Deduplication and disk backup

Date: Oct 07, 2008

In this Expert Videocast, W. Curtis Preston highlights data deduplication technologies -- the features, the benefits and how different solutions differ from each other.

View this expert Videocast to hear Curtis explain:

What data deduplication is

How dedupe differs from common compression techniques

How you should think about incorporating it into your current systems

Learn more today.

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