W. Curtis Preston
Chief Technical Evangelist at Druva
W. Curtis Preston (AKA Mr. Backup) has specialized in designing data protection systems since 1993, and has designed such systems for some of the largest organizations in the world. His lively prose and wry, real-world approach has made him a popular author and speaker.
He has written four O’Reilly books, the latest of which is Modern Data Protection, published in 2021. He is also the host of BackupCentral.com and its Restore it All podcast.
He is now the Chief Technical Evangelist for Druva, the only at-scale SaaS provider of data protection.
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W. Curtis Preston
Backup & Cyber Recovery Expert
- Data
- Entrepreneur
- đź“ŤOceanside, CA
read more
BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
W. Curtis Preston
Backup & Cyber Recovery Expert
- đź“ŤOceanside, CA
- Data
- Entrepreneur
read more
As seen on
Timeline
Feb 2024 - Present
S2|DATA
Technology Evangelist
Nov 2017 - Oct 2023
Druva
Chief Technical Evangelist
Feb 2016 - Oct 2017
Storage Switzerland
Senior Analyst
Oct 2009 - Jan 2016
Truth in IT
Founder
2009 - 2010
TechTarget
Executive Editor
Jun 2004 - Dec 2008
GlassHouse Technologies
VP of Data Protection
Ask me
| Why is it so hard to pull emails out of backups? |
| Does tape make it harder to retrieve emails from backups? |
| Is unreliable tape a defense against an eDiscovery request? |
| Is a very complicated backup system that uses multiple software and hardware vendors a defense against an eDiscovery request? |
