Data Backup
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News
01 Dec 2021
Dell extends Cyber Recovery ransomware protection to AWS
Dell EMC's PowerProtect Cyber Recovery launched in AWS Marketplace, providing customers with a way to isolate their data in AWS-based storage instead of on premises. Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2021
Zerto launches DR orchestration tool for AWS EC2
The new Zerto In-Cloud is standalone DR automation and orchestration software that uses EBS snapshots and AWS APIs instead of Zerto's continuous data protection technology. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Oct 2019
5 considerations before buying data center backup software
Backup and recovery software should support various OSes and environments such as VMware, as well as applications running in public cloud IaaS and SaaS platforms. Continue Reading
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News
29 Oct 2019
Druva CEO talks about cloud migration, Kubernetes and IoT
Helping customers overcome the hurdle of cloud migration is just the first step, Jaspreet Singh says. Companies must be ready for the next step: monetizing the data. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Oct 2019
Data replication technologies: What they are and how to use them
Data replication can play a big role in a disaster recovery plan, so make sure you're familiar with the different types of replication and where they work best. Continue Reading
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News
28 Oct 2019
IBM Spectrum Protect supports container backups
IBM focuses on data protection with backup support for container volumes in Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift environments, VMs in VMware Cloud on AWS; adds new Virtual Tape Library. Continue Reading
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News
25 Oct 2019
Veritas Flex appliance line extends out to the edge
Veritas makes an edge play with a smaller Flex appliance running NetBackup, designed for remote offices to deduplicate data at the source before it is migrated to a data center. Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2019
Backblaze cloud backup extends version history
Backblaze gives users the ability to keep everything in the history of their backups. The cloud storage and backup vendor also enhanced upload performance. Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2019
Commvault displays a new personality, experts say
In 2019, Commvault has hired a new CEO, made its first acquisition and launched its first subsidiary. At Commvault Go 2019, the company also reflected a new culture and attitude. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Oct 2019
How to use multi-cloud data management and protection
Data protection vendors are continuing to add more data management features in their products. How does this convergence affect multi-cloud environments? Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2019
Commvault customers lukewarm on Metallic and Hedvig
Customers at Commvault Go said they were having trouble coming up with reasons for adopting Metallic SaaS backup or Hedvig software-defined storage until they hear more details. Continue Reading
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Tip
14 Oct 2019
Top 10 backup tips for your natural disaster recovery plan checklist
Your natural disaster recovery plan checklist needs the right data backup procedures. Here are 10 guidelines that can help save your data in the event of a disaster. Continue Reading
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Tip
14 Oct 2019
Tips for obtaining BC/DR plan and resilience funding
Creating a comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plan is no joke, and funding those services can add another hurdle to your company's IT resilience strategy. Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2019
Commvault adds SaaS backup subsidiary Metallic
Metallic is a Commvault brand focused on delivering cloud-based SaaS backup, with separate products protecting servers and VMs, Office 365 and endpoints. Continue Reading
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News
09 Oct 2019
Aparavi brings archive intelligence to backup
Aparavi's new File Protect & Insight is designed to clean up backup data by combining data protection with the classification and search capabilities of archiving software. Continue Reading
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Tip
08 Oct 2019
How to determine if your data backup strategy has the right resources
The volume of different data backup resources available can be overwhelming. Learn how to quantify what is appropriate for your organization's backup strategy. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Oct 2019
Enterprise backup software provides data protection foundation
Learn how backup and recovery software has evolved and what features it offers IT enterprises that need to protect cloud and virtual environments and other data sources. Continue Reading
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News
03 Oct 2019
PayGo cloud migration to AWS includes SIOS for HA, DR
Utility payment company realized "astonishing" savings by migrating from a private data center to AWS but the move required more than just throwing the red switch. Continue Reading
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News
03 Oct 2019
Rubrik denies claims of possible sale
Rubrik's CEO shot down a recent article claiming he was looking for buyers. Experts say unless there's a buyer making a massive offer, there's no good reason for Rubrik to sell. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2019
Zerto 7.5 focuses on security, backup integration
Through deeper integrations with partners, Zerto 7.5 continues its convergence of DR and backup by enhancing security and shoring up its long-term retention capabilities. Continue Reading
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Answer
30 Sep 2019
What are the benefits of outsourcing risk mitigation and management?
Rather than handling risk management and mitigation within your organization, outsourcing these important processes to a third party comes with substantial benefits. Continue Reading
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Tip
27 Sep 2019
Choose the AWS backup strategy that best fits your needs
What's the best way to back up your valuable AWS data? Compare the recently launched AWS Backup product versus data protection offerings from other vendors. Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2019
Forrester Wave shows newcomers edging out legacy vendors
Well-funded startups moved up in the 2019 Forrester Wave, while most legacy vendors dropped. Cyberattack recoverability and single-pane-of-glass management were leading factors. Continue Reading
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Answer
27 Sep 2019
How can your IT resilience plan incorporate big data analytics?
Big data analytics can help businesses spot past mistakes, forecast conditions and improve future strategies. So, why should resilience planning be any different? Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Sep 2019
Experts detail cloud backup market evolution, where it's headed
As part of TechTarget's 20th anniversary, we're taking a look at some of the top trends and technologies in IT over those years. Here, experts discuss the newer cloud backup trend. Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2019
Rubrik customers get validated NetApp StorageGrid target
Rubrik's Cloud Data Management is now tested and validated to work with NetApp's StorageGrid, giving customers a new target option for backup and archiving across hybrid clouds. Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2019
Experts: Disaster recovery plans may overlook major outages
Disaster recovery needs to provide protection from natural disasters such as hurricanes, fires and floods, as well as cyberattacks that concern many IT pros. Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2019
Dell PowerProtect comes to new Data Domain series
Aside from improvements to the Data Domain hardware, Dell also upgraded the PowerProtect software with a new air-gapped vault feature and improved integration with VMware vSphere. Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2019
Quest Software updates NetVault Backup capabilities
Quest Software has added backup and restoration of user mailboxes and OneDrive user and group files. SAP HANA and Nutanix AHV plug-ins have also been added. Continue Reading
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News
13 Sep 2019
Cobalt Iron extends data protection SaaS tool's capabilities
Cyber Shield, an extension of Cobalt Iron's Adaptive Data Protection SaaS, uses automation and analytics to identify and contain cyberattacks. Continue Reading
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Tip
12 Sep 2019
Disaster recovery and backup: To converge or not to converge?
While it makes sense to some degree to have overlap between backup and disaster recovery systems, there may be even more sense behind keeping them discrete. Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2019
Cohesity Agile Dev and Test quickly delivers clean test data
Cohesity's new feature lets test/dev teams access fresh, accurate and compliant data directly through Cohesity DataPlatform, without going through backup admins. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Sep 2019
2 trends that complicate SaaS data protection
Malware and multiple cloud platforms have pushed the importance of SaaS backup and recovery to the top of IT managers' to-do lists. We explore challenges and how to pick a vendor. Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Sep 2019
Cybersecurity and business continuity integration boosts resilience
Are you doing all you can to make your organization resilient? You might be hampering your company's efforts by keeping business continuity and cybersecurity planning separate. Continue Reading
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News
06 Sep 2019
KCF Technologies taps Rubrik for Cassandra backup
KCF Technologies decided getting Cassandra backup through a vendor like Rubrik would be less work and more reassuring than putting it together from open source tools and scripting. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
06 Sep 2019
Backup testing: A step-by-step tutorial
Testing backups is a key piece of the data protection puzzle. Explore the different approaches and frequencies you can use to make sure your backups work. Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2019
Clumio backup seeks to simplify with SaaS
Clumio has come out of stealth to try to make its mark in a crowded backup market. The cloud-based vendor claims to make it easier to install and manage backups. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Aug 2019
Free IT disaster recovery plan template and guide
A DR strategy is the cornerstone to ensuring infrastructure and applications continue to operate when a major outage hits. Our free DR template outlines the needed steps. Continue Reading
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Opinion
29 Aug 2019
Addressing the rising legacy-to-cloud migration need
