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HP Shutters its Upline Online Data Backup Service – Why Commoditized Online Backup Service is not a Sustainable Business

By Sekar Vembu | March 1, 2009

I was contacted by ChannelWeb to comment on HP’s decision to shutter their Upline online...

Will the Real Data Please Stand Up? A look at Deduplication in the Online Backup World

By Sekar Vembu | February 11, 2009

Talk about data deduplication (in the backup and archiving domain) seems to be gaining a...

Carbonite (and Mozy’s) Achilles heel

By Admin | February 4, 2009

COMMODITY ONLINE BACKUP SERVICES CANNOT AFFORD TO PROPERLY SUPPORT THEIR CUSTOMERS. The next time someone...

Synthetic Full Backup in the Online Backup World – Are we Inviting Trouble?

By Sekar Vembu | January 28, 2009

We have been noticing an increase in the number of ‘prospective partners’ asking if StoreGrid...

Interview by BackupAnyTime

By Sekar Vembu | January 17, 2009

I was interviewed by John O’Neill of Ireland based online backup service provider BackuupAnyTime back...

Google will Abandon ‘Pure SaaS’ and take the ‘Software Plus Services’ Route – Courtesy Microsoft

By Sekar Vembu | January 15, 2009

So the inevitable is happening. At last, Google seems to be coming around to Microsoft’s software...

Government Appointed “Crumbs Pickers” take Charge at Satyam Computers! Why “In the Best Interests” Actions are a Dangerous Thing?

By Sekar Vembu | January 11, 2009

Note to our customers and partners: Before I get bashed up by some of our...

Crooks are Taking Over This World; How Long do we Just Settle for the Crumbs?

By Sekar Vembu | January 8, 2009

I feel more and more agitated and restless nowadays. The expose of so many of...

A Tale of Two (Data) Disasters

By Admin | January 6, 2009

Very surprisingly, IT focused companies often forget to put robust data backup policies in place....

Happy New Year

By Admin | December 31, 2008

The “Skewed Free Market” World we All Live In

By Sekar Vembu | December 18, 2008

I just can’t resist posting this! I don’t know what to feel about the current...

May be, I am not so Impressed with EMC, After All

By Sekar Vembu | December 8, 2008

I probably have to take back my last blog post where I talked about why...