backup

• When looking at backup software vendors, don’t be distracted by flashy new features. Backup software should actually be called restore software. 
• Failure in backup is failure to meet recovery objectives. Always evaluate features in light of these objectives

It’s hard to get the bearings of a market where most of the vendors have been around for just two or three years.

Cloud backup startups come with impressive pedigrees, typically founded by people who have experience in storage, WAN optimization, and security. This is a rapidly maturing market heading for commoditization already, and vendors have already begun differentiating themselves by focusing on specific problems or niche markets.

Select the Cloud Backup solution that’s the best fit for your organization, taking into account advanced features, support, and vendor viability by customizing the Vendor Landscape according to what criteria are most important to you.

This is a companion article to the Cloud backup vendor landscape.

Backup and recovery technology is a key component of an IT department’s data
availability and protection strategy. In considering backup solutions, ultimately what
matters most is data recovery or restore. The key dimension associated with recovering and restoring data is time. The longer it takes to restore data and applications, the greater the impact on worker productivity, public web site users, and revenues.

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