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Even Smaller Shops Can Get the Benefits of Virtualization with Instand Recovery of VMs

Backing up VMs can create serious challenges for small businesses—from managing agents, to granular-restore requirements.
In this webcast, you get valuable backup and recovery tips on the following topics: backing up VMware and Hyper-V virtual servers
in smaller IT environments, the best ways to reduce recovery time, and effectively enabling quick migration. Featured speakers are
Hans De Leenheer from Veeam and Mario Blandini from Drobo.

November 2, 2012

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Interactive Live Chat & Survey with David Davis

Live Chat and survey with @DavidMDavis of @TrainSignal and Mario Blandini of Drobo chatting about a survey Drobo is hosting to get insight about how small and medium size businesses are deploying virtualization in their environment.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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Interactive Live Chat & Survey with Scott Lowe

From Scott Lowe @ 1610 Groupalong, "As someone who's spent most of his career in the SMB space, I understand the unique challenges faced by SMBs. Recently, Drobo, the maker of SMB-focused storage equipment, contacted me and asked if I’d be interested in hosting a free-form discussion about storage in the SMB space. I jumped at the opportunity. Most analysis on technology and trends is enterprise focused. Fact is virtualization is used by shops of all sizes, and the biggest area of challenge has become storage. IT folks value practical advice and info, some of which applies to everyone, little of which applies to the smallest shops."

Friday, September 21, 2012

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What Does Reliable VM Backup and Storage Look Like on a Small Budget?

Customers leveraging Veeam Backup & Replication with Drobo iSCSI SAN storage are finding that using these two solutions
together results in one of the most effective and economical VM backup and data protection solutions available today.
Join Rick Vanover, VMware vExpert and Veeam product strategy specialist and Mario Blandini, VP of Technology Solutions
at Drobo to learn how Veeam Backup & Replication and Drobo iSCSI SAN can help you: dramatically cut costs and lower TCO,
restart a failed VM in minutes, not hours, with Instant VM Recovery, and reduce network traffic and storage.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

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Expert from Symantec Talks Integrated Protection for Everything SMB IT

Big businesses have been using all of the latest innovations in data protection in physical and virtual environments. SMBs have the same types of servers and applications, so naturally they want to leverage the new technologies too. Good news is that SMBs can take advantage of new capabilities in data protection, which are now available in products that also provide the ease of use and affordability that SMBs need even more. Drobo and special guest expert Scott Baker, Product Manager for Symantec Backup Exec, discuss approaches and architectures for backup and DR in SMB environments, including valuable tips on protecting all servers and applications with an integrated toolset.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

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Introducing the World's Smallest & Most Advanced Thunderbolt Storage Arrays

You asked. We listened. Thunderbolt is just the beginning. Meet Drobo's newest products for personal and professional users: Drobo Mini and Drobo 5D. Combining Thunderbolt performance with Drobo ease-of-use and expansion will change the way people think of Drobo and, more importantly, change the way people use Drobo to protect their digital lives. No one can speak more passionately about the new products than Erik Pounds, Director of Product Management @ Drobo.

Monday, June 25, 2012

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Experts from Drobo Talk Results from ESG Lab Validation Report

Drobo arrays are designed to be the size and style that SMBs need: big enough to handle multiple business applications with
enterprise features but also affordable. How do enterprise-class features such as data-aware tiering, thin provisioning & reclamation,
and scalability help a small business? What impact do SSDs and tiering have on real-world performance, and how does the automation
of performance optimization simplify the lives of SMB IT staff? We discussed the details of testing from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG)
and offered additional analysis of what the results mean for SMB customers special guest expert Matt Glaves,
Senior Solutions Architect with @ Drobo.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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Expert from Archiware Talks Biz Backup for Media Creators & SMBs

Unless you are the backup administrator in a large company, you have better things to do than create a backup strategy
and continually execute it. Data protection is important, but it needs to be easy and reliable - without sacrificing protection.
In fact, you can actually improve data recovery if you have the right tools. We discussed the right kind of backup for different
types of data and present valuable tips on different types of backup & archiving with special guest expert Derek Brown,
US Sales & Marketing Manager @ Archiware.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

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Expert User Talks Social Backup for Everyone with CrashPlan

