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  • Noise to Signal in the AI era

    Noise to Signal in the AI era

    ‘Noise to signal’ isn’t just a tooling problem; it’s a charter problem. Cyber resilience is broader than ransomware; therefore, the signals we care about are broader than security events, and the team that owns the SIEM might not be the team that owns the resilience and governance outcomes. Especially when you add identity, along with…

  • Hunger Games: Cloud Infrastructure Edition

    Hunger Games: Cloud Infrastructure Edition

    Welcome to Hunger Games 2026 Edition! Each decade, there are new Data Protection problems that are often first addressed by startups. Established vendors face the build-or-buy (or partner) choices of grabbing from the cornucopia or developing their own. 20yrs ago, Virtualization: Veeam, PHD Virtual, vRanger 10yrs ago, SaaS-Backup: Spanning & Backupify (both now Kaseya) Today,…

  • Cloud-Powered Resilience is exciting, and not just for the tech stacks

    Cloud-Powered Resilience is exciting, and not just for the tech stacks

    At a recent AMA, was asked what excites me most about Managed Services (MSPs) delivering Data Protection. I said there are three categories, each with disruptive innovation: There isn’t a single best scenario or vendor; what matters is zeroing in on what the customer needs, not only in resilience but in overall IT agility. This…

  • Cohesity Cyber Resilience Report 2026

    Cohesity Cyber Resilience Report 2026

    IT folks will already want to download Cohesity‘s new 2026 Report on Cyber Resilience, but here’s why Business Continuity and Risk Management folks ought to also. The report measured what those of us in resilience have known for a while: (1) the importance of building your plan around your MVC and (2) quantifying the gap…

  • Cohesity Catalyst 2026

    Cohesity Catalyst 2026

    “An ounce of resilience is as important as a pound of detection.” is my favorite line from the Cohesity Catalyst 2026 event, thanks to Sanjay Poonen and Ben Franklin. Beyond that and more GOAT videos that I inevitably play on repeat (kudos Carol Carpenter and team), here’s what stood out to me on the Cyber…

  • Gartner’s 2026 MQ for Data Protection

    Gartner’s 2026 MQ for Data Protection

    Gartner‘s latest MQ for Data Protection just dropped; go pull up the chart. The trio now appears as a quartet, but that isn’t the most interesting or actionable part of the story. Let’s talk about it.

  • 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.

  • IDC MarketScape for SaaS Protection

    IDC MarketScape for SaaS Protection

    IDC recently published its MarketScape on SaaS data protection for 2026. If you’re an IDC client, you’ll want to read the entire report. Else, there’s a lot that you can glean from their chart that ought to raise some hard questions and fresh ideas for your overall Data Protection strategy.

  • Cohesity’s Recovery Agent

    Cohesity’s Recovery Agent

    As part of its Catalyst 1 Data Summit, Cohesity announced their “Five Steps to Cyber Resilience” and specifically draws out the critical importance of “Practice”, which can’t be done without orchestrated workflows. Hence, the Cohesity Recovery Agent.

  • Cohesity’s Five Steps to Cyber Resilience

    Cohesity’s Five Steps to Cyber Resilience

    Cohesity had a huge day of announcements as part of its Catalyst 1 Data Summit, with the foundation being built on its Five Steps of Cyber Resilience.