2018 Deduplication Backup Target Appliance Buyer’s Guide

November 16, 2017

DCIG is pleased to announce the availability of the DCIG 2018 Deduplication Backup Target Appliance Buyer’s Guide developed from the cloud data protection body of research. The DCIG 2018 Deduplication Backup Target Appliance Buyer’s Guide weights, scores and ranks more than 100 features of twenty-two (22) products from six (6) vendors. Using ranking categories of Recommended, Excellent, and Good this Buyer’s Guide offers much of the information an organization should need to make a highly-informed decision as to which deduplication backup target appliance will suit their needs.

Four Cloud Data Protection Appliance Considerations

October 4, 2017

2017 might well be the year that backup and recovery went from being viewed as a corporate insurance policy for data to a key business enabler and for good reasons. Natural disasters and ransomware attacks have heightened the need for fast, reliable backups and recoveries while new backup product architectures are changing the conversation around what services that cloud data protection appliances can deliver. As organizations go to select one of the current generation of cloud data protection appliances, here are four considerations they should keep in mind.

DCIG 2017-18 Cloud Data Protection Appliance Buyer’s Guide Now Available

September 27, 2017

DCIG is pleased to announce the availability of the DCIG 2017-18 Cloud Data Protection Appliance Buyer’s Guide developed from the backup appliance body of research. The DCIG 2017-18 Cloud Data Protection Appliance Buyer’s Guide weights, scores and ranks more than 100 features of twenty-two (22) products from six (6) vendors. Using ranking categories of Recommended and Excellent, this Buyer’s Guide offers much of the information an organization should need to make a highly-informed decision as to which cloud data protection appliance will suit their needs.

DCIG 2017-18 Hyperconverged Infrastructure Appliance Buyer’s Guide Now Available

May 16, 2017

The DCIG 2017-18 Hyperconverged Infrastructure Appliance Buyer’s Guide weights, scores and ranks more than 100 features of twenty-four (24) products from five (5) vendors that achieved rankings of Recommended or Excellent. Using ranking categories of Recommended and Excellent, this Buyer’s Guide offers much of the information an organization should need to make a highly-informed decision as to which hyperconverged appliance will suit their needs.

DCIG 2016-17 Small/Midsize Enterprise Integrated Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide Now Available

November 28, 2016

DCIG is pleased to announce the availability of the DCIG 2016-17 Small/Midsize Enterprise Integrated Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide developed from DCIG’s backup appliance body of research. The DCIG 2016-17 Small/Midsize Enterprise Integrated Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide weights, scores and ranks more than 100 features of twenty-nine (29) products from seven (7) different providers. Using ranking categories of Recommended, Excellent and Good, this Buyer’s Guide offers much of the information an organization should need to make a highly informed decision as to which integrated backup appliance will suit their needs.

DCIG 2016-17 Integrated Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide Now Available

October 26, 2016

DCIG is pleased to announce the availability of the 2016-17 Integrated Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide developed from DCIG’s backup appliance body of research. The DCIG 2016-17 Integrated Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide ranks more than 100 features of thirty-three (33) products from ten (10) different providers. Using ranking categories of Recommended, Excellent and Good, this Buyer’s Guide offers much of the information an organization should need to make a highly informed decision as to which integrated backup appliance will suit their needs.

Feature Consolidation on Backup Appliances Currently Under Way

July 15, 2016

Integrating backup software, cloud services support, deduplication, and virtualization into a single hardware appliance remains a moving target. Even as backup appliance providers merge these technologies into their respective appliances, the methodologies they employ to do so can differ significantly between them. This becomes very apparent when one looks at growing number of backup appliances from the providers in the market today.

The Hot Topic of Deduplication

November 14, 2014

Rarely does a day go by at DCIG when deduplication is not mentioned in some context. Instead of storing every chunk of data, deduplication removes redundant data and stores unique recording data just once across the network. Offering up to 20x reductions in data, data deduplication directly equates to lower backup storage costs for almost any size data center as less hardware is needed for storage backup.

DCIG 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide Now Available

November 13, 2014

DCIG is pleased to announce the availability of its DCIG 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide that weights, scores and ranks over 100 features on 47 different deduplicating backup appliances from 10 different providers. This Buyer’s Guide provides the critical information that all size organizations need when selecting deduplicating backup appliances to protect environments ranging from remote offices to enterprise data centers.

Early Insights from the Forthcoming DCIG 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyers Guide

October 31, 2014

As DCIG readies its third release of the DCIG Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide, it always encounters certain trends and the emergence of new features in the products covered in each respective Guide. DCIG’s experience was no different in its preparations for this Guide. Virtual appliances and scale-out and scale-up architectures in particular caught our eye as DCIG prepares to release this Guide.

Author: Charley McMaster

2018 Deduplication Backup Target Appliance Buyer’s Guide

Four Cloud Data Protection Appliance Considerations

DCIG 2017-18 Cloud Data Protection Appliance Buyer’s Guide Now Available

DCIG 2017-18 Hyperconverged Infrastructure Appliance Buyer’s Guide Now Available

DCIG 2016-17 Small/Midsize Enterprise Integrated Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide Now Available

DCIG 2016-17 Integrated Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide Now Available

Feature Consolidation on Backup Appliances Currently Under Way

The Hot Topic of Deduplication

DCIG 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide Now Available

Early Insights from the Forthcoming DCIG 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Buyers Guide

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