This excellent whitepaper from Unitrends covers the seven most effective ways to lose your data, and possibly your job in the process. WARNING: This guide is only intended for IT professionals who are serious about decreasing their job security. Click to Download: 7 Shortcuts to Losing Your Data On the other hand, if you are [...]
View Post Backup, D2D Backup, Deduplicate, Southern Data Storage, UnitrendsAfter 32 years in the IT industry I’ve seen just about every trick a vendor can play on a prospective client. This is the fifth in a series of the most egregiously bad, deceptive or just plain wrong Stupid Vendor Tricks I’ve seen over the years. (Click here for parts one, two, three & four.) [...]
View Post Backup, Cloud Storage, D2D Backup, Deduplicate, Deduplication, Disaster Recovery, Disk to Disk Backup, DR, ExaGrid, Fusion-io, Gridstore, Nasuni, NexGen Storage, Nimble Storage, PHD Virtual, Southern Data Storage, Unitrends, VeeamAfter 32 years in the IT industry I’ve seen just about every trick a vendor can play on a prospective client. This is the fourth in a series of the most egregiously bad, deceptive or just plain wrong Stupid Vendor Tricks I’ve seen over the years. See Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part [...]
View Post Backup, D2D, D2D Backup, data storage, Deduplicate, Deduplication, Disk Backup, Disk to Disk Backup, DR, ExaGrid, Florida Data Storage, Fusion-io, Gridstore, Nasuni, NexGen Storage, Nimble Storage, PHD Virtual, Southern Data Storage, Unitrends, VeeamAfter 32 years in the IT industry I’ve seen just about every trick a vendor can play on a prospective client. This is the third in a series of the most egregiously bad, deceptive or just plain wrong Stupid Vendor Tricks I’ve seen over the years. See Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In [...]
View Post Backup, Cloud Backup, D2D, D2D Backup, data storage, Disk to Disk Backup, ExaGrid, Florida Data Storage, Fusion-io, Gridstore, Nasuni, NexGen Storage, Nimble Storage, PHD Virtual, Southern Data Storage, Unitrends, VeeamThis is what amounts to a DR plan for a scary percentage of companies we talk to. Are you one of them? If so contact Southern Data Storage at 888-255-6889 or email mark@southerndatastorage.com.
View Post Deduplicate, Deduplication, Disaster Recovery, DR, ExaGrid, Southern Data StorageAfter 32 years in the IT industry I’ve seen just about every trick a vendor can play on a prospective client. This is the second in a series of the most egregiously bad, deceptive or just plain wrong Stupid Vendor Tricks I’ve seen over the years. To see part 1 of the series, click here. [...]
View Post Backup, D2D Backup, data storage, ExaGrid, Nasuni, NexGen Storage, Nimble Storage, PHD Virtual, Southern Data Storage, UnitrendsAfter 32 years in the IT industry I’ve seen just about every trick a vendor can play on a prospective client. This is the first in a series of the most egregiously bad, deceptive or just plain wrong Stupid Vendor Tricks I’ve seen over the years. Stupid Vendor Tricks, Part 1: Doing a POC in [...]
View PostI usually think of a “suite” in the context of a suite of rooms: an arrangement of rooms, accessible from a common entrance. “Suite” can also be a useful analogy when an IT vendor offers a group of related products which are accessible from a common screen or console. Sometimes, however, vendors will use the [...]
View Post Archiving, Backup, Cloud Backup, D2D, D2D Backup, Deduplicate, Deduplication, Disaster Recovery, Disk Backup, Disk to Disk Backup, DR, Hyper-V Backup, Offsite Replication, Southern Data Storage, UnitrendsI’m generally not a fan of autobiographical blogs, but something happened to me last week that I think bears relating. A Little Background In 2011, after almost 20 years as a so-called factory rep in the IT industry, I found myself working for a company that was just not a good fit for me. That [...]
View PostIn a few weeks our old friends, Storm Season and his ominous big brother Hurricane Season, will make their annual visit, right about the time the snow birds have finished clearing out. Storm Season usually arrives around mid-May, with Hurricane Season officially arriving on June 1 . Storm Season’s visit is usually shorter, ending around [...]
View Post Backup, Cloud Backup, D2D Backup, data storage, Deduplicate, Disaster Recovery, Disk to Disk Backup, DR, Offsite Replication, replication