Since vendors generally highlight the awesomeness of their solutions and don't always give you the straight facts (where they shine and where they need improvement), it's a tough job to determine which backup and recovery investment is worth your company's money, your precious IT budget and your time. Luckily, Gartner takes care of that for you in their Gartner Magic Quadrant report.

Check out this Magic Quadrant for enterprise backup/recovery software now to not only see Gartner's ratings of various vendors' backup/recovery products, but to explore breakdowns of each vendor's strengths and downfalls.