[NCSA] NC*SA Meeting Tonight! - The Iceberg - Used vs. Retained Data

[ncsa-announce at ncsysadmin.org]

The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators
organization (NC*SA) is Tonight, October 9th, 2006. Details about the
meeting are provided in this note.  We hope to see you there!

                    NC*SA General Meeting
              7:00 pm Monday, October 9, 2006
                      MCNC Building #3
                          RTP, NC


Topic: The Iceberg - Used vs. Retained Data

Speaker:  John Sapone and Greg Horsley, Data Domain

NCSA Sponsors:  EqualLogic - http://www.equallogic.com
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Abstract:

     This talk will focus on innovative backup technologies including
deduplication of data used by Data Domain to achieve much higher than
usual compression ratios.  If your data is like that at most companies,
you're often backing up many copies of the same files.  Join us on
October 9th to learn how to avoid this and more.

     Data Domain is the leading provider of Enterprise Protection Storage
systems for disk backup and network-based disaster recovery. Over 450
companies worldwide use Data Domain's award-winning solutions to reduce
backup costs and simplify their data recovery.  Data Domain's Global
Compression(tm), data invulnerability and replication technologies offer
breakthrough data reduction rates that enable new efficiencies in
enterprise data protection.  Only Data Domain can deliver the performance,
reliability and scalability to address the data protection needs of
enterprises of all sizes.  Data Domain's products and solutions integrate
seamlessly into customers' existing infrastructure and are compatible
with all leading enterprise backup software products.  To find out more
about Data Domain, visit www.datadomain.com.

Biographies:

     John Sapone is the Regional Sales Manager for Data Domain.  John
has been actively selling technology solutions in the southeast for
almost 15 years and primarily focused on enterprise backup and recovery
solutions for the last 7 years.  John is responsible for all sales
related activities in the North Carolina area which include demand
generation, client education, sales, and relationship management   Prior
to Data Domain John was the Regional Sale Manager for CommVault Systems,
an enterprise backup and recovery software and the Vice President of
sales for an technology integrator out of Atlanta, GA.  John holds a B.S
in Information Studies from Syracuse University.

     Greg Horsley has focused on the storage industry for more than 5
years. He started in the Fiber Channel space as a Master ASE SAN
Architect as a pre/post sales engineer. Knowledge includes Compaq/HP SAN
and servers, EMC Clariion, Hitachi, and IBM storage arrays. Prior to
Data Domain he was a Southeastern Pre-sales Engineer for CommVault
Systems and the Professional Services Manager for an integrator in
Atlanta GA. He specializes in Backup and Recovery along with Disaster
Recovery solutions.

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Our meetings are free and open to anyone with an interest in the topic
of the evening and/or system administration.  We will be providing food
and drink for the evening. If you have any questions please contact the
Steering Committee at:

  ncsa-steer at ncsysadmin.org

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Directions to the meeting are available on the web at
http://www.ncsysadmin.org/directions.