Dave Vellante discusses data protection with Falconstars Jim McNeal along with SiliconAngle.com's John Furrier on the panel. Vellante poses a question to Jim, asking him about recent trends in data protection that are in need of change. McNiel offers his expert opinion on the matter, but not before giving a quick "kudos" to John Furrier and suggesting they collaborate on a book for software vendors called "In search of white space". Jim emphasizes how crucial it is for independent software vendors to have data protection, making it "absolutely critical and essential", comparable to the importance of security in the cloud. John Furrier touches on the fact that VMWares willingness to partner up in that respect seems to stem from their overabundance of work with much bigger fish. He is, of course, referring to the platform VMWare is rolling out for Windows among other projects. Jim McNeil elaborates on the topic of Microsoft and how they made the transition when they decided that they would no longer do backup in Azure, they would simply always remain up. McNeil says this was a big step for Microsoft, bringing them into data protection in a big way. This segment ends with Jim McNiel asking a question that touches on the subject of mobility; something that, at the very least, should be on everyone's mind. He poses the question, "When you put data in the cloud, how do you get it out?" A subject that needs to be considered, Jim explains, as it could very well save a company a couple of million dollars a year.