PODCAST: W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group and independent backup expert, discusses the various options available today for backing up virtual machines including VMware's VCB, third-party products, and the ways that backup software products are evolving to ease virtual machine backups.

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 02 Sep 2009

PODCAST: Kevin Beaver, information security consultant with Principle Logic LLC, outlines security issues to consider when deploying cloud or online backup.

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 25 Aug 2009

CASE STUDY: Read this customer case study to see how Canadian mutual fund company AIC Ltd. leveraged Quantum's DXi™5500 disk backup solution featuring data deduplication and replication technology in order to drastically reduce backup time as well as cut storage costs and management.

Posted: 01 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009

WEBCAST: Disk-based backup systems fundamentally change the way we do backup and recovery. But the key is to treat disk as disk and not as tape. Solutions need to recognize the intelligent features of disk and take advantage of those features. This webcast explores how to leverage the advantages of disk for best possible backup performance and maximum ROI.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand

PODCAST: W. Curtis Preston discusses the issues surrounding restoring deduplicated data in this podcast.

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 | Premiered: 06 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure enables end users or their hosting providers to provision and manage hundreds of individual, virtual desktops from a set of centrally administered, consolidated servers.

Posted: 01 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

PODCAST: As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space.

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 17 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides detailed information on best practices to get the best backup performance from an HP D2D Backup System with Dynamic deduplication.

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 | Published: 21 Jan 2010

PODCAST: Disk-based backup systems fundamentally change the way we do backup and recovery. But the key is to treat disk as disk and not as tape. Solutions need to recognize the intelligent features of disk and take advantage of those features. This podcast explores how to leverage the advantages of disk for best possible backup performance and maximum ROI.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 03 Nov 2009

PODCAST: James Brissenden, Sr. Strategy Consultant at GlassHouse Technologies, discusses the issues surrounding restoring deduplicated data in this podcast.

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 | Premiered: 13 Jul 2009

VIDEOCAST: In this videocast, W. Curtis Preston provides an overview of remote backup. He discusses the challenges related to backing up remote sites, as well as the role of replication and deduplication. He also discusses cloud storage as it relates to remote backup.

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 16 Oct 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, W. Curtis Preston provides an overview of remote backup. He discusses the challenges related to backing up remote sites, as well as the role of replication and deduplication. He also discusses cloud storage as it relates to remote backup.

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 | Published: 21 Dec 2009

WEBCAST: While server virtualisation brings consolidation gains, it increases the impact of a storage failure, compromising the information that makes up the life blood of your organisation’s business. This webcast highlights backup best practices for combating the complexity virtualisation brings to the data center.

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 | Premiered: Available On Demand

ASSESSMENT TOOL: EMC has the broadest portfolio of deduplication offerings in the industry. Tell us about your backup and recovery environment. And we’ll tell you how much may potentially reduce your backup storage requirements – and substantially reduce your network bandwidth requirements, backup windows, and costs.

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 | Published: 18 Dec 2009

WEBCAST: Join Paul Kruschwitz, Director of Enterprise Solutions for Falconstor Software, as he discusses best practices for backup optimization. Learn about the benefits of a virtual tape library (VTL), common problems with backup environments, and the latest Falconstor VTL solutions.

Posted: 20 May 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand

PODCAST: How does outsourcing fit into your business strategy? Outsourcing your backup data can be a convenient and reliable method of handling backups — if you select the right vendor and ask the right questions. This podcast covers some of the questions you should ask any potential vendor before you sign on the dotted line.

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 09 Nov 2009

CASE STUDY: When customers walk into their local bank, few consider the complex network of IT systems that go into ensuring core systems stay up and running. After a loss of data, it was common for individual file restores to take several hours. CFDS enlisted the help of Colorado-based HEIT, an integrator and reseller with expertise in financial industry IT.

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 | Published: 11 Jan 2010

CASE STUDY: Southwest England's Twynham Comprehensive School used AvePoint's DocAve Backup and Restore to provide reliable, granular, and full-fidelity backup and recovery capabilities to protect their over 50GB of data and hundreds of sites stored on its MOSS environment.

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 | Published: 04 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper is a guide to help you understand how NetApp solutions from Applied Computer Solutions (ACS) can enable maximum storage efficiency that will allow you to store all your data and accommodate rapid data growth without straining your people or your budget.

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 | Published: 04 Feb 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This is a presentation transcript of the SearchStorage.com expert videocast on Remote Backup. Dave Raffo, Senior News Director at TechTarget’s storage sites, discusses remote backup with Curtis Preston, Executive Editor at TechTarget. The transcript will address the challenges of backing up remote sites.

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 21 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Xiotech offers a fresh approach to data storage—disk drives, drive enclosures, and controllers with its Intelligent Storage Element technology: A storage foundation that sets new standards for reliability, performance, scalability, and value.

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: As data center resource consolidation gains traction, many organizations are missing the big picture. For reducing primary storage footprints, they're looking at virtualization in isolation; for reducing secondary backup storage, they're focusing on deduplication in isolation. To consolidate optimally, they must consider the full landscape.

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009

CASE STUDY: As 27,000 students and 7,000 faculty and administrators expanded their use of e-mail, online research, distance learing, and other online functions, ECU’s information storage had doubled annually for three years in a row. ECU engaged EMC® Global Services to help them virtualize, consolidate, and upgrade its information infrastructure.

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 | Published: 17 Dec 2009

DATA SHEET: The DXi6500 from Quantum solves complex backup problems simply and affordably by integrating the most advanced storage technology into a simple, pre-configured solution that includes all software licenses in the base price. For all the details, check out this specifications in this data sheet.

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 | Published: 15 Dec 2009

WEBCAST: Server virtualisation is an ever more important tool for reducing costs, increasing availability, and enhancing business agility.

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand