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• Remote data protection and DR in the work-from-home boom

  Building a data protection strategy around remote working requires companies to enable employee access to data while ensuring that it is protected from threats such as shadow IT. Continue Reading

• Ensure your backup networking and infrastructure work together

  How can you effectively modify your backup process to fit your network speed? Because bandwidth constantly varies, employ best practices for a range of scenarios. Continue Reading

• Strategies for kicking off your pandemic recovery plan

  Before resuming business activities after a pandemic, establish a timeline and plan for recovery. Reviewing a business impact analysis and creating a recovery framework can help. Continue Reading

• How cloud backup can help remote workers

  As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, some companies that were hesitant before may finally push the button for cloud backup. Remote data is a solid use case. Continue Reading

• DRaaS market faces multiple challenges in 2020

  Difficult times are creating a strong DRaaS market, yet providers must still deal with many critical issues over the next several months, such as supporting growing customer base. Continue Reading

• Data governance and COVID-19 data security challenges

  Maintaining data governance and data security best practices is essential now more than ever. But the increase in working from home can put a strain on those practices.Continue Reading

• Common data lake challenges and how to overcome them

  Managing the data contained in your enterprise data lake presents many challenges. From the amount of data to data inconsistencies, here are some solutions to common issues.Continue Reading

• Ensure remote backup system protection amid coronavirus pandemic

  Don't let a pandemic ruin priceless enterprise data. Here's how your organization can safely preserve and back up remote data generated by employees at home.Continue Reading

• COVID-19 data resources for volunteering data scientists

  Many data scientist are looking to research the novel coronavirus and ways to fight the continued outbreak. Read on for the top COVID-19 data resources for volunteer researchers.Continue Reading

• The future of DR orchestration goes beyond recovery

  What's next for disaster recovery orchestration? As tools grow and change, orchestration may soon go beyond disaster recovery, as well as aid in planning.Continue Reading

• 3 ways automated backup can aid your data protection

  Automated backup can help you meet all-important recovery point objectives. Take advantage of automation in the backup process, as it can improve your recovery down the line.Continue Reading

• 5 important Docker container backup best practices

  With container storage a major trend, it's important to ensure data protection. These five guidelines will help you properly back up Docker containers.Continue Reading

• Using a pandemic recovery plan template: A free download and guide

  Outbreaks like the latest coronavirus can spread fast. Download our free pandemic planning template and read our step-by-step guide on pandemic planning for businesses.Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery regulations complicate data compliance

  Many organizations struggle when it comes to compliance with recent data regulations. Modern disaster recovery adds an extra layer of difficulty for meeting these requirements.Continue Reading

• Ensure your DR strategy meets the challenges of a new decade

  Traditional disasters and new cyberthreats have organizations reexamining their DR plans to ensure they maintain high levels of availability and can restore operations quickly.Continue Reading

• Challenges with hybrid cloud backup and how to solve them

  Hybrid backup is a popular method, but the combination of local and cloud storage increases complexity. Make sure you're managing your backed-up data effectively.Continue Reading

• What are 3 cloud backup security guidelines against cyberattacks?

  Cloud security is a top concern for IT. As a result, keeping cloud backups secure should be a priority. Here are three straightforward guidelines to help.Continue Reading

• Important questions about DRaaS you're not asking your vendor

  Not all DRaaS vendors are created equal. Expose any weaknesses and shortcomings in your current or prospective providers by asking the following questions.Continue Reading

• 7 steps to a successful data lake implementation

  Flooding a Hadoop cluster with data that isn't well organized and managed can stymie analytics efforts. Take these steps to help make your data lake accessible and usable.Continue Reading

• Governance, compliance, ethics in data mining: Separate but equal

  In the ethical mining and analysis of data, governance, compliance and ethics are mistakenly taken as one in the same. Data managers need to be aware of the critical differences.Continue Reading

• Using multiple cloud providers can benefit your DR plan

  Incorporating a cloud-to-cloud strategy using multiple providers may not simplify your DR plan, but it can offer peace of mind in the event of a disaster.Continue Reading

• Protect backups from ransomware and other security risks

  Backups can return your enterprises to a known good state. So it's essential to secure them by aligning your backup and security strategies for better protection and recovery.Continue Reading

• Underscore preparation in your natural disaster recovery plan

  When it comes to recovering after a natural disaster, you'll need more than just basic business continuity and recovery planning. Being informed about severe weather events is key.Continue Reading

• 10 cloud database migration mistakes to avoid

  Database expert Chris Foot lists the top 10 oversights IT teams commonly make when undertaking a cloud database migration and offers tips on how to avoid them.Continue Reading

• 11 real-time data streaming roadblocks and how to overcome them

  Experts detail common challenges that IT teams encounter when deploying and managing real-time data streaming platforms and offer advice on how to address them.Continue Reading

• How to recover from a data backup failure and move forward

  Backup failures don't need to cause a long-term crisis for your organization. Make sure you're ready for this unfortunate possibility with these practical best practices.Continue Reading

• Switch to a new data backup system without disruption

  Your organization may be looking to transition to a new data backup platform. Avoid potential pitfalls and make the change seamlessly with these guidelines.Continue Reading

• Using a LEFT OUTER JOIN vs. RIGHT OUTER JOIN in SQL

  In this book excerpt, you'll learn LEFT OUTER JOIN vs. RIGHT OUTER JOIN techniques and find various examples for creating SQL queries that incorporate OUTER JOINs.Continue Reading

• Two cloud backup problems that organizations need to consider

  Don't let typical cloud backup issues slow down your organization. Stay in front of potential impacts to budget and bandwidth for a solid backup platform.Continue Reading

• GDPR and backup: What have we learned in one year?

  A customer's deletion request continues to be a sticking point regarding backup and GDPR compliance. Learn guidance about this issue and others, following GDPR's first birthday.Continue Reading

• Ransomware attack recovery pointers for when you've been hit

  Ransomware recovery is a complex and expensive process, and an attack can happen to anyone. Taking precautions and acting early could save your data -- and a good amount of money.Continue Reading

• SaaS data protection blues cured with cloud-to-cloud backup

  Your cloud-based data isn't as safe as you would think. Learn why and find out what you need to know to select the best cloud-based backup service for your SaaS applications.Continue Reading

• 5 biggest data backup mistakes -- and how to avoid them

  Don't let a backup blunder hurt your organization or career. Here are five common, yet potentially disastrous data backup mistakes you must avoid at all costs.Continue Reading

• What are the benefits of disaster recovery orchestration?

  A disaster recovery plan that uses orchestration can simplify the process of failing VMs over to the cloud. Unfortunately, there are some caveats to take into account.Continue Reading

• Top 4 NAS backup strategies for your data protection

  Whether justified or simply because the technology was misunderstood, backing up NAS devices was once considered a challenge. Now, you have several options for proper NAS backup.Continue Reading

• How to use AI for business continuity and disaster recovery planning

  Are you incorporating AI into your BC/DR planning? If not, there are multiple opportunities to include AI in the planning process, both before and after a disaster occurs.Continue Reading

• What is the difference between a database engineer, architect and administrator?

  Expert Michael Hillenbrand explains the difference between a database engineer, a database architect and a database administrator.Continue Reading

• Using snapshot backups for your data backup system

  The quick and simple nature of snapshot backup systems can be a big win for your data protection platform. However, there are elements of snapshots that aren't great for backup.Continue Reading

• How to resolve and avoid deadlocks in SQL Server databases

  Deadlocks are a real hindrance to SQL Server users, but database administrators can avoid them by taking steps to limit them and stop them from recurring.Continue Reading

• Why data silos matter: Settling ownership of data issues

  Data management is often still seen as an IT task, but that can lead to data silos. Find out why the business should be in charge of its data as part of a governance process.Continue Reading

• The challenge of SaaS backup and how to approach it

  Just because it is in the cloud doesn't mean it's safe. SaaS data backup is equally as important as backing up your on-premises workloads but has its own unique challenges.Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery planning checklist: Put your team to the test

  With all of the planning that disaster recovery takes, it's easy to overlook the basics. Ensure that your DR team isn't skipping over internal issues, like staffing and security.Continue Reading

• What to do if an internal notification system fails

  Having an emergency notification system in place can help maintain contact with staff during a crisis, but make sure that your company has a plan in place in case it malfunctions.Continue Reading

• Top 8 VMware vSphere backup best practices

  The architecture and operation of a virtual environment is different than a traditional backup environment and demands specific techniques. Learn top tips for backing up vSphere.Continue Reading

• How to ensure a secure disaster recovery operation

  As if recovering from a disaster isn't pressing enough, organizations also need to be mindful of potential security breaches when they are most vulnerable.Continue Reading

• Protect backup from ransomware attacks and recover safely

  Ransomware continues to get smarter and more sinister. Make sure you protect backups from ransomware that delays detonation and gets recovered into production.Continue Reading

• AsTech uses Flexential data center for backup and DRaaS

  When remote automotive diagnostics provider AsTech grew too big for its on-premises data center, it turned to colocation with Flexential for backup and disaster recovery.Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery plans, continuity take center stage in 2018

  Were you worried about your DR plan in 2018? You're far from alone. Preparation for ransomware and natural disaster threats loomed over the heads of DR planners in the past year.Continue Reading

• Focus more on disaster recovery strategy in 2019

  Evolving disaster recovery technologies have eased some of the common DR burdens over the past year, but strategic areas such as funding and security could use some more attention.Continue Reading

• Data backup security measures to take ahead of a hurricane

  In this firsthand look, IT and storage expert Brien Posey details how he secured data backup and other important system elements as Hurricane Florence approached.Continue Reading

• 3 common disaster recovery challenges from 2018

  The past year was a big one for disaster recovery teams, for better or for worse. Major challenges included the prevalence of ransomware, GDPR compliance and the cloud.Continue Reading

• GDPR right to be forgotten and backups: What are potential problems?

