Author Archives: Tom Cornwell
VMworld 2013 Session Voting
It is that time of year again. Time to vote for VMworld sessions. If you have ever attended a large conference such as Cisco Live, EMC World, or TechEd, and been disappointed that the session topics didn't cover the topics that you wanted t...
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DataDomain DD OS 5.3 New Features
Today, EMC announced Data Domain Operating System 5.3. Here is a list of some of the enhancements provided in this dot release.Enhanced Oracle RMAN support for improved performance and deduplication efficiency by inclusion of support for Oracle R...
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Happy St. Baldrick’s
For those that celebrate it, I hope you had a happy St. Patrick's Day. I know I did.What I'd like to mention now though is St. Baldrick's. If you aren't familiar, this is not a typo. St. Baldrick's Foundation is an organization that r...
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Join the Madness
The time is upon us. Varrow Madness 2013 is right around the corner. In fact, it is one week from tomorrow. If you haven't already signed up, it's not too late. http://madness.varrow.com.I'm excited to have Varrow Madness in the...
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EMC NetWorker 8.0 SP1 New Features
A little over one month ago, EMC began shipping NetWorker 8.0.1. Here is a list of some of the enhancements and fixes provided in this service pack.Support for Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and UEFI for Windows--I have heard people say lately t...
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RSA Security Analytics: Remembering the Basics
Way back when....while an Applied Mathematics major in college, I took a class on coding. In that class we discussed that there is no such thing as an unbreakable code. This being the case, the strategy for creating a code should not be to ...
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Avamar 6.1 New Features – Addendum
If you are interested in desktop/laptop backup with Avamar, there a few new features that I omitted in my previous post:You can now restore files backed up from MS Windows to Mac OS X and vice versa.There is a new option to NOT backup over a wireless n...
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People Continuity
When thinking about Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, people have started to forget what these terms are supposed to mean and instead they focus on technology. Therefore, they think that if they can implement HA; Active-Active; or automa...
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Avamar 6.1 New Features
Last week at EMC World, Avamar 6.1 was launched. Although this is a dot release, I think it is pretty exciting. Here are some of the new features:Faster startups and shutdowns - although this may not be important during normal operations, i...
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My Blog Has Moved
My new blog is: http://blog.piratesjade.com. Thanks, Tom
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VMworld 2012 Session Voting
If you have ever attended a large conference such as Cisco Live, EMC World, or TechEd, and been disappointed that the session topics didn't cover the topics that you wanted to hear about, then this is for you. VMware allows the public to vote on ...
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Risk and BC/DR
Here’s a nice explanation of the difference between BC and DR by one of my colleagues, Tom Queen: Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Aligning IT and the Business. The one thing that I would add to it is that it is all about risk. How much are you willing to spend on life insurance to [...]
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Risk and BC/DR
Here's a nice explanation of the difference between BC and DR by one of my colleagues, Tom Queen: Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Aligning IT and the Business. The one thing that I would add to it is that it is all about risk. How much are ...
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EMC Data Protection Suite Announcement