Episodes
Tune into this episode to learn why PowerProtect Data Manager was ranked #1 in customer satisfaction for two years straight versus Rubrik, Cohesity, Commvault and Veritas. 
Published 05/14/24
In this episode of the Power2Protect Podcast, host Colm Keegan from Dell Technologies and guest Jim McGann of Index Engines discuss the critical role of AI in cybersecurity, focusing on the capabilities of CyberSense in detecting and responding to cyber threats. They explore the current cyber threat landscape, highlighting the importance of early detection through advanced scanning and alert thresholding provided by CyberSense. 
Published 05/02/24
Explore how Dell's data protection solutions offer cost efficiency and cyber resiliency, enabling organizations to innovate and secure data in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. #DataProtection #CyberResiliency #AI #GenAI #CloudDR
Published 04/09/24
Join us in celebrating our 100th podcast episode as we delve into the dynamic realm of data protection and cyber security in hybrid, multicloud environments. Engage with insightful discussions, relive key segments, and explore the innovative future of cyber resiliency, cloud-native protection, and simplified IT operations through automation. Don't miss this milestone episode!
Published 01/30/24
Join Colm Keegan, host of the Power2Protect Podcast, in a conversation with Dr. Vito Nozza, Director – Chief Advisor for the InfoSec Capabilities Group at C1, a Dell Partner. Explore the rising cyber threats and the critical need for organizations to enhance cyber resilience. Learn about strategies to combat ransomware, vulnerabilities in application software, and the role of GenAI in automating cybersecurity. Discover how Dell and C1 collaborate to empower organizations in their journey...
Published 01/16/24
Exploring the SEC’s new cybersecurity disclosure rules, this podcast navigates through material incident disclosures and strategic cybersecurity management, providing insightful discussions and practical examples to decipher regulatory compliance, while balancing investor transparency and cybersecurity. Join host Colm Keegan, Attorney Eric Gyasi of BakerHostetler, and Dell Director of Cybersecurity and Compliance Practice, Jim Shook, for an enlightening dialogue on these pivotal regulations.
Published 10/17/23
In this episode, host Colm Keegan and Yaniv Valik from Continuity Software explore the paradox of increasing organizational vulnerability to cyber-attacks amidst the proliferation of cybersecurity and data protection tools. The discussion delves into strategies organizations can employ to mitigate associated risks and fortify their cyber defenses.
Published 10/10/23
Join Colm Keegan and George O’Toole as they explore how the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance delivers increased IT simplicity, modern data protection capabilities for diverse workloads, and resiliency against cyber threats.
Published 09/29/23
In the latest Power2Protect Podcast, host Colm Keegan and Glenn Dekhayser from Equinix delve into the challenges of managing data across hybrid multicloud environments. They discuss the tug-of-war between the need for distributed data accessibility and the imperative of centralized security and compliance. Key insights include the advantages of multi-cloud adjacent data centers and innovative strategies for optimal data management.
Published 08/29/23
In this episode, Colm Keegan and Cliff Depuy discuss the challenges associated with doing mass data center recoveries. Learn how the new Recovery Orchestration feature in PowerProtect Data Manager simplifies mass recoveries while providing flexible and granular control over restore processes to meet a variety of critical business use cases.
Published 08/01/23
In this episode, host Colm Keegan and guest Tom Giuliano discuss the importance of IT simplification, automation, and the role of Dell Technologies in providing solutions for these needs. They highlight a recent innovation, the Storage Direct technology on Dell PowerStore storage, which enables serverless backup of storage snapshots directly to PowerProtect appliances, enhancing efficiency and data protection.
Published 07/18/23
In this episode of the Power2Protect Podcast, host Colm Keegan is joined by Dell Field CTO, Paul Mitchell, to discuss the pressing issue of the IT skills gap and its impact on data protection and cyber resiliency. They explore strategies to address this challenge, including the importance of automation, simplified solutions, and leveraging professional services. Join them as they delve into the world of IT skills, automation, and empowering organizations to protect and secure critical data...
