Enterprise

#62: Bill Andrews, CEO ExaGrid

On this week’s podcast, Brian sits down with Bill Andrews, the CEO of ExaGrid. ExaGrid provides hardware solutions for the enterprise backup and recovery market. ExaGrid has 2700 customers and is growing quickly, largely by displacing legacy backup target providers. On the podcast Bill pulls no punches, providing his take on the backup landscape, breaking down his vision for winners and losers. Bill views Veeam as a big winner while some of his losers may surprise you.

On this week’s podcast, Brian sits down with Bill Andrews, the CEO of ExaGrid. ExaGrid provides hardware solutions for the enterprise backup and recovery market. ExaGrid has 2700 customers and is growing quickly, largely by displacing legacy backup target providers. On the podcast Bill pulls no punches, providing his take on the backup landscape, breaking down his vision for winners and losers. Bill views Veeam as a big winner while some of his losers may surprise you.


The ExaGrid EX21000E that powers the StorageReview Lab

Brian and Bill go over several other topics like:

  • Is there a place for flash in backup and recovery?
  • Is anyone really booting VMs on their backup storage?
  • What’s up with the Dell EMC vs. ExaGrid beef?
  • Benefits of ExaGrid with Commvault, big dedupe advantage
  • How does ExaGrid integrate with the cloud?
  • And…Bill spills the beans on new ransomeware features due out September 19th!

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Brian Beeler

Brian is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and is the chief analyst and President of StorageReview.com.

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