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Our Most Popular Data Protection Posts of 2011

Peter Eicher — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:34:28 +0000

It’s that time of year again, when we look into our rearview mirrors and our crystal balls. I’ll save my 2012 data protection predictions for a future blog post, although I will note that my “100% Accurate, Guaranteed!” predictions for 2011 all came true! For now, I want to reflect on the past year of [...]

VMworld In Retrospect

Howard Marks — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:18:00 +0000

It would be hard to call the recent VMworld anything but a rousing success. After all, 20,000 attendees descended on The Venetian in Vegas, and the vast majority would agree the trip was worth it. However the total experience wasn’t perfect, and ...

‘Race to Recovery’ Taking VMworld 2011 by Storm

Peter Eicher — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:46:18 +0000

If you have been following this blog or Syncsort’s Twitter feed over the last week or so, you have no doubt heard of the ‘Race to Recovery’ challenge we’ve been running in our booth at VMworld 2011. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a video worth? All joking aside, the NetApp [...]

Syncsort Announces Data Protection 4.0

Peter Eicher — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:40:22 +0000

As usual, VMworld started with a bang. The first night at the welcome reception is always the craziest. Nearly all the attendees wander the show floor simultaneously and there is a great buzz in the air (having a rock band playing not too far away only added to the noise and excitement!). The first three [...]

VMworld 2011 Move-in Day: Chaos Reigns!

Peter Eicher — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:06:37 +0000

And so it begins. Having escaped Hurricane Irene by a few hours, I’ve spent most of today in the Sands Convention Center during move-in day for VMworld 2011. If you’ve never worked a tradeshow from the vendor side, you may have no idea of just how chaotic things are before the show opens. When you arrive [...]

Racing To Vegas for VMworld 2011

Peter Eicher — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:32:16 +0000

Almost time to start packing for VMworld 2011 in sunny Las Vegas. Sunny? Projected high today is 111 degrees! Fortunately, when I head out on Saturday the high is projected to be a far more bearable 107. Why that’s nothing. And speaking of weather, I’ll be getting out just ahead of Hurricane Irene, which is [...]