Jason Buffington

• market landscape reports
  May 22, 2013

  Data Protection Target Devices

  How Modernization Trends Are Affecting the Future of the Disk-based Backup Target Systems Market

  For decades, protecting electronic business data has been one of IT’s most essential responsibilities. In today’s information-intensive world, the importance of the task becomes even more obvious—as do the negative legal, reputational, and fiscal consequences that arise when data protection environments are not deployed and managed properly.

• Blogs
  May 22, 2013

  The Term PBBA is Overused and often Incorrect

  There are some who would refer to optimized disk-based target devices as Purpose-Built Backup Appliances (PBBAs), but that term is actually misleading.

  When one refers to a “backup server,” the implication is that the server performs backups—and in fact, those servers do perform backups.

  When one refers to a “storage controller,” it is in reference to a device that controls storage.

  In both examples, the first word is the activity performed by the second word.  But most PBBAs don't do backups, they enable them.  Instead, what we should be thinking about is ...

• Blogs
  May 10, 2013

  TechTarget video from EMC World 2013 -- on Backup & Archiving

  While at EMC World 2013, I sat down to do a short video for TechTarget on what I was finding interesting at the show: 

  • EMC’s Data Protection Suite, as a new way to acquire and consume the range of EMC backup software. 
  • The differences between Backup and Archiving, and what EMC’s solutions are doing about it

  And while I was there, I had the chance to plug ESG’s upcoming Market Landscape Report on disk-based target systems, which covers EMC Data Domain, among others.

• News
  May 7, 2013

  Keep backup and archive distinct, but coordinated - TechTarget
• research briefs
  May 7, 2013

  Data Backup Trends at SMB Organizations

  SMB organizations are just as reliant as their enterprise and midmarket counterparts on data to support day-to-day operations, though they typically lack the resources and/or IT expertise to ensure its availability and preservation. In spite of this, recent ESG research reveals that many SMBs understand the importance of their IT assets and are at least attempting to back up their data, whether proactively or reactively.  However, given the fact that even larger organizations haven’t “solved” data protection, there is an opportunity in the SMB space for both education and services to not only supplement current backup strategies, but–more importantly–to foster new ones.

• Blogs
  Apr 30, 2013

  vBlog: Regulatory Compliance vs Operational Readiness (part 4 of 4): Government CO-OP

  This month, I took a look at the differences between ‘Regulatory Compliance’ and ‘Operational Readiness’ (HA/BC/DR) through a series of videos.  This week (4 of 4), we’re taking a closer look at the regulations that apply to government agencies and contractors (CO-OP).  Each week, we looked at some regulatory mandates and try to glean some pragmatic IT ideas for data protection from them.  I hope that you enjoyed the videos.

• News
  Apr 30, 2013

  The Integrated Swiss Army Knife - Symantec Backup Appliances
• Blogs
  Apr 23, 2013

  vBlog: Regulatory Compliance vs Operational Readiness (part 3 of 4): HIPAA

  This month, I am taking a look at the differences between ‘Regulatory Compliance’ and ‘Operational Readiness’ (HA/BC/DR) through a series of videos.  This week (3 of 4), we’re taking a closer look at the regulations that apply to healthcare organizations (HIPAA).  Each week, I’ll take a look at some regulatory mandates and try to glean some pragmatic IT ideas for data protection from them.  I hope that you enjoy the videos.

• Blogs
  Apr 17, 2013

  vBlog: Regulatory Compliance vs Operational Readiness (part 2 of 4): SEC & SOX

  This month, I am taking a look at the differences between ‘Regulatory Compliance’ and ‘Operational Readiness’ (HA/BC/DR) through a series of videos.  This week (2 of 4), we’re taking a closer look at the regulations that apply to publicly-held companies (SOX) and financial institutions (SEC).  Each week, I’ll take a look at some regulatory mandates and try to glean some pragmatic IT ideas for data protection from them.  I hope that you enjoy the videos.

• News
  Apr 17, 2013

  What will be the role of tape in a cloud-based world? - TechTarget
• Blogs
  Apr 9, 2013

  vBlog: Regulatory Compliance vs Operational Readiness (part 1 of 4)

  This month, I am taking a look at the differences between ‘Regulatory Compliance’ and ‘Operational Readiness’ (HA/BC/DR) through a series of videos.  For the next four Tuesdays, I’ll take a look at some regulatory mandates and try to glean some pragmatic IT ideas for data protection from them.  I hope that you enjoy the videos.

• News
  Apr 2, 2013

  Game Changer: Unlocking Employee Access to Information - Market Pulse
• briefs
  Mar 15, 2013

  VMware Is Bringing Out ‘Advanced’ Data Protection

  In a world congested with virtualized-data protection options including “free versus fee,” free often wins, at least in the beginning. When you outgrow the free edition, you can sometimes pay a license fee and access a more robust version later. However, trumping even “free” is the combination of “free plus built in,” for example, VMware VDP. Now, VMware is releasing an up-scaled version—VDP Advanced (VDPA).

• Blogs
  Mar 11, 2013

  Discussing Backup with IBM

  Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Tom Hughes and Todd Watson from IBM. We talked about three IT trends that are disrupting traditional data protection strategies and legacy approaches:

  Highly Virtualized / Private Cloud Infrastructures

  Cloud-based Solutions for backup & storage

  Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for endpoint protection

• lab reports
  Mar 6, 2013

  Lab Review: Veeam Backup & Replication – Built for Virtualization

  This ESG Lab report documents hands-on testing of Veeam Backup & Replication, designed to assess Veeam’s claims that they deliver a Powerful, Easy-to-Use, and Affordable data protection solution Built for Virtualization.

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