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Events

  • Dell Technologies World 2026

    Dell Technologies World 2026

    The average org uses 2.8 backup products — which is one of many reasons why centralized purpose-built Protection Storage is critical to many Cyber Resilience strategies. Headed to Dell Tech World next week to hear the latest about Dell Technologies’ Power Protect portfolio and to engage the ecosystem built around Data Domain, including Commvault, Druva,…

  • What if your backup solution understood the rest of your IT?

    What if your backup solution understood the rest of your IT?

    What if your backup software understood your business organization and what data mattered to your employees before it ever did a backup? Most cyber resilience solutions don’t. Most are grounded in the foundational backups of your data, but they’re limited by the administrator who points them at the workloads and the policies that that instruct…

  • Kaseya Connect 2026 – Day 2

    Kaseya Connect 2026 – Day 2

    As Kaseya Connect 26 winds down, here are some of my favorite takeaway quotes from Kaseya’s attendees and senior leadership. DPM’s coverage of Connect 2026 includes:Day 1: What I am listening for: https://lnkd.in/gFKSi2HYDay 2: Announcements in Cyber Resilience: https://lnkd.in/gPfidYg8Day 3: Favorite takeaway quotes: https://lnkd.in/gFnvyk3q

  • Kaseya Connect 2026 – Day 1

    Kaseya Connect 2026 – Day 1

    Kaseya’s CEO kicked off Kaseya Connect 26 talking about all the data that each of their products individually deal with on behalf of each customer and partner — and then announced Kaseya Intelligence and its one API as the foundation on which every product will exchange information for a truly better together story that unlocks…

  • Kaseya Connect 2026 – Day 0

    Kaseya Connect 2026 – Day 0

    Nearly every one of my conversations with or about MSPs focuses on either solution stacks for backup/DR/cyber — and/or — how MSPs grow predictable, scalable businesses that deliver data protection services alongside cybersecurity, networking, and IT operations via management frameworks So, I’m at Kaseya Connect 26 to hear the latest on Unitrends, Datto, and Spanning…

  • When isolation protocols activate, your endpoints become a problem

    When isolation protocols activate, your endpoints become a problem

    IGEL might be the most interesting business continuity technology you haven’t considered yet. When isolation protocols activate, endpoint access for the people who need it most becomes an immediate problem. Your IR team. Your senior leadership. Your recovery coordinators. Most BC/DR plans recognize it; very few solve it elegantly. That gap is what drew my…

  • Run Windows on the good days, Run IGEL on the bad days  (part one)

    Run Windows on the good days, Run IGEL on the bad days  (part one)

    Here’s a Cyber Resilience isolation mechanism that you may not have heard about yet but really ought to consider as part of your Business Continuity strategy. HINT: Run Windows on the good days, run IGEL on the bad days

  • DRJ Spring 2026 Wrap-up on Backup

    DRJ Spring 2026 Wrap-up on Backup

    Not all conferences are created equal. Here’s what DRJ Spring 2026 gets right—and why it matters.

  • Cybersecurity Summit 2026

    Cybersecurity Summit 2026

    The Official Cybersecurity Summit is one of my favorite single-stage conference series, especially this year with four Data Protection vendors showing on the expo floor – with special kudos to Rubrik and Commvault for some really interesting discussions on Cyber Resilience and more.

  • wrapup of IT Nation 2025

    wrapup of IT Nation 2025

    Attended IT Nation’s Global Connect conference intending to learn about their Data Protection and Cyber Resilience features. I did hear about some interesting tech, but I also took away some clearer understandings on what matters to MSPs delivering BaaS and DRaaS.