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Wrap-up on Backup

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Wrap-up on Backup — 11:11 Elite Event

    Wrap-up on Backup — 11:11 Elite Event

    Thank you 11:11 Systems for inviting DPM to be part of your event this week; spending time with customers and partners and discussing recent trends and considerations for Private Clouds, Cyber Resilience, and Disaster Recovery.

  • Disaster Recovery Journal Fall 2025 — Wrapup on Backup

    Disaster Recovery Journal Fall 2025 — Wrapup on Backup

    One of my favorite conferences of the year is Disaster Recovery Journal. They do two per year in different parts of the US to enable Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Crisis Management leaders to learn not just from experts, but from each other.

  • Wrap-up on Backup from Veritas Vision 2017

    Wrap-up on Backup from Veritas Vision 2017

    It would be easy to assume that because the Veritas name has been around for more than 20 years, its products are all legacy and no longer suitable to modern data centers or IT scenarios; you would be wrong. Veritas is “back” after its divestiture from Symantec—with a laser focus on data management that very…

  • Wrap-up on Backup from VMworld US 2017

    Wrap-up on Backup from VMworld US 2017

    VMworld is still “the place to be” for discussing data center modernization—and that means that there were several data protection vendors in attendance, each with something to say.But what was most interesting is the general shift in VMware’s tone from a hypervisor or data center-centric vision to a cloud-first vision, particularly with its announcements around…