This document discusses the need to redesign backup and recovery systems to address increasing data storage needs. It outlines some of the drawbacks of traditional tape-based backup systems, such as slow speeds, high costs, and complex management. The document then introduces disk-based application protection solutions as a better alternative that can provide faster backups and restores, data deduplication to reduce storage needs, high availability and disaster recovery capabilities, and easier management through a single solution. It provides questions to consider when evaluating backup technologies and resources on AppAssure Software, a provider of disk-based backup and recovery software.