Michael Otey
Petri ContributorMichael Otey is president of TECA, a technical content production, consulting and software development company in Portland, Ore. Michael is a former SQL Server MVP and was Senior Technical Director for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Pro. He covers the topics of SQL Server, Windows Server, Hyper-V, Azure, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, VMware vSphere, PowerShell and .NET development. Michael has written hundreds of technical articles and performed numerous hardware and software product reviews. He does frequent webcasts, is a presenter at IT/Dev Connections and other technical conferences and has written several books on SQL Server and .NET development.
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Disaster Recovery Trends for 2019
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Mar 25, 2019
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Disaster recovery (DR) methods for protecting today’s IT infrastructure and data are going through a period of substantial change. Today businesses need to do more than protect against service failures and traditional downtime.
Delivering High Availability in the Hybrid Cloud
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Mar 13, 2019
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Hybrid cloud availability can be difficult because most businesses are running a mixture of many different technologies that all need to be available in order to support their business-critical applications. Availability in the hybrid cloud needs to begin at the design phase of your application infrastructure.
Multi-Cloud Disaster Recovery Benefits and Challenges
Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
- Feb 25, 2019
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When it comes to picking a cloud vendor, putting all your eggs in one basket might be the easiest option, but it’s not a best practice.
Sponsored: Extending Office 365 Data Protection
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Feb 20, 2019
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This post is sponsored by Druva’s Office 365 backup solution. There’s no doubt that Office 365 is the most popular cloud services today. Microsoft launched Office 365 back in June 2011 and it has become a popular choice for the day-to-day work of both businesses and consumers alike. Office 365 is full-featured, easy to access,…
Migration Tools for the Azure Hybrid Cloud
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Feb 13, 2019
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Looking for help with your migration in a hybrid cloud world? These tools can help you on your path ahead.
The Benefits of Backing Up Your Data to the Cloud
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jan 28, 2019
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We all have heard about backing up our data to the cloud, but outlining all the benefits shows the true reason you should consider this approach.
The Hybrid Cloud Trends We Expect to See in 2019
Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
- Jan 09, 2019
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As we head into the new year, here are the hybrid cloud trends that we expect to see in 2019.
Disaster Recovery Features in Windows Server 2019
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Dec 26, 2018
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Microsoft has released a new version of SharePoint and with it comes a couple new features to help you recover from an outage.
Hybrid Cloud: Microsoft Azure vs Amazon AWS
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Dec 12, 2018
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A closer look at how Amazon and Microsoft are attacking the hybrid cloud markets with each having a slightly different approach.
What You Need to Know About Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Nov 26, 2018
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Using the cloud for backup and recovery is a choice many businesses utilize but make sure you understand the entire picture before moving to that recovery model.
What Does IBM’s Acquisition of Red Hat mean for the Hybrid Cloud?
Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
- Nov 13, 2018
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A lot is changing in the world of Hybrid Cloud and IBM is making a big play to win the segment by purchasing Red Hat.
EUC and VMware Cloud on AWS Announcements from VMworld Europe 2018
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Nov 07, 2018
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At this year’s VMworld Europe 2018 in Barcelona VMware made a number of announcements about the new enhancements to their End User Computing and VMware Cloud on AWS solutions. To get more detailed information on these announcements I spoke with Renu Upadhyay, Sr. Director, Product Marketing for End-User Computing at VMware and Ivan Oprencak, Director…