Building a community of BExperts
How do you build an organic community? And…pushing that question in a little more philosophical direction, if you work to build a community, is it still organic? Stick with me on this because I am bui...
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Are Point Products Really Efficient in Enterprise Data Center Protection?
So I just finished up VMworld in San Francisco week before last, and I was amazed at how many different products were out there to enhance customers’ virtual infrastructures, whether their data center...
Free fully licensed copy of Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition for vExperts
Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition is now available FREE to all VMware vExperts. This free copy of Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition is a fully licensed copy that can be used in production! We’ve also includ...
Notes from vmWorld 2012 Day 1...what are users talking about?
So….vmWorld 2012 in beautiful San Francisco. This is the event where vendors of various shapes and sizes put together their best combination of sizzle and steak. Sometimes the sizzle outshines the ste...
A Modern Day Twist on Backup Appliances
With big data, virtualization, and 24/7 business environments knocking on the door of IT, organizations are looking at more sophisticated backup and recovery requirements, yet they are often armed wit...
Every Second Counts: Lotus F1 Team Surges Ahead with the Backup Exec Appliance
Every second counts in F1 racing. Everything must happen on time, every time. To stay ahead of the competition, the Lotus F1 Team needs to provide 100% reliability and 100% availability of its tracksi...
Everything has gone cloudy. Can you see me?
Every second organisation and person is venturing into "cloud" at the moment it seems; this new technology that's going to make everything right in the world. I have a couple of side issues with that ...
Apples and Toasters
Apples weren’t my thing a couple of years ago. It was all a bit too predictable. You could tell the guy on the train who was going to get a Mac out of his laptop case – it was ‘a certain type.’ Now it...
