As the last few leaves drop from the trees and warm sunny afternoons give way to cold winter nights, it can mean only one thing… the holidays are near. Like many of you, I am a firm believer that late November through early January is indeed “the most wonderful time of the year,” as Andy Williams first crooned back in 1963. It’s a time for binge eating, reconnecting with friends and family and in the case of the Robinson family, movie marathons! One of my most cherished traditions the past few years has been introducing my kids to the holiday classics that I grew up on; “A Christmas Story,” “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “Elf,” and “Home Alone” to name a few.
In “Home Alone,” the McCallister family vacation takes a turn for the worse when eight-year-old Kevin is left behind as a result of an overnight storm and ensuing power outage. <Spoiler Alert!> As a result of his cleverness, a few household items, and a newfound friend, Kevin is ultimately able to protect his home against a pair of bungling intruders.
For enterprise IT, unwanted intruders, bungling or sophisticated, are no laughing matter. At Dell EMC, we’re committed to protecting all of our customer’s data against unwelcome intruders, power outages, ransomware and more. Physical or virtual. Data center or public cloud. North Carolina or North Pole. No data is out of reach for Dell EMC data protection solutions.
To that end, Dell EMC is a bronze sponsor of the AWS re:Invent 2016 conference, which kicks off today at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas. With the sweet scent of Starbucks Pumpkin Chai lattes drifting through the air, the more than 20,000 attendees can network with cloud experts, engage in hands-on labs, attend boot camps and more. Come visit Dell EMC at booth #947 in the Expo Hall to talk to the experts about data protection solutions from Data Domain and NetWorker with CloudBoost for the AWS platform.
Data Domain Cloud Tier allows you to natively tier data to Amazon S3 object storage for long-term retention. As you would expect from Data Domain, only unique data is sent directly to AWS for a highly efficient and cost-effective long-term retention solution. We’ll also be offering demos of NetWorker with CloudBoost for protecting enterprise applications running on Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). NetWorker with CloudBoost runs completely self-contained within the AWS EC2 environment and includes client-side optimized backups, inline de-duplication, encryption and compression with backup directly to Amazon S3.
Naughty or nice, we might even offer a sneak peek at some newer solutions for the AWS platform currently in beta.
Just as the McCallister family learned in “Home Alone,” never underestimate the impact of the unexpected. Even the most serene, cloudy sky can quickly turn into a tempest. With a partner like Dell EMC, or protagonist like Kevin McCallister in charge, you’ll be just fine.
Hey! I’m not afraid anymore! I said I’m not afraid anymore! Do you hear me? I’m not afraid anymore!