#73 – HYCU – Data Protection for Hyper-converged Infrastructure (Sponsored)

#73 – HYCU – Data Protection for Hyper-converged Infrastructure (Sponsored)

Chris EvansGuest Speakers, Sponsored

This week, Chris and Martin talk to Subbiah Sundaram, VP of Products at HYCU, Inc.  HYCU is both the name of the company and the data protection product sold by HYCU Inc. The market already has many data protection solutions, so the unique differentiator for HYCU is focusing on the HCI market, specifically offering backup for Nutanix (both ESXi and AHV).  Of course, HCI platforms already have backup support, but as the discussion explains, having deeper integration into the HCI APIs, specifically those around changed file tracking, provide HYCU with an advantage over products backing …

#38 – Talking Dedicated Backup Appliances with Don Foster from Commvault

#38 – Talking Dedicated Backup Appliances with Don Foster from Commvault

Chris EvansCommvault, Guest Speakers

In this week’s podcast, the team talk to Don Foster, Senior Director for WW Solutions Marketing at Commvault.  Initially this podcast was intended to be recorded at Commvault Go last November (2017) in Washington DC, but schedules didn’t align so we did it remotely.  The audio quality is not as good as we’d like, so apologies for that.  However, there are some good discussions in this episode, including lots to think about if you’re looking to deploy a backup appliance in place of a traditional DIY solution.  Don spends some time at the end of …