CASE STUDY - Learn why one of the world’s largest media companies chose Silver Peak virtual WAN Optimization for their cross country replication challenges including an on-demand media database requiring 7 x24 access.  Complicating the challenge was a lack of space in the state-of-the-art data center for additional physical hardware. No problem.
Posted: February 1, 2012 | Published: January 31, 2012


Topics:  Bandwidth Management | Disaster Recovery | Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments | Network Architectures | Network Design | Network Traffic Management | RPO | RTO | WAN

WHITE PAPER - Recovery as a Service (RaaS) has been around for some time, but the emergence of cloud computing offers a more efficient, faster and cheaper platform for application recovery. Find out what you should look for in a cloud-based recovery solution, and how you can successfully implement one.
Posted: January 12, 2012 | Published: January 12, 2012


Topics:  Applications Management | Backup for Virtualized Servers | Cloud Backup | Cloud Computing | Cloud Security | RPO | RTO

WHITE PAPER - This ESG Lab report documents hands-on testing of Veeam Backup & Replication. Topics explored include getting started with Veeam, Instant VM Recovery, Recovery Verification, and Universal Application-Item Recovery.
Posted: July 8, 2011 | Published: July 8, 2011


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Backups | Data Replication | RPO | RTO | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine Backups

ANALYST REPORT - This paper identifies the data protection optimizations available in the VMware vSphere environment, and shows how the recent VMware Data Recovery introduction makes it very easy for SMBs to leverage them to resolve backup window, RPO, RTO, and recovery reliability concerns
Posted: June 16, 2010 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Deduplication | Disaster Recovery | RPO | RTO | Server Virtualization | SMBs | Storage Management | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Backups | VMware

WHITE PAPER - The FalconStor® Continuous Data Protector (CDP) solution can be deployed in conjunction with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager. This unique implementation dramatically speeds both processes and reduces costs while ensuring achievement of recovery time objectives (RTO).
Posted: February 15, 2010 | Published: February 11, 2010


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Data Recovery | Data Security | Disaster Recovery | RTO | VMware Disaster Recovery

CASE STUDY - How does a dynamic U.K. business get its large customers to entrust it with their data? The answer is to deploy a Quantum data deduplication solution. By implementing a comprehensive disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup and restore infrastructure based on the Quantum DXi-Series..
Posted: June 10, 2009 | Published: June 9, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Management | Data Deduplication | Data Recovery | Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape | ROI | RPO | RTO | SLA | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the warning signs that an ERP system is killing a business, and suggests how companies can thrive with a new approach to business systems.
Posted: April 10, 2009 | Published: April 10, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Industry | Mobile Device Management | RPO | RTO | Shop Floor Control | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - This chapter discusses the process of evaluating and purchasing backup products. Also discussed are the issues to be aware of during this process, such as recovery deadlines, scalability, security, and more.
Posted: December 17, 2008 | Published: December 17, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Data Security | RAID | RPO | RTO | SAN | Virtual Tape Libraries | Windows

WHITE PAPER - ESG believes that data de-duplication will be one of this decade's most important new data protection technologies. But why? Download this white paper to find out and discover the most important aspects of data de-duplication.
Posted: June 28, 2007 | Published: June 1, 2007


Topics:  Backup Software | Continuous Data Protection | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | RTO | Storage Capacity | Tape Backups | TCO | Virtual Tape Libraries | WAN

WHITE PAPER - New inexpensive Serial ATA disk technology is having a positive impact on two major segments of open systems data protection: replication and backup. Discover how using disk for data protection is one of your best options.
Posted: February 27, 2007 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Security | Data Storage | Disk Backups | Remote Backups | RPO | RTO | Serial ATA | Tape Backups