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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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Report The Forrester Wave™: Disaster-Recovery-As-A-Service Providers, Q2 2017
Cloud-Based Recovery Providers Focus More On Virtual Infrastructure Than Heterogeneous Enterprise Deployments
April 20, 2017 | Naveen ChhabraIn our 26-criteria evaluation of disaster-recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) providers, we identified the 10 most significant players — Bluelock, Daisy, HPE Enterprise Services, IBM, iland, NTT...
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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...