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The phrase made famous by former Intel CEO Andy Grove, “Only the paranoid survive,” applies to adequately planning for backup and disaster recovery (BUDR). When planning for a crisis with an eye toward business continuity, it is wise to have a healthy sense of paranoia about what could go wrong and what can be done to prepare for it. Based on my more than four decades of experience in the IT industry, I offer up three keys to help organizations enhance and tighten up their level of preparedness.

Infinidat Ltd achieved the AWS Outposts Ready designation, part of the AWS Service Ready Program.

This designation recognises that Infinidat has demonstrated successful integration with AWS Outposts deployments. AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to virtually any datacenter, co-location space, or on-premises facility for a truly consistent multi-cloud experience.

The storage business as we know it has changed forever.

The storage business as we know it has changed forever. On premises, external storage was once a virtually unlimited and untapped bastion of innovation, VC funding and lucrative exits. Today it is a shadow of its former self and the glory days of storage in the data center will not return. We believe AWS’ storage business is around $6.5-$7B today and will approach $10B annually on a run rate basis by the end of next year. While several trends are affecting the traditional storage business, but by far, AWS’ moves are the most notable.

Infinidat, a leading provider of large-scale data storage solutions, announced that it has achieved the AWS Outposts Ready designation, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Service Ready Program. This designation recognizes that Infinidat has demonstrated successful integration with AWS Outposts deployments. AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to virtually any datacenter, co-location space, or on-premises facility for a truly consistent multi-cloud experience.

In this monthly feature, we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, new company hire, or even an accolade, we’ve got the details. Check in each month for an updated list and you may even come across someone you know, or better yet, yourself!