Despite a clear DR need for methods of migrating data from legacy systems into the cloud, the complexities that come along with it can be tough to handle without the right help. Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2019
Druva backup user highlights importance of data searchability
Regeneron saved money by switching from on-premises Data Domain to cloud-based Druva backup. But the real value came from creating a searchable data lake for all its research data. Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2019
Cohesity backup users share cloud data protection stories
Cohesity backup customers told tales both good and bad while offering advice about their journey to cloud-based data protection during a panel at VMworld 2019. Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2019
Smart cloud storage tier management added to Druva cloud
The new Druva cloud tiering capability saves customers money by automatically optimizing data stored in Glacier Deep Archive, Glacier and S3 based on usage patterns. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Aug 2019
Sample business continuity plan template for small businesses
Our step-by-step business continuity plan for small businesses enables an organization to restore mission-critical operations during an unforeseen event. Continue Reading
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News
23 Aug 2019
Acronis automates '3-2-1' rule for small business backup
Acronis True Image 2020 improved its small business backup capabilities with simultaneous replication to local storage and the cloud, automating the '3-2-1' backup rule. Continue Reading
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Answer
22 Aug 2019
PowerShell backup scripts: What are 3 essential best practices?
There are some strong PowerShell scripts that can provide backup capabilities. It's important, though, to be mindful of PowerShell's quirks so you get the best data protection. Continue Reading
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News
22 Aug 2019
New Everbridge CEO talks education, NC4 acquisition
Every company needs to be ready to respond in the event of a crisis. Everbridge's new CEO details why that's important and what a proper platform entails. Continue Reading
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Answer
20 Aug 2019
How does a data archiving strategy benefit DR and backup?
In order to be truly resilient, your organization needs more than just a backup and disaster recovery plan. Integrating archiving into your strategy offers some serious benefits. Continue Reading
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News
16 Aug 2019
Actifio GO 'SaaSifies' copy data management in GCP
The new Actifio GO for GCP has expanded from backup as a service to include copy data management and disaster recovery, putting it on par with the vendor's on-premises product. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Aug 2019
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
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Tip
15 Aug 2019
Beyond backup: How to get more out of your backup data
Do you view your organization's backup technology as a simple one-trick pony? Here are several ways to get additional value out of this essential practice. Continue Reading
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News
14 Aug 2019
Rubrik adds data governance tool in Andes 5.1 update
With capabilities providing data governance, automated disaster recovery failover and failback and continuous data protection, Rubrik Andes 5.1 seeks to consolidate tools and silos. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Aug 2019
How a backup administrator can manage large volumes in 3 steps
Backup administrators have a tall task: managing a vast amount of data. Even if the volume is seemingly growing out of control, it's possible to keep a handle on it. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Aug 2019
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
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Answer
07 Aug 2019
What are Google G Suite backup best practices?
Is your Google data protected? Make sure you are backing up G Suite files, because Google doesn't provide the comprehensive protection you'll need to be safe. Continue Reading
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News
02 Aug 2019
Cohesity CyberScan scans backup copies for security risks
Cohesity CyberScan uses Tenable.io to find security vulnerabilities in backup copies. Because the app is scanning backups, it doesn't affect performance of production environments. Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2019
Asigra appliance uses Zadara technology
Asigra partnered with Zadara to release a purpose-built backup appliance with a subscription-based pricing model. It's aimed at service providers who would rather rent than buy. Continue Reading
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Opinion
01 Aug 2019
Hypervisor vendors upset virtual disaster recovery market
Zerto and Veeam have conquered the DR market, but hypervisor vendors such as VMware and Nutanix have emerged, offering services that look to lower costs and provide better performance. Continue Reading
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Answer
31 Jul 2019
What DR requirements belong in a cloud computing SLA?