Published 06/14/23
In this podcast, Senior Cybersecurity Consultant, Steve Kenniston, delves into the confusion surrounding Zero Trust and sheds light on its core principles, benefits, and challenges organizations face when implementing it.
Published 05/16/23
Silicon Angle co-founder and CEO, Dave Vellante, talks with Colm Keegan about IT spending trends, digital transformation, cloud repatriation (fact or fiction), the skills gap in IT, and how we are inexorably moving towards a data centric computing paradigm.
Published 05/02/23
In this podcast, Dell Field CTO, Rich Colbert talks about why many organizations are coming back to Dell for their data protection and cyber resiliency needs. Rich also shares his insights about how Dell is helping organizations overcome the IT skills gap in cyber security and hybrid, multicloud data protection.
Published 04/20/23
Distinguished software engineers, Arun Murti and Scott Quesnelle, discuss how the PowerProtect Data Manager appliance simplifies data protection and cyber resiliency for traditional and modern workloads while lowering IT costs. Learn how to automate the protection of bare metal servers, VMs, Kubernetes containers and eliminate VM stun issues with a cloud-integrated appliance that can be deployed in 15 minutes.
Published 03/20/23
In part II of this podcast series, distinguished software engineers, Ravi Chitloor and Naveen Rastogi, discuss the data services features of PowerProtect Data Manager. Learn how this modern and innovative offering can help you simplify the movement and management of data between on-premises and the public cloud to enable DR, compliance and cyber resiliency, while lowering costs with one of the most efficient cloud data protection solutions in the industry.
Published 03/17/23
In this episode, Simon Gordon, Technical Director of Product Management, talks about how the new Smart Scale feature available on PowerProtect DD appliances, helps organizations simplify data management and reduce storage costs for medium and large data center environments. Listen to this podcast to learn about all the new capabilities that are available with your DDOS subscription!
Published 03/17/23
After our podcast team took a quick break, we wanted to come back strong with a look back at some of the best moments from the podcast in 2022. Tune in to listen to Julia Nicholson and Max Robidoux recap snippets on variety of data protection topics including Cyber Resiliency, Cyber Insurance, SmartScale, the new PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance and more!
Published 03/17/23
To understand the impact of multicloud and the complexities of modern workloads on data protection readiness, Dell Technologies surveyed 1,000 IT decision makers from organizations around the world in the new 2022 Global Data Protection Index. Join our Dell Technologies Data Protection team experts Michael Wilke and Colm Keegan as they discuss the findings from the new report.
Published 01/19/23
Tune in to this episode as Brian White, Data Protection and Cyber Recovery Product Marketing Consultant for Dell Technologies, and Vijay Tewari, Head of Product Management for Google Cloud Platforms, discuss the recent product launch of Dell Technologies PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for the Google Cloud Marketplace.
Published 01/04/23
Customer environments are expanding and become more complex thanks to distributed ecosystems with multicloud applications, which present backup and recovery challenges. Organizations need a simple and modern data protection solution. Join our experts Cliff DePuy, Naveen Rastogi and Ravi Chitloor as we discuss how PowerProtect Data Manager addresses these issues and more with its unique architecture and integrations with on-premises, virtual and multicloud environments.
Published 11/30/22
Today, on November 17th, Dell Technologies announced the expansion of the Data Protection Portfolio as well as new Security Innovations. Listen to Rob Emsley, Director of Product Marketing for Data Protection and Cyber Security at Dell, as well as Alyson Langon, Director of APEX Solutions at Dell discuss the current data protection landscape, the key product announcements, and how Dell is helping to lead organizations into the future with modern, simple, & resilient multicloud...
Published 11/17/22
Learn the fundamentals of security and cyber resiliency during #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth. Tune in to this episode as our security experts, Steve Kenniston and Pete Gerr, discuss tips and strategies to enhance your cyber resilience to be able to recover your data confidently in case of an attack.
Published 10/26/22