NetBackup 7.5 now available!
I'm very pleased to announce that NetBackup 7.5 is now available! The marquee features of NetBackup 7.5 include: Replication Director This feature offers a unified, policy-based management of backups,...
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Be aware: The NetBackup 6.x End of Support Life is fast approaching!
With NetBackup 7.5 now on the horizon, it's time to make sure you're aware of the coming end of support for NetBackup 6.x. It's hard to believe it will have been seven years since the NetBackup 6.0 re...
Symantec Backup Appliances – Integrated and Integrable
Symantec, the world leader in backup and recovery, provides customers the freedom of choice. With NetBackup and Backup Exec, customers are able to choose the form factor to best meet their needs; a so...
Backing up the Elephants!
PostgreSQL (commonly referred to as Postgres) is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. It is used by several prominent users including the International Space Station, Skype, Redd...
Information Anesthetic: Taking the Pain out of Backup
It seems like businesses are looking at modernizing backup like it’s a trip to the dentist: too time-consuming and painful, and always costly! So they end up taking shortcuts, hoping that the cavity o...
Survey: Broken Backup Environments Need New Approach
Backups have become a big and burdensome operation for many backup admins. SLAs are getting tighter while information grows and new platforms like virtualization create higher density environments. Wi...
Two Steps Forward With No Steps Back
Forget the itchy socks, the sweater I will never wear, and the crock pot (nice try…but still not getting me to cook). You can imagine my excitement when I opened this Christmas gift – a vintage typewr...
Bandwidth, Backup Tapes and Station Wagons
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon loaded with backup tapes. This was thrown on the table during a recent customer meeting in the context of getting data offsite and onto disaster re...
NetBackup Search vs. Infinite Retention
All bark and no bite. Heard the saying? It essentially means one who talks a tough story, but then shuns away when asked to step up. In 2010, Symantec conducted a survey of more than 1,600 senior IT a...
New Year’s Resolution #1 – Better Backup for Snapshots
How many of you have made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight? Well OK, maybe not weight literally but you’ve been tasked to find ways in 2012 to reduce cost in your backup infrastructure and with ...
