. We drive success … Continue reading EMC Technical Consultant Standouts →