W. Curtis Preston Announces More Backup Central Live!

April 2, 2011 by Stephen Leave a Comment

W. Curtis Preston presents — W. Curtis Preston launched his own series of Backup Central Live! seminars for 2011

My friend W. Curtis Preston kicked off his Backup Central Live! event series earlier this year, and I was pleased to be able to attend in Santa Clara. Curtis has spent years educating IT pros about data protection, and let me tell you, although I’ve seen him present dozens of times, Curtis was really in his element here. He held the packed room enthralled, and the vendor sponsors I talked to were very pleased about the event!

Introducing Backup Central Live!

The Backup Central Live! series are day-long seminars across the USA in 2011. Each event includes over 3 hours of content from “Mr. Backup”, W. Curtis Preston, as well as presentations from Jacob Farmer and the sponsoring vendors. The seminars are free for qualified end-users, which includes most of the readers of this blog!

Curtis and company will cover the challenges of backing up and recovering data in a variety of settings:

Virtualized servers (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V, Xen)
Very large servers and data centers
Remote offices and laptops
Data retained for multiple years

The session also includes technical detail about key products and technologies:

Cloud Backup Services
Deduplication
Continuous data protection (CDP) and near-CDP
Archive software
Tape and its proper role

Attendees even get free breakfast and lunch, which was of a good hotel caterer quality in my opinion.

Stephen’s Stance

Backup Central Live staff — The Backup Central Live! crew does a great job putting together a professional event

I knew Curtis could put together quality backup content, but the crew deserves credit for such a professional and successful event. They attracted some great sponsors, too, and Jacob Farmer’s involvement was a pleasant surprise: I’ve always enjoyed the deep technical conversations I’ve had with him!

If you enjoyed my own backup, archiving, and storage seminars in the past, I know you’ll love this event. The next Backup Central Live! cities are as follows. If you’ll be around, you really ought to attend!

Raleigh, NC, Apr 26, Register Now!
Boston, MA, Apr 28, Register Now!
Philadelphia, PA, May 17, Register Now!
Dallas, TX, May 19, Register Now!
Minneapolis, MN, May 24, Register Now!

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Introducing Backup Central Live!

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