Episodes

On this special US Independence Day edition, we talk a little bit about history in general, and how we all owe those who came before us. Then we morph that discussion into one about backups, and how we must also remember the ...

Zoë Rose, a cyber investigator from the UK, joins us to talk about the lessons we can learn from the ransomware attack on Honda. We discuss a number of "common sense" things a company can do to protect their data. Mentioned ...

GigagOm analyst Enrico Signoretti (@esignoretti) is our guest this week, and he helps us understand their latest radar report, which evaluates data management vendors. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

On this first anniversary special, we are joined by my daughter, the voice behind our podcast's theme song. Fun times talking to her, and talking about our dreams for next year's broadcast. Mentioned in this episode: Intervi...

We continue our series of how Hollywood Picks backup products, discussing vendor selection and proofs of concepts. Jeff Rochlin returns as a guest, hosted by W. Curtis Preston and Prasanna Malaiyandi. Mentioned in this episo...

We talk to Jeff Rochlin, a veteran of many Hollywood studios and related businesses, about how he would go about picking a backup product in that environment. W. Curtis Preston and Prasanna Malaiyandi hosting. Mentioned in t...

Prasanna Malaiyandi and W. Curtis Preston discuss an article that says that backups are worthless for DR. Are they? Some are, some aren't. Have a listen and see if you agree! Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

If you've ever wondered about whether or not drive recovery services are a good option, then this is the podcast for you. W. Curtis Preston and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss whether or not they're a viable alternative to backu...

Is it appropriate to backup your data to the cloud? Which workloads work well to be backed up to the cloud? Even more importantly, which workloads don't backup to the cloud well? These are the questions we answer in this e...

W. Curtis Preston & Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the reality of egress charges (AKA data transfer charges) in the cloud, and how they are the digital equivalent of the fees we all used to pay to Iron Mountain. Mentioned in thi...

There are backup & disaster recovery lessons to be learned from Netflix's The Tiger King, and HBO's Westworld. The 3-2-1 rule rules! Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss free services that vendors are offering during the Coronavirus lockdown, as well as an interesting discussion about how this might change how we work for the long...

Special guest Christopher Kusek ( @cxi )talks about #masks4all, why he was always a fan of the idea, and the current logic behind it now. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

Lindsey Shultz, MD/MPH (Masters in Public Health) gives us hope for the future in this part of our three-part interview with her. If you haven't heard parts 1 and 2, please do so. They focus on defining the problem: what is...

We continue our three-part interview with Lindsey Shultz, MD/MPH about the Coronavirus. In this second part, we focus on the reaction to COVID-19, and why it's so much more extreme than our reactions to other diseases of the...

Lindsey Shultz MD/MPH (M.D. and Masters in Public Health) joins us to answer all our Coronavirus/COVID-19 questions. This is the first in a three-part interview with her, as she was so helpful we talked to her for almost two...

Enrico Signoretti (@esignoretti) joins us from Italy to discuss how the Coronavirus/Covid-19 quarantine is going. We also get a first-hand report about what it's like for a company that didn't have anyone working remotely to...

Prasanna Malaiyandi and W. Curtis Preston discuss week 2 of the Coronavirus scare. We dispense some helpful advice, both technical and non-technical. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

@wcpreston and @pmalaiyandi discuss Coronavirus and how it's going to affect the IT community, as well as your backup and recovery system. We discuss remote employees, cloud data protection, and disaster recovery. Mentioned ...

Brian Biles (@BrianBiles), Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Datrium, is our special guest. He explains their offerings, with a focus on how they use VMware Cloud on AWS to do DR. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

W. Curtis Preston & Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss how to create a backup plan, including discovering what can harm your data, gathering requirements, and looking at design options. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

Special guest Chris Mellor (@chris_mellor) joins us on the podcast, and he asks some very good questions about the future of backup for Kubernetes, including a discussion about Portworx. Mentioned in this episode: Interview a...

Our special guest this week is Preethi Srinivasan, Technical Product Architect at Druva. We talk about Machine Learning, analytics, and how they relate to Data Protection. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

We discuss how Salesforce.com has reversed their position on their "recovery service" that costs $10,000 and takes 6-8 weeks. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad