I recently gained some insight into the US election process has given me much more confidence in said process, and I’d like to pass it on. I gained this insight by working as a poll worker for...
What makes a successful data protection as a service (DPaaS) product? I watched another vendor announce a “SaaS” product that I suppose technically meets the definition – but looks like it will fall...
They never really did, IMO, but at least now they’re being open about it. As of July 31, 2020, Salesforce will discontinue its “recovery service,” which was a last-resort backup...
It started as one episode to discuss the Coronavirus and how it affects your data and how it is protected. Six episodes later, we’ve actually done quite a bit of coverage of this new virus. ...
I learned a lot from The Tiger King, currently the most popular show on Netflix. And like WestWorld, I saw a few lessons about backup and disaster recovery that I thought I’d share with you...
Like a lot of companies, some of my employer’s plans for the year have been put on hold. For example, we had planned to do a video series where I fly up to Druva’s Sunnyvale headquarters...
Westworld was really just a giant object lesson about proper backup and recovery design. The producers of the show may have felt differently; they seemed to think the show was more about free will or...
You shouldn’t need an annual day to remind you to treat your sweetheart well. Every day should be Valentine’s Day, right? Reaching out and telling your sweetheart that you love them (or...
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” This immortal line uttered by Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya in “The Princess Bride” perfectly...
Two events from two major software vendors less than a month apart have proven my point that SaaS companies should not be trusted to backup your data. That is because Salesforce and Microsoft both...