Protecting data is an everyday problem that too many people overlook. Why? Maybe because it can be too complicated,
but it doesn’t have to be. Although using a storage device that protects you from hard drive failure is a great start, it doesn’t
really provide full protection. Truly dependable computer backup means backing up your storage onsite, and then ideally to
multiple offsite locations. We discuss the latest approaches to backing up important data and present valuable tips on leveraging
CrashPlan with special guest expert Nathaniel Lindley, Technology Support Specialist by day and backup expert for his
extended family by night.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

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Expert from Microsoft Talks Virtual Server HA for SMBs

Most IT organizations are consolidating and virtualizing servers, even in small businesses; but software & storage
with features needed for high availability can put a strain on budgets and make management more complex.
The best choices, however, do not have to be costly or complicated and include live migration, thin provisioning,
and cluster shared volumes for storage flexibility to support SQL Server, SharePoint, and Exchange virtualization.
A special guest expert from Microsoft, will discuss the latest approaches and architectures for server virtualization
in smaller IT environments and present valuable tips on maximizing uptime with affordable components.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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Expert from OCZ Technology Talks Solid State for SMBs

Solid state storage is transforming storage architecture. Virtualization is driving demand, especially as
IT managers consolidate further and virtualize more of their top applications. Mario Blandini from Drobo
and guest expert Daryl Lang, Senior Vice President of Product Management at OCZ Technology, discuss
the latest approaches and architectures for leveraging SSD technology from a small business perspective and
present valuable tips on selecting the right technology for IT applications.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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Expert from Acronis Goes Deeper Into VMware Backup for SMBs

It can be challenging trying to back up VMs the same way you back up physical servers. The best VM backup
often uses technology designed for use in a virtualized environment. Join Mario Blandini from Drobo and
guest expert Jerome Boutaud, Sr. Virtualization Engineer at Acronis to discuss approaches and architectures
for onsite and offsite image-based backup and features of the Drobo-Acronis solution.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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Expert from VMware Talks vCloud Architecture in SMB IT Environments

Many SMBs already have some investment in virtualization, so they have much of what they need to take
the next step in their journey to cloud computing. Special guest John Arrasjid, author of several USENIX
publications and Principal Architect in Solution & Services Engineering at VMware, discusses the latest
approaches and architectures for building a cloud infrastructure in smaller IT environments and offers
valuable tips for increasing service levels and optimizing cost with tiered storage.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

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TechValiate CEO Talks Storage Trends for SMBs

Mario Blandini and guest expert Brad O'Neill, CEO and Co-founder of TechValidate and a trusted authority
in the analysis of technology data, discuss the top trends and initiatives in SMB IT, focusing on virtualization
and data protection architectures in smaller IT environments. Brad will share specific examples from actual
case studies, including valuable tips on leveraging the right elements for success.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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Experts from Vision Solutions & Drobo Talk Heterogeneous DR for SMB

Mario Blandini and Jeff Reichard, Senior Solutions Architect at Vision Solutions, discuss
the latest approaches and architectures for continuous data protection (CDP) of virtual severs (VMware,
Hyper-V) and physical servers (Windows, Linux) in smaller IT environments and reducing recovery time.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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Experts from Veeam & Drobo Talk VM Backup & Recovery

Mario Blandini and guest expert Rick Vanover, Product Strategy Specialist at Veeam, discuss approaches and
architectures for backing up virtual severs (VMware and Hyper-V) in smaller IT environments and offer
valuable tips on reducing recovery time and enabling quick migration.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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Experts from Amazon Web Services & Drobo Talk Cloud Storage

Mario Bandini and AWS guest expert discuss approaches and architectures using cloud storage to complement
on-premises storage and enable offsite backup with DR. This solution can benefit smaller organizations who
do not have a second site, as well as larger organizations looking for an easy and affordable offsite solution.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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Experts from Storage Switzerland & Drobo Talk Storage for VMware

Mario Blandini and guest expert George Crump, founder and principal analyst of Storage Switzerland,
discuss approaches and architectures for using shared storage to maximize high availability
and fault tolerance in VMware environments.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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Drobo & Acronis Talk Heterogeneous Protection for SMBs

Mario Blandini and guest expert Jerome Boutaud, Sr. Virtualization Engineer at Acronis, discuss
approaches and architectures for protecting heterogeneous environments with disk-based backup.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

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