Hi, I’m Patrick Dunn, a new member of Datalink and a recruit to the blogging team. Here at Datalink, my primary focus is on helping companies develop and implement disaster recovery and business continuity strategies. For my first post, I’d like to explore suggestions that will help you determine whether your data center is prepared to [...]

Our field engineers get asked some tough questions. A common one is: “how do I change my backup product from vendor X to vendor Y?” This is a surprisingly rich topic of discussion. It turns out that making this change is definitely possible, but it’s not easy. There are a few reasons why: We tend [...]

Congrats to Datalink for being the first NetApp partner to achieve its Data Center – FlexPod specialization. This was no small feat for field and corporate-based teams that are beyond busy doing their normal gigs. The press release has the full details. But in a nutshell, we’re the first of NetApp’s top partners to meet [...]

I spend the bulk of my days talking to mid- and large-size enterprises about the virtues of data center virtualization. Migration paths often vary from company to company. Like anything that is transformational, barriers exist. Internal barriers fall into two groups: politics and culture, and new ways to think about IT. Virtualization also requires new [...]

As I continue to work with customers, the discussion around data center cloud strategies is definitely heating up. Many organizations are well on their way to creating a cloud / virtual data center strategy while many others are realizing an urgent need to define and execute a strategy. One thing I’ve noticed is that most organizations [...]