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Mr. Backup reflects on 30-year career
Today (Jan 23) marks 30 years to the day that W. Curtis Preston joined the backup industry. Fresh out of the US Navy and wanting to make a name for h…
3 years, 5 months ago
Protecting backups from ransomware (Backup to Basics)
The latest in our Backup to Basics series is about making sure hackers don't delete, encrypt, or exfiltrate your backups as part of a ransomware atta…
3 years, 5 months ago
Backup team completes two-year project in three months
Hear the incredible story of Albert Uy, who was handed a two-year project that had already wasted 18 months. They told him he had four months to com…
3 years, 5 months ago
Best of 2022 - Backups, Security, and Ransomware
Nothing but the best for our listeners! Curtis and Prasanna review their favorite episodes from 2022, from the time Curtis had to restore Backup Cen…
3 years, 5 months ago
Shocking RackSpace Hosted Exchange Ransomware Attack
Tomorrow marks two weeks from when the RackSpace outage started on Dec 2, 2022. They confirmed it was via a ransomware attack and it is not. going. w…
3 years, 6 months ago
Understanding Backup Levels (Backup to Basics Series)
Ok, so maybe not the most interesting topic. ;) But we promise you, this episode has a great story that involves Mr. Backup being kidnapped by a clie…
3 years, 6 months ago
Risk Management Advice from an industry expert
This episode we have Boris Agranovich, who has been a risk manager for decades, and speaks SIX languages (Russian, Ukrainian, Hebrew, Dutch, English,…
3 years, 6 months ago
What is archive and retrieve? (Backup to Basics)
Archive is NOT backup, and hopefully this episode will help you understand how/why that is the case. In this continued romp through W. Curtis Presto…
3 years, 6 months ago
What is backup and restore? (Backup to Basics Series)
As we continue our "Backup to Basics" series, we touch on one of the most important questions of all: what is backup and restore? (And how does it di…
3 years, 7 months ago
Divining Requirements out of the Organization
This episode follows the previous one in a very interesting way. We have a guest, Eric Bursley, whose job is to divine business and technical requir…
3 years, 7 months ago