Technologist, Dan Frith, discusses the importance of using the right tool for the job when you’re tasked with protecting your organization’s data. With Druva inSync endpoint protection, you get backup, eDiscovery, data loss prevention, and compliance monitoring, all in the one package. When combined with centralized monitoring, mobile device management integration, and single sign-on support, Druva looks to be a pretty compelling option for laptop data protection.
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Recovery In The Cloud – The Easy Way
Disaster recovery can be a stressful activity. Druva has managed to come up with a way of recovering in the cloud that doesn’t need to be complicated, nor does it need to be time-consuming. Architect and Blogger, Dan Frith, explores Druva’s Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaas) offering.
Your Data Has Changed, So Why Hasn’t Your Data Protection Strategy?
Dan Frith examines how the cloud has changed the way we consume data and how we need to re-align our data protection strategy.
Office 365: Positive Thinking Won’t Protect Your Data
In this Tech Talk, Dan Frith discusses data protection for data stored in SaaS platforms.
The Cloud Should Adapt to the Enterprise – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
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It would be great if all our applications were cloud native to get the best cost, resilency, and architecture overall. But enterprises don’t move that quickly. The cloud should offer services that work for existing applications that organizations want to get out of the data center but aren’t going to refactor any time soon. The roundtable discusses the merits and why this isn’t happening right now.
The Case for Data Protection with FlashBlade
The economics for an All-Flash solution as a backup target might not seem to make sense. But Dan Frith makes the case why FlashBlade doesn’t just work, but excels in the right environment.
Green is the New Black
Pure Storage recently announced the broad availability of their Evergreen Storage Service. Dan Frith look at how the service offers storage in your data center, while offering convenient consumption-based pricing.
//X Gon Give it to Ya
In this post, Dan Frith looks at Pure Storage’s Data-centric Architecture in their newly announced range of FlashArray //X products. These take advantage of NVMe to build a common storage platform that can be used by both traditional and modern applications. He also shows how Pure provides an easy upgrade path for existing customers to take advantage of this architecture.
StorageOS Now Available for Your Container Storage Needs
Persistent storage is still a developing story with containers. It’s still a bit of the Wild West, there’s no consensus on how the problem will be solved. Docker took some steps to address this down the road with the acquisition of Infinit in 2016. But StorageOS has been at this for a little while, and have put together a solution that’s cloud-native and well thought out.
Dan Frith – IT Origins
This week, our IT Origins series interviewed Dan Frith. We discussed how he moved from the helpdesk through his IT career, enumerated the worst trends in IT, and gave some love to data protection. Be sure to check out the full interview!