--- title: BLOG | Avamar description: Avamar | Industry news and insights on Information Technology in the Boston Cambridge area, specifically for small and medium business enterprises. Supported by Focus Technology Solutions IT Consulting Firm Boston, MA. --- ![blog-and-news-banner](https://info.focustsi.com/hubfs/blog-and-news-banner.jpg "blog-and-news-banner") ## [Why Avamar](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/resource/why-avamar) Posted by [Focus Solutions Engineer](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/author/focus-solutions-engineer) on Mon, Sep 12, 2016 The question really shouldn’t be “why Avamar?” but instead why NOT? If you haven’t looked in a few years maybe you should look again.  With the introduction of the Dell EMC Data Protection Suite, Avamar can be packaged to almost any budget, without compromising any of its features. If anything the DPS Suite adds additional functionality that in years past would have added cost.  The DPS Suite gives customers the choice to license Avamar either by the amount of data they are backing up or by the number of ESXi sockets they have. [Read More](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/resource/why-avamar) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/resource/why-avamar#comments-listing) Topics: [Avamar](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/avamar), [Backup](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/backup), [Dell](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/dell), [EMC](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/emc) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [A New Player in Backup? Why vSphere 6.0 Has People Talking](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/resource/a-new-player-in-backup-why-vsphere-6-0-has-people-talking) Posted by [Christian Miller](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/author/christian-miller) on Mon, Oct 12, 2015 [![Vsphere.png](https://info.focustsi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Vsphere_png-300x168.jpg?width=286&height=160&name=Vsphere_png-300x168.jpg)](https://info.focustsi.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Vsphere_png.jpg) [Read More](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/resource/a-new-player-in-backup-why-vsphere-6-0-has-people-talking) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/resource/a-new-player-in-backup-why-vsphere-6-0-has-people-talking#comments-listing) Topics: [Avamar](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/avamar), [Backup](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/backup), [SQL](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/sql), [VDP](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/vdp), [VMware](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/vmware), [vSphere](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/vsphere), [vSphere 6.0](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/vsphere-6-0), [EMC](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/emc) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) | | | | --- | --- |