Black Forest Fire On Tuesday, June 10, 2013 I was returning from a business meeting downtown Denver and headed south toward Colorado Springs for my next meeting. If you have ever traveled the corridor from Denver to Colorado Springs on I25, you know the magnificent views of Pike’s Peak, Rampart Range to the southwest and…
Tag: disaster recovery
Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
How the idea for this blog came about This past weekend my daughter asked, “who invented toast?” So having a little Cliff Clavin in me, I made up a story of how toast was invented by a gentleman called the Toastmaster General. When she responded, “really?” I quickly said no but I’m sure it can be found…
Data Protection OF a Service
Today I read Jason Buffington’s blog entitled, “How do you backup SaaS? I’d like to know” and was intrigued to see what response he has received from this very inquisitive blog post. Much to my chagrin, none were publicly posted. This, I thought was a great blog entry asking the very same questions I asked…
First business trip and serious laptop anxiety of the new year
Hard to believe, by this time last year I had already been to Europe and back and was getting ready to go to Hawaii to speak at a customer event and ride Harleys around the island with a customer or two. To tell you the truth, it has been nice not seeing an airport until…
Backup to the Future!!
Old times forgotten I’ve been around backup and recovery for a lot of years. Started as a night time backup operator slinging 288MB (yes megabyte) disk packs, mounting 9-track reel to reel tape (don’t forget to check if it is write-protected) and initiating a copy (backup) on a WANG VS7310 way back in late ’80s….
What is a CTE?
What exactly do you do? It is a question I have been asked more than once, especially after seeing my business card or hear my title, “Chief Technology Evangelist”, mentioned. Fortunately more and more companies and organizations are becoming familiar with the role of the tech evangelist. Probably the most well known Technology Evangelist is Guy…