Many organizations are making the move to DRaaS. But, before you dive in, be sure the cloud provider's SLA meets the needs of your business and its end users. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2019
Backup trends of 2019: Acquisitions, funding and CEO changes
The acquisitions, funding rounds and CEO changes among backup vendors so far this year hint that even more changes are coming. Experts weigh in on the trends in backup we've already seen in 2019. Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2019
Carbonite CEO joins IDG, interim CEO steps in
Former Carbonite CEO Mohamad Ali joined tech media company International Data Group as Steve Munford stepped in to become interim CEO. Continue Reading
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Quiz
30 Jul 2019
Test your multi-cloud disaster recovery expertise
Multi-cloud DR is growing in popularity as a reliable recovery strategy in businesses of all sizes. Put your knowledge of multi-cloud DR to the test with this quiz. Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Jul 2019
Fortify your business resilience with consequence management
Is there something lacking in your incident response strategy? Consequence management could be the missing piece in your organization's IT resilience plan. Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Jul 2019
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
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Answer
25 Jul 2019
How can I integrate cybersecurity and backup planning?
Your organization should integrate its cybersecurity and backup processes. It's easy for a cyberattack to affect backups, unfortunately, so be proactive about it. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jul 2019
Acronis CEO: 'Backup is dead'
Backup alone is not enough, according to Acronis CEO Serguei Beloussov. True data protection involves a combination of security, privacy and accessibility on top of backup. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jul 2019
Cohesity Runbook simplifies DR failover
Cohesity Runbook is billed as a simple way to orchestrate disaster recovery failover and create best practices, but it can be used to automate workflows beyond DR. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jul 2019
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
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News
16 Jul 2019
Carbonite Endpoint 360 protects and backs up Office 365 apps
Carbonite Endpoint 360 brings data protection to Microsoft Office 365 applications and emphasizes the need to protect SaaS applications and cloud-stored data. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2019
Druva cloud migration enhanced by CloudLanes acquisition
Druva plans to add CloudLanes' data ingestion technology to Druva Cloud Platform. Unlike with the 2018 CloudRanger purchase, CloudLanes will not be its own business. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2019
HYCU Protégé offers multi-cloud disaster recovery, migration
HYCU is seeking to make the process of multi-cloud data protection and migration more seamless. While many organizations use multiple clouds, they can lead to complexity issues. Continue Reading
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Tip
12 Jul 2019
How to protect data in the cloud
Take a look at three backup methods -- on premises, cloud to local and cloud to cloud -- and find out the pros, cons and cost of each. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
12 Jul 2019
6 best practices for choosing a cloud backup provider
Learn six criteria for choosing the best cloud backup vendor for your organization. Key among these is knowing your unique needs. Continue Reading
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Podcast
10 Jul 2019
Best backup and recovery tools cover cyber, all-in-one
While backup and recovery products are important, organizations should be looking to go steps further to stay safe in the face of cyberthreats. A Unitrends GM provides details. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jul 2019
As public cloud adoption grows, new drawbacks discovered
Public cloud adoption has grown, but some companies find benefits are offset by high egress charges, hidden and complicated bills and added IT complexity. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Jul 2019
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
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News
08 Jul 2019
Cohesity CEO: We're more than a backup company
Cohesity CEO Mohit Aron says the company is focused on secondary storage and becoming software-only, relying on strategic partnerships for covering hardware and technology gaps. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Jul 2019
What is a business resilience plan and why do you need one?
Just like business continuity has become indispensable, having an IT resilience plan in place is crucial to keeping your business up and running today. Continue Reading
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Answer
05 Jul 2019
What are some public cloud backup options for better data protection?
Organizations that need to protect resources in the public cloud have a number of backup possibilities, some with more hazardous negatives than others. Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2019
TierPoint introduces cloud-based disaster recovery as a service
TierPoint's Cloud-to-Cloud Recovery with vCloud Availability disaster recovery-as-a-service offering is now generally available to protect data centers across multi-tenant clouds. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Jul 2019
What is the difference between cloud backup and off-site backup?
With confusion as to how to best approach the cloud and other off-site backups, it's easy to choose the wrong approach. What option provides the best data protection? Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Jul 2019
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
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Answer
28 Jun 2019
How can AI and data protection work together?