  Removing personal data from a database is a simple process, but eliminating that information from full backups could undermine the integrity of your data. Proceed with caution.Continue Reading

• What data management challenges do analytics programs face?

  Expert Anne Marie Smith shares five reasons why organizations' analytics programs might fail and how a data management framework and other programs can help.Continue Reading

• What's the difference between a hot site and cold site for DR?

  The hot site vs. cold site debate requires users to understand how each DR site works and the resources needed. While one is more budget-friendly, downtime can be a deciding factor.Continue Reading

• 10 steps for optimal IT disaster recovery plan design

  Have you ensured your disaster recovery planning is comprehensive and able to be understood by everyone involved? Our guidelines will help set you on the right path.Continue Reading

• How data duplication in healthcare is diagnosed

  Electronic health record systems have helped reduce duplicate patient data in hospitals -- but they haven't cured the problem. Find out how organizations are addressing the issue.Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery vs. backup: Plan for and prioritize VM workloads

  Before admins design a recovery plan, they must plan out which VM workloads need a disaster recovery environment and which need backups. Weigh these factors before making the call.Continue Reading

• How to create an emergency phone tree and template

  When disaster strikes an organization, employees must be alerted. Using a call tree in emergency situations is a time-tested way to effectively communicate events and next steps.Continue Reading

• Malware response plan recovers data in 6 steps

  Responding to and recovering from malware is a complex process that requires significant preparation. With a response plan in place, you can be ready to prevent a malware disaster.Continue Reading

• Preventing ransomware attacks is a top storage vendor claim

  Storage vendors advance silly and not-so-silly claims about how data backup and protection technologies are the answer to ransomware prevention and growing ransomware fatalism.Continue Reading

• Backup snapshots and replication supplement standard backup

  Traditional backup or data snapshot and replication technologies alone don't meet the data protection and DR needs of modern enterprises. Combine them all together and they do.Continue Reading

• 4 areas where compliance with GDPR and disaster recovery intersect

  Your disaster recovery plans may have to change following the need for compliance with GDPR. These four elements involve backups, personal data, security and archiving.Continue Reading

• Five data recovery planning steps to protect vital assets

  Accurately restoring lost data after disaster strikes requires planning, patience and logic. If your goal is a smooth recovery process, here's what you'll need to know beforehand.Continue Reading

• Use an IT outage communication plan to recover from a host crash

  Efficiently recover from a host crash by maintaining transparency for your stakeholders and evaluating the resources available for a full root cause analysis.Continue Reading

• Four first steps for customer data management

  Forrester's Mike Gualtieri details how to develop a unified plan to manage customer data that gives business users what they need to manage CRM programs.Continue Reading

• What backup security measures protect against data breaches?

  Backup security varies across different storage media. What works for tape-based backup may not work for disk backups, so plan your data protection strategy accordingly.Continue Reading

• What's the difference between DDL and DML?

  What's the difference between DDL and DML? Get the answer and see examples of data manipulation language and data definition language commands for SQL databases.Continue Reading

• Can you recover from ransomware? Take our quiz and find out

  Ransomware recovery is a complex, often expensive process. Are you prepared in the event of an attack? It may be time to ask yourself the difficult (or perhaps easy) questions.Continue Reading

• Is your cloud DR strategy agile enough?

  As business requirements evolve, not every DR tool can keep up. In the age of agile IT, there are drawbacks to consider with a cloud-based disaster recovery strategy.Continue Reading

• Data integration techniques to help keep BI data consistent

  Data integration processes that aren't managed properly can create inconsistent data in BI and analytics applications. Here are some steps to avoid that problem.Continue Reading

• 3 signs you may need a business continuity service provider

  Using a BC/DR service provider may give your recovery plan a much-needed boost. As new technologies and standards arise, a partner can address changing needs.Continue Reading

• Disaster avoidance requirements ensure business continuity

  Include disaster recovery and avoidance requirements as design goals when creating storage and production environments to ensure business continuity during weather events.Continue Reading

• Container backup follows data persistence to these ephemeral apps

  The advent of data persistence in containers necessitates having data backup in containers. Here's how this is being done and which vendors are leading the way.Continue Reading

• Which modern disaster recovery tool is often overlooked?

