Rick Vanover

Rick Vanover (Cisco Champion, vExpert) is Senior Director of Strategy for Veeam Software. Rick’s IT experience includes system administration and IT management; with virtualization being the central theme of his career recently. Follow Rick on Twitter @RickVanover or @Veeam.

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Data Centers

An Edge Computing Breakup: Out With the Old, and In with the New

Rick Vanover

Dave Russell

May 06, 2021

The edge's ability to aggregate, process, and analyze data locally opens up new opportunities for entrepreneurial ventures outside major hubs of commerce.

Data Centers

Deleting Data: We Can Do This the Easy Way or the Hard Way

Rick Vanover

October 16, 2019

In this current era of explosive data growth, it’s important to take a clear stance on what it takes to delete something and remove it.

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Storage and Policies: How Can You Find Your Way?

Rick Vanover

April 16, 2019

Cloud offers unlimited resources, elastic capacity, and more. But what about established storage management practices? Is there a place for this in the cloud?

Data Centers

A Tale of Two DCs for Supply Chains: Distribution and Data Centers

Rick Vanover

November 06, 2018

Supply chains need IT systems that are highly available, and in an era in which most organizations rely on distributed data centers and cloud services, that’s become a far more complex task.

Wireless Infrastructure

IoT: The Operational View

Rick Vanover

August 10, 2018

The internet of things offers many potential benefits for a business, but companies need to consider deployment and management issues before taking the plunge.

Data Centers

5 Disaster Recovery Tips: Learning from Hurricanes

Rick Vanover

July 18, 2018

Hurricanes Irma and Harvey highlight the need for DR planning to ensure business continuity.

Data Centers

Communications in the Enterprise: Regaining Control

Rick Vanover

July 18, 2018

Employees are using many other means than email to communicate including text and Skype, presenting challenges for IT teams.

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