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Aug. 15, 2019

Beer and Backups and Banks

W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Ben Patridge talk about the things they learned while working in IT and backups at a bank. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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Aug. 12, 2019

Beer and Backups, Part 1

Special guest on the podcast this week, Ben Patridge (Portland beer Ben), and W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) discuss horror stories and other things gone wrong with backups, while drinking a couple of Trappist beers from Belg...

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Aug. 1, 2019

Tape is not dead

After covering in the last episode why tape isn't really good for backup anymore, W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the continued uses for tape. It's not dead -- even growing. Mentioned in this ep...

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July 25, 2019

Why tape and backup became enemies

W. Curtis Preston (AKA Mr. Backup) explains to Prasanna Malaiyandi the early days of tape, and what happened to make backup and tape to become bad for each other. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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July 18, 2019

How Hollywood does backup

Today we have a special guest on Restore it All, and it's none other than Jeff Rochlin, an industry veteran and long-time friend. He's going to be giving us the inside scoop about how they do storage and backups in …

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July 11, 2019

Microsoft disabled the registry backup

W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi are joined by a guest, Matt Leib, and they discuss how Microsoft disabled the registry backup in Windows 10 and told no one. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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July 6, 2019

The Wifi is Down

W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malayaindi interview an IT director from a tech company in the bay area. (Company and full name withheld for privacy reasons.) . We discuss what it's like to be an IT and security …

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June 29, 2019

How to use the cloud for backup

W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss different ways of using the cloud for backup Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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June 22, 2019

Why Backup SaaS Services

W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss why it's important to backup SaaS services such as Office 365, G Suite, and Salesforce Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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June 22, 2019

Disaster Recovery

W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss various ways people perform disaster recovery Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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June 22, 2019

Protecting from Ransomware

W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malayaindi discuss how to protect yourself from ransomware, and how to recover from if it happens. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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June 22, 2019

That's not Backup

W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss various things people say are backup, which actually aren't backup. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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June 22, 2019

The Anniversary of GDPR

In our premiere episode of Backup Central's Restore it All Podcast, W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) & Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the one year anniversary of GDPR Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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