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  • Is that how it happened

    Is that how it happened

    This week, my friend Van Flowers was kind enough to invite me on his Is That How It Happened podcast to talk about Cyber Resilience, why I launched Data Protection Matters, and what really matters to me (hint: it isn’t backup). Welcome back to Is That How It Happened? — the show where we explore the real…

  • Thinking about Xbox Home Server

    Thinking about Xbox Home Server

    My friend Mark Bowker recently blogged about the hypothetical potential of a Microsoft Surface Server. Since he covers Virtualization for ESG, he has a lot of opportunities to think about converged infrastructure, as well as the impressive hardware stacks of converged infrastructure that are powering today’s data centers. At the same time, another friend, Rod…

  • What I am thankful for – as a backup guy

    What I am thankful for – as a backup guy

    First and foremost, I am so thankful for the job that I have and the ESG family members that I share it with. It has been an amazing year that I cannot say “thank you” enough times for. I am also very thankful to the ESG family of data protection companies that have welcomed me…

  • The day I discovered Acronis

    The day I discovered Acronis

    A few weeks ago, I decided to upgrade my laptop with an SSD primary disk – and along the way, I discovered the magic that is Acronis. It was supposed to be a trivial upgrade. Especially for a guy who does backup & recovery for a living, right? My awesome Lenovo T420s allows for not…

  • New Years Resolution – back up my own stuff better (part 1)

    New Years Resolution – back up my own stuff better (part 1)

    With twenty years of backup experience, you might presume that my own personal backups might be flawless and in triplicate. And for my professional workstation, it actually is. But admittedly, for the rest of my data, such as those invaluable family photos, personal data and other stuff – it admittedly isn’t as well or frequently…

  • What I did last Summer

    What I did last Summer

    Do you remember when you were a kid, and during the first day of school, the teacher would ask you to write an essay on what you did over the summer? Looking back, I presume the teacher really wanted to get a sense of your writing skills, but also learn a little about you and…

  • Jason joins ESG

    Jason joins ESG

    Today, I begin my next adventure – as an “Analyst & Lab Engineer” for ESG, the Enterprise Strategy Group. For those that don’t know ESG, they are mostly known for their industry research and analysis of IT, particularly around Storage, Data Protection, Virtualization, Infrastructure Management, etc. I had known of and worked with ESG as…

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