There may be value in including artificial intelligence in backup software. Find out which vendors are already using AI to improve backup and data protection capabilities. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jun 2019
Cloud data management finding its place as volumes soar sky high
Is a cloud data management platform right for your organization? Experts discuss its benefits and drawbacks as more data moves to the cloud for a variety of uses. Continue Reading
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News
26 Jun 2019
Blacktip uses AvePoint for Office 365 backup
Serving users who are mobile and not highly technical, MSP Blacktip turns to SaaS apps such as Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite. But those apps need protection. Continue Reading
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Answer
26 Jun 2019
Why do you need backup for Salesforce and other SaaS apps?
Backup for Salesforce is available from several third-party vendors. Why aren't a lot of organizations doing it? Explore some of the many reasons why you need this backup. Continue Reading
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News
25 Jun 2019
Storage startup StorCentric takes flier on Retrospect backup
Retrospect backup software has survived a series of owners ranging from EMC to Dantz, and now is part of StorCentric's plan of acquiring storage vendors for midsize enterprises. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2019
NetBackup at core of Veritas services platform
The Veritas services platform addresses protection, availability and data intelligence by unifying multiple products around NetBackup and its metadata catalog. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jun 2019
Intelligent data management drives smarter use of copy data
Intelligent data management has turned copies of backup data into tools for analytics, test/dev and other use cases. But company culture prevents some organizations from adoption. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jun 2019
Sunny skies for Druva cloud plans: $130M in new investment
Druva's cloud backup and disaster recovery are built natively for Amazon Web Services. A big cash infusion from investors has the startup contemplating a possible IPO. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Jun 2019
Azure backup options: Microsoft vs. third-party products
Backup for Microsoft Azure data is well within your reach. But which product -- or products -- should you use? The choice comes down to some important considerations. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jun 2019
Actifio multi-cloud support extends DR to AWS, Azure
Actifio Multi-Cloud Mobility and Automation brings multi-cloud disaster recovery to Sky, along with flexible migration capabilities for companies that want to stay agile. Continue Reading
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Answer
17 Jun 2019
Is VMware SRM disaster recovery a good fit for your DR plan?
VMware Site Recovery Manager brings a number of benefits to the disaster recovery process. One of the lesser known roles of SRM is as a planning tool. Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Jun 2019
3 types of DRaaS: Which approach is best?
Your disaster recovery-as-a-service strategy needs to consider not only business needs but your IT staff's capabilities. Options range from full-on help to do-it-yourself DRaaS. Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Jun 2019
A good business disaster recovery plan considers IT, staffing
Not sure if your disaster recovery plan takes business needs into account? A good plan should cover business operations, as well as technology and staffing requirements. Continue Reading
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News
14 Jun 2019
Window and door manufacturer picks Zerto for DR replication
Weaning itself off of Veritas Backup Exec, AmesburyTruth tapped Zerto for DR replication, ready to fail over 80 critical servers into the Microsoft Azure cloud. Continue Reading
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News
12 Jun 2019
Asigra FreeNAS plugin brings open source data protection
The Asigra FreeNAS plugin covers up to ten physical machines, ten virtual machines and ten cloud accounts for free. Customers wanting more must get Asigra on TrueNAS. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jun 2019
Rubrik backup, Compellent SAN power MoA data center
Mall of America IT director says she'd rather have her staff working on other things -- such as data analytics -- than managing storage and data backup. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2019
Iland DRaaS goes under automatic control
The new Iland DRaaS product targets customers with limited DR resources or expertise. The goal of Iland Autopilot is to make deployment, DR testing and failover simple. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2019
Veeam roadmap features cloud focus, possible IPO
Analysts noted more of a backup emphasis at VeeamON 2019, as Veeam plans to tackle the hybrid cloud market. Will acquisitions be part of the Veeam strategy? Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jun 2019
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
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News
05 Jun 2019
Latest update takes Arcserve RHA to the cloud
Arcserve enhances its RHA disaster recovery software, enabling cloud-to-cloud failback, as well as the ability to continuously replicate from on premises to a public cloud. Continue Reading
