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Features

• Data deduplication approaches in backup today

  The data deduplication market has become a confusing landscape. SearchDataBackup.com asked users about the deduplication products they've deployed, and the pros and cons of each.  Continue Reading

• Tape backup and tape library technology tips

  Despite all the hype around new technologies like data deduplication, tape is still at the core of many backup operations most businesses. Here's our top tape backup tips.  Continue Reading

• Data destruction options for your backup data

  When data backups are deleted in your business, are they really gone? In this FAQ, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston discusses data destruction in backup environments.  Continue Reading

• Data replication for backup best practices

  Replication is increasingly becoming a critical business need for many organizations. In this interview, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston discusses synchronous and asynchronous replication, deduplication and ...  Continue Reading

• Data protection FAQ

  Eric Burgener, senior analyst with the Taneja Group, discusses data protection technology, VTLs, the changing role of tape, CDP, cloud-based storage, and dense storage platforms.  Continue Reading

• Disk-based data backup and recovery for SMBs

  As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, W. Curtis Preston, the leading independent expert on the topic of backup and recovery technology, discusses the role of disk-based ...  Continue Reading

• SharePoint Backup FAQ

  SharePoint use is increasing and so are the complexities of managing it. Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Lauren Whitehouse talks about what this means for your organization. This interview is also available below as an MP3 download.  Continue Reading

• New Year's resolutions for data backup administrators

  To make sure you start off the new year right, here are W. Curtis Preston's New Year's resolutions for backup administrators.  Continue Reading

• Managed data backup and recovery FAQ

  John Merryman, services director for recovery services at GlassHouse Technologies Inc., discusses the managed backup and recovery market today in this Q&A.  Continue Reading

• Continuous data protection in data backup FAQ

  Continuous data protection (CDP) is becoming an increasingly attractive data protection and backup option. But is CDP right for your business? W. Curtis Preston compares CDP to traditional backup in the SMB space in this FAQ.  Continue Reading

• Storage Decisions Session Downloads: Backup Technologies Track (San Francisco 2008)

  Data protection continues to be Job #1 for most storage managers -- a job that only gets more complex as each year companies add up to 50% more storage capacity. The good news is that newer technologies can help in this uphill battle, but you still ...  Continue Reading

• A product review of free and open-source backup utilities

  This product review of free and open-source backup utilities takes a look at products like AceBackup, Cobain Backup, FileFort, Memeo AutoBackup and more.  Continue Reading

• Virtual tape library (VTL) data deduplication FAQ

  John Merryman, services director for recovery services at GlassHouse Technologies Inc., discusses the pros and cons of virtual tape library (VTL) data deduplication and the state of the VTL deduplication market today in this Q&A. His answers are ...  Continue Reading

• Data deduplication FAQ

  Will you be able to achieve the huge data reduction ratios that data deduplication vendors are touting? In this FAQ guide, analyst Jerome Wendt answers the most common data deduplication questions he's hearing today.  Continue Reading

• Virtual server backup FAQ

  How much are virtualized server environments affecting backup processes? Mark Bowker, analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group, answers the most common questions about virtual server backup from storage administrators. His answers are also ...  Continue Reading