I've just about had it with companies that force me to download their patches and stuff via pages that don't ever offer anything I can use via the command line. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which…
Robin of StorageMojo replied to my blog entry about preferring the term de-duplication over compression. I started replying in the comments, and decided to make a whole other blog entry about it. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at…
There's a lot of confusion about de-duplication, starting with the thought that it's just compression. It's not. Read on to see why not. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data
IBM lost a tape containing employee's personal information by literally dropping it off the back of a truck. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data
If you've got Oracle 10g, this is a really cool feature that allows for synthetic full backups inside Oracle. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data
I had a briefing today with ASEMPRA, and it looks like they've got something to talk about with their Windows-specific CDP product. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data
Netgear is set to acquire Infrant technologies, a manufacturer of consumer and small-business grade NAS appliances. Why should you care? Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data
A Texas house bill that was signed into law last week puts the interests of businesses and the counties ahead of your personal privacy. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data
Yet another way to have your identity stolen… Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data
In Ch. 11 of Backup & Recovery I stated that there was no way to do a live image backup of Windows without spending money. Turns out I was wrong! Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which…