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• Online backup on a budget

  Curtis Preston discusses reliable and affordable online backup solutions for businesses.  Continue Reading

• Continuous data protection

  Learn about continuous data protection, and the pros and cons of using products with CDP in this ATE response.  Continue Reading

• Pros and cons of block/variable block deduplication

  Learn how block/variable block deduplication is used, and what the pros and cons of this type of deduplication are for SMBs.  Continue Reading

• Affordable data backup solutions for SMBs

  Learn about some of the most affordable data backup solutions for SMBs.  Continue Reading

• The benefits of a third-party data backup reporting/monitoring tool

  Curtis Breville explains the benefits of a third-party data backup reporting/monitoring tool in this Ask the Expert question.  Continue Reading

• Remote-office backup and data deduplication

  Pierre Dorion answers a SearchDataBackup reader's question about where and when to use data deduplication when backing up remote-office data.  Continue Reading

• Tape backup failures

  Russ Fellows, senior analyst at the Evaluator Group, answers a SearchDataBackup reader's questions about the most common causes of tape data backup failures.  Continue Reading

• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager data backup window issues

  Data backup expert Ashley D'Costa answers a SearchDataBackup reader's question about IBM Tivoli Storage Manager backup window problems.  Continue Reading

• SMB data backup solutions

  Data backup expert Pierre Dorion answers a SearchDataBackup reader's questions about providing a data backup solution for SMBs.  Continue Reading

• Top five tips for VMware data backup

  VMware has seen tremendous adoption rates over the past two to three years. Getting your VMware data backup environment right is one of the most critical aspects of any virtualization deployment.  Continue Reading

• Tape media failures

  Data backup expert Ashley D'Costa answers a SearchDataBackup.com reader's question about tape media failures.  Continue Reading

• Backing up scanned files

  Data backup expert Pierre Dorion answers a SearchDataBackup reader's question about backing up scanned files.  Continue Reading

• The relationship between RTOs and RPOs

  Data backup expert Pierre Dorion discusses the differences between RTOs and RPOs.  Continue Reading

• Remote backup solutions

  Data backup expert Pierre Dorion discusses the pros and cons of data deduplication and continuous data protection for remote backup.  Continue Reading

• Are online data backup service providers ready for the enterprise?

  Pierre Dorion details what you need to consider when evaluating online backup service providers.  Continue Reading