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Report The Forrester Wave™: Disaster-Recovery-As-A-Service Providers, Q2 2019
The Eight Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
April 17, 2019 | Naveen ChhabraIn our 34-criterion evaluation of disaster-recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) providers, we identified the eight most significant ones — DXC Technology, Flexential, IBM, iland, InterVision, Recovery...
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Report Assess The Pain-Gain Tradeoff Of Multicloud Strategies
Learn The Difference Between Strategic Multicloud And Ineffective Complexity
Multicloud and hybrid cloud are equally useless terms, and yet, in reality, they define your obvious cloud strategy. Having multiple platforms, cloud and noncloud, allows for flexibility and...
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Report Design For Dependability By Embracing A Future Of Trusted Technology
Reliable Services Are Critical For A Secure, Always-On Economy
February 25, 2019 | Naveen ChhabraAs the world evolves into a connected web of services that weave devices, users, and data in a seamless user experience, the megacloud providers have set expectations — for always-on capabilities,...
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Blog Participate In The Forrester Tech Tide™: Storage Technologies For Business Data Survey
February 4, 2019 | Naveen ChhabraEnterprises have a variety of applications; the sheer scale of data volumes, data types, and business processes associated with them is putting unprecedented pressure on storage infrastructure....
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Report Six Important Considerations That Affect Backup Data Location
Don't Push Your Data Out To The Cloud Just Because You Can
January 9, 2019 | Naveen ChhabraStorage was one of the first public cloud services. Public cloud storage has since gained traction, as it allows firms to inexpensively archive large volumes of inactive data in a remote location....
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Report Test Frequently To Ensure Disaster Recovery Readiness
Annual Testing Doesn't Serve Business Expectations
December 14, 2018 | Naveen ChhabraInfrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders are responsible for building disaster recovery (DR) infrastructure, managing operations, and ensuring that DR failover is successful every time. Practice...
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Blog Data Protection Vendors Are Emerging From The Stone Age
November 15, 2018 | Naveen ChhabraA little over a year and a half ago, I completed an evaluation of data resiliency vendors, published as “The Forrester Wave: Data Resiliency Solutions, Q3 2017.” I gleaned many insights...
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Report Embrace Cloud Economics For On-Premises Enterprise Storage
Business Case: The Infrastructure Transformation Playbook
October 16, 2018 | Naveen ChhabraPublic cloud storage isn't a panacea, considering enterprise concerns about privacy, governance, availability, and unpredictable costs, but the basic opex cost model is attractive. Enterprises are...
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Blog The Forrester Wave™ Evaluation Of Hyperconverged Infrastructure Vendors Is Making The Rounds
September 26, 2018 | Naveen ChhabraThe hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) marketplace has gained significant momentum. Customers are consolidating and standardizing the use of this infrastructure; many vendors have launched their...
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Report The Forrester Wave™: Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Q3 2018
The 11 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
September 25, 2018 | Naveen ChhabraIn our 36-criterion evaluation of software-based hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) providers, we identified the 11 most significant ones — Cisco, DataCore, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE),...
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Report Now Tech: Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Q3 2018
Forrester's Overview Of 14 Hyperconverged Infrastructure Vendors
July 12, 2018 | Naveen ChhabraYou can use hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) to deliver flexible and scalable infrastructure services, simplify IT operations, and reduce overall costs. But to access these benefits, you'll...
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Report Ransomware Is A Business Continuity Issue
Firms Are Just Not Prepared To Handle Cybersecurity-Induced Disasters
Ransomware attacks hit firms hard on all fronts — the business, partners, clients, employees, and regulators. Successfully getting out of a ransomware situation requires I&O and S&R pros to work...
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Report Develop A Recovery Readiness View To Gain Insights Into Your Recovery
Envision And Build Predictable Technology Infrastructure
January 26, 2018 | Naveen ChhabraBusinesses demand a reliable and predictable technology infrastructure. While infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals have embraced a myriad of technologies to improve availability,...
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Report Case Study: Airports Authority Of India Achieves Continuous Operations Despite Natural Calamity
The Comprehensive Planning, Recovery Automation, And Frequent Testing Of AAI And NIIT Technologies Delivers Results
January 26, 2018 | Naveen ChhabraInfrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals get the importance of developing a comprehensive disaster recovery (DR) plan, testing it frequently, and automating it as much as possible. But...
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Report Apply Maslow's Hierarchy And Deming's PDCA Cycle For Continuous Infrastructure Improvement
Continuous Improvement: The Infrastructure Transformation Playbook
January 12, 2018 | Naveen ChhabraInfrastructure and operations (I&O) teams have a broader charter in the age of the customer. I&O pros must optimize their infrastructure people, processes, and technology in pursuit of customer...
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Report Back Up Your SaaS Data — Because Most SaaS Providers Don't
Cloud-To-Cloud Backup Is The Only Practical Option For SaaS Data Protection
December 29, 2017 | Naveen ChhabraSoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) is a popular element of a sound technology strategy. While almost all SaaS vendors explicitly state that protecting data is the customer's responsibility,...
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Report Three Vendors Disrupting Integrated Secondary Storage And Data Protection
Integrated Secondary Storage And Data Protection Will Gain Widespread Adoption In 24 Months
October 30, 2017 | Naveen ChhabraData protection suffers from archaic tools and processes, a lack of innovation and architectural change, and the need for proprietary secondary storage alongside primary storage and software. No...
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Report Identify And Estimate The Costs Of Downtime On Your Business
Don't Rely On Industry Averages — Determine Your Own
October 12, 2017 | Naveen ChhabraTechnology infrastructure is hypercritical to the operations of any business, and downtime costs dearly. Infrastructure and operations professionals leading their firms’ business continuity (BC)...
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Webinar Use The Forrester Wave™ To Find The Right DRaaS Service Provider
In Forrester’s most recent evaluation of disaster-recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) providers, we explored how the market is maturing and how vendors are raising the bar to push capabilities...
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Blog Check Out: Forrester Wave Data Resiliency Solutions
October 9, 2017 | Naveen ChhabraI am pleased to announce that the new Forrester Wave: Data Resiliency Solutions, Q3 2017 for infrastructure and operations professionals is now live! This Wave evaluation uncovered a market in...
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Report The Forrester Wave™: Data Resiliency Solutions, Q3 2017
Vendors Have Immense Technology Innovation Potential To Help Optimize Operations For Enterprise Clients
September 21, 2017 | Naveen ChhabraIn our 39-criteria evaluation of data resiliency solution providers, we identified the seven most significant vendors — Actifio, Commvault, Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE, now Micro...
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Report The State Of Business Technology Resiliency, Q2 2017
The Use Of Advanced Technology Is Growing, But Infrequent DR Testing Results In Low Preparedness
July 14, 2017 | Naveen ChhabraTechnology outages damage customer confidence in the business. Infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders have a growing number of tools at their disposal to better prepare themselves to recover...
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Blog Lessons Learned From The Recent British Airways Outage
June 15, 2017 | Naveen ChhabraLike many others, we are trying to wrap our heads around the recent British Airways outage, an event so far-reaching and arguably avoidable that it’s difficult to believe such a thing can...
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Blog Check Out The New Forrester Wave™ Of Leading DRaaS Providers
April 20, 2017 | Naveen ChhabraI am pleased to announce that the new Forrester Wave™: Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service Providers, Q2 2017 for infrastructure and operations professionals is now live! This Wave evaluation...