Contributions from Alan Earls
- Vendors line up to deliver backup appliances
- Users cautious about backing up to the cloud
- Removable storage appealing to SMBs
- Data dedupe software comes of age
- Cloud-based backup and remote offices
- Mainframe backup still prominent in today's industry
- Backup reporting software keeps backups 'honest'
- Are VTLs dead?
- The pros and cons of WORM disk vs. tape
- Common backup tape storage errors
- Choosing the best data backup tool for your business
- The pros and cons of recycling backup tapes
- Putting a solid data backup plan behind mobile devices
- Encryption key management: New standards on the horizon
- Online data backup: Don't lose your data in the cloud
- Here comes LTO-5 tape technology, ready or not
- Service-level agreements for online backup services
- Where should you encrypt your data?
- Hot tape may get a cold reception
- Does rational thinking have a place in data protection?