Data and information management continue to be a major problem in enterprise organizations that no one likes to think about. So when a new technology like data deduplication comes along that promises to solve today's backup problems, it is no surprise that organizations may view data deduplication as some kind of silver bullet that will provide a quick fix to their data protection issues. Unfortunately the dilemma that organizations find themselves in is that they are unclear as to how it will benefit them, what exactly data deduplication does, what ways it is implemented and what problems it can and should solve in their storage and backup infrastructure.

To clarify some of the c...