  When crafting a DR strategy, there are a number of useful tools available. To avoid missing out on some serious benefits, make sure you take a look at all available options.Continue Reading

• Best practices for social media and business resilience

  Solid business continuity and resilience depend on a thorough examination and update of company social media policies. Otherwise, you may have a disaster on your hands.Continue Reading

• Knowing how to recover from ransomware can save your company

  If the threat of ransomware has you worried, we don't blame you. Recent high-profile attacks like WannaCry have IT experts around the world shaking in their boots.Continue Reading

• Test your ransomware recovery plan to safeguard data

  Testing your restore process prior to an attack is a major part of surviving a ransomware infection. Reduce recovery time and ensure data is secure with planning and preparation.Continue Reading

• What to do when a BC/DR plan goes awry

  Insufficient testing or not knowing what to expect could result in a failed business continuity plan. Luckily, there are steps you can take if your BC/DR planning goes belly up.Continue Reading

• Kubernetes container orchestration gets big data star turn

  The new thing in big data is Kubernetes container orchestration. While it's still early, there are signs of activity, which are cited in this edition of the Talking Data podcast.Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery for cloud computing: Burning questions

  Disaster recovery is a delicate, vital process that every organization needs to consider. With the rise of cloud computing, is cloud disaster recovery a viable option?Continue Reading

• How ransomware variants are neutralizing data backups

  The latest iterations of ransomware aim to undercut backups as an effective method for recovering from attacks. Learn how to overcome this vulnerability.Continue Reading

• Don't let your BC/DR plan get lost in the shuffle

  How can you maintain consistency in your BC/DR strategy in a world of constantly evolving technology? If it's a reactive part of IT, you're already behind.Continue Reading

• Lessons in business continuity and disaster recovery planning

  When crafting a business continuity and disaster recovery plan, you have to anticipate the unexpected. Here is what we can learn about BC/DR from two high-profile disasters.Continue Reading

• Cloud data recovery challenges and how to overcome them

  For an organization with a short recovery time objective, what makes a good cloud DR strategy? Availability, along with strong security, is a must-have.Continue Reading

• Don't overlook these business resilience plan essentials

  Business resilience planning requires preventive and proactive protections across power supply, systems, cybersecurity and backup procedures. Staff planning is important as well.Continue Reading

• Snapshot-based backup snaps back against cyberattacks

  A flat backup approach could help your organization recover easier if it's hit by ransomware. There are snapshot-based options available from system and backup software providers.Continue Reading

• Dimension tables vs. fact tables: What's the difference?

  Fact tables and dimension tables are used together in star schemas to support data analytics applications. But they play different roles and hold different types of data.Continue Reading

• What are some ghost image creation issues?

  A ghost image can be used to copy the contents of one server to another for backup, but the process of creating ghost images may not be as simple as it seems.Continue Reading

• Cloud backup systems are a good bet in ransomware fight

  Because it's important to protect your backups against ransomware, a cloud backup system is a strong option. Critically, cloud backups are off the network.Continue Reading

• Operational data store vs. data warehouse: How do they differ?

  Operational data stores and data warehouses both store operational data, but the similarities between them end there -- and they both have a role to play in analytics architectures.Continue Reading

• What are key features for choosing the best ETL tools for your needs?

  Choosing the right ETL tool for your data integration requirements can be a challenge. Here's a rundown on what to look for in ETL software and potential vendors to consider.Continue Reading

• Mobile device security management practices enhance data protection

  While mobile security is a challenge, file sync-and-share products and mobile device management software can help protect your organization's vulnerable data.Continue Reading

• Avoid Docker host backup issues on Hyper-V virtual machines

  Learn about common issues associated with Docker host backup on Hyper-V and how to avoid them.Continue Reading

• Speed Hyper-V replication process by seeding replica VM

  Hyper-V replication lets IT create secondary, offline virtual machines that can be used to recover operations following an outage of the primary VM.Continue Reading

• Are there tools that help users migrate from one backup product to another?

  Backup software vendors such as CommVault offer services and/or software that assist customers with migrating from a competing product.Continue Reading

• How do you perform Docker backup?

  Few backup software providers offer Docker container backup support, but is there a way to back up Docker containers with any backup software?Continue Reading

• Dealing with Active Directory restore challenges

  What are the biggest challenges with backing up Active Directory?Continue Reading

• What does CommVault Simpana 10 error code 19:757 mean?

  What does CommVault Simpana 10 error code 19:757 mean and how do I resolve it?Continue Reading

• What does CommVault Simpana 10 error code 19:861 mean?

  What does CommVault Simpana 10 Error code 19:861 mean and how do I resolve it?Continue Reading

• Customer analysis a winning play for 'Candy Crush Saga' maker

  King Digital Entertainment was losing players of "Candy Crush Saga" at an early stage in the online game -- a problem it solved with help from a customer data analytics project.Continue Reading