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Brian Babineau, Senior Consulting Analyst
Based in Silicon Valley, Brian covers information management solutions including database management solutions, performance and optimization software, search, and archiving. In addition, his research activities continue to focus on regulatory compliance, corporate governance, as well as electronic discovery. With an accounting background, Brian also supports ESG's financial services offerings to vendors and investors
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CommVault Simpana software, a data management platform that delivers backup, archive, search, and analytics capabilities, can be a viable cornerstone of an organization’s information retention strategy. Simpana provides archiving capabilities that organizations may not believe they need now but, given current archive market trends, will be extremely useful to them ...
If a user deploys one vendor’s dedupe technology at the server and a different vendor’s dedupe technology for primary storage, the system would need to expend the time and resources to rehydrate the data to its original size before transferring it to another system.
“You have to have some sort of ...
Published on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 at 8:45 am | 1 Comment »
Authors: Brian Babineau | Ginny Roth |
Comparing Index Integrity
The “search engine” component of a purpose-built archive solution is frequently brushed over by vendors and customers alike because, although core to the benefits provided by an application, it is not as flashy as some of the other functions highlighted during the buying and selling processes. Most archive ...
Authors: Brian Babineau | Ginny Roth |
The biggest news in the announcement is the amount of trust that Microsoft puts in LiveOffice, says Brian Babineau, Vice President of Research and Analyst Services at Enterprise Strategy Group. First, Microsoft is recommending that select customers work with an emerging vendor to address specific information retention requirements. Second, the ...
The fact that the Journal has again published an article on the potential sale is "no accident," according to Brian Babineau, an analyst with market research firm Enterprise Strategy Group.
via Is Brocade once again for sale? - Computerworld.
Published on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 at 1:48 pm | 7 Comments »
Authors: Bill Lundell | Brian Babineau | Jennifer Gahm | Katey Wood |
In order to assess the state of enterprise e-discovery operations and priorities over 2011 and beyond, ESG recently surveyed 48 general counsel representing large midmarket (500 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2010 legal services ...
Authors: Bill Lundell | Brian Babineau | Jennifer Gahm | Katey Wood |
"It (Bartz's departure) seems a bit premature sitting from this perspective," Enterprise Strategy Group Vice-President Brian Babineau told eWEEK. "It wasn't like she was handed a rocket ship of a business. Obama may have had a better situation entering the White House than she did at Yahoo."
via Yahoo CEO ...
In The News:
ESG Outlines Importance of SharePoint Management for Improving Performance; Metalogix Offers Solutions – TMC Net
Published on Friday, September 2nd, 2011 at 11:34 am | No Comments »
Authors: Bill Lundell | Brian Babineau |
The new research paper, authored by ESG's Brian Babineau and Bill Lundell, maintained that with the increase in the SharePoint usage and evolution in the user-profile, considerations with SharePoint infrastructure management, security and data migrations are only going to gain importance in the upcoming days.
via ESG Outlines Importance of SharePoint ...
Authors: Bill Lundell | Brian Babineau |
"All businesses are thinking about storage and data protection as a single entity as they increasingly rely on digital information," said Brian Babineau, vice president of research and analyst service at Enterprise Strategy Group. "The partnership between Drobo and Carbonite enables small businesses to affordably keep their most valuable information ...
Published on Friday, July 29th, 2011 at 9:35 am | No Comments »
Authors: Brian Babineau | Katey Wood |
Law firms and legal departments too often underappreciate service providers' expertise, while service providers focus too broadly on custom projects and too narrowly on research and development, analysts Brian Babineau and Katey Wood concluded in Initial Case Assessments with e-Discovery: Integrating e-Discovery Tools in Corporate Investigations.
via Customers, Service Providers May ...
Authors: Brian Babineau | Katey Wood |
