Data Backup

Top troubleshooting tips for Veeam backup failure

Backup admins who use Veeam can make their lives easier with not only the tools built into the platform but by checking out vendor and user suggestions and guidance. Continue Reading

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• Stuart Burns

Cloudian provides object storage backup target for Kasten

Cloudian HyperStore can serve as both secondary and primary storage for Kubernetes with its Kasten K10 by Veeam integration and support for Red Hat OpenShift. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Use NetBackup version command to gather critical data

Running different NetBackup versions on client servers can complicate infrastructure management. This version command can help admins gather version data for their servers. Continue Reading

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• Stuart Burns

Backup vendors aid ransomware recovery with data vaults

Veritas and Cohesity introduced offerings that enable customers to put their data in air-gapped, vendor-managed storage vaults, providing an extra layer of ransomware defense. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Rubrik delivers faster backup for Sunrise Express

Sunrise Express switched from running Veritas Backup Exec and tape-based backup to cloud-based backup through Rubrik, where it achieved faster backup and recovery times. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Veeam Backup for Salesforce seeks to protect user data

Veeam's Backup for Salesforce enters a market that has become busier in the last couple of years. Its features include comparison of data and metadata. Continue Reading

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• Paul Crocetti, Editorial Director

Cohesity backup integrates with Cisco SecureX

Cohesity's anomaly detection and recovery functions can be accessed in Cisco SecureX, allowing greater visibility and quicker response time during a ransomware attack. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Veeam backup updates focus on cloud, containers

Veeam Software seeks simplified management with its latest batch of updates. In addition, Kasten by Veeam enhanced support for its Kubernetes data protection. Continue Reading

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• Paul Crocetti, Editorial Director

Prepare and conduct a ransomware tabletop exercise

Tabletop exercises help organizations practice response and recovery, but one size doesn't fit all. For ransomware attacks, use this template to create a targeted exercise. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan

Clumio extends backup as a service to Amazon S3

Clumio Protect for Amazon S3 provides point-in-time recovery and anti-ransomware features to a storage environment that is increasingly becoming mission-critical. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Catalogic CloudCasa charges for Kubernetes backup storage

Catalogic introduced paid subscription tiers for customers using its CloudCasa Kubernetes backup-as-a-service platform to store persistent volume backups. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

New Salesforce native backup may not be enterprise ready

Salesforce unveiled a new way to natively back up and recover data within the platform, but it doesn't compare to the enterprise-grade features backup vendors offer. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Qumulo consolidates data protection features into Recover Q

Qumulo Core's snapshotting, replication, recovery and access control have been packed into Recover Q to give customers a one-stop shop for anti-ransomware capabilities. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Ransomware questions to ask for optimal backup protection

Are you asking the right questions about ransomware? Here are some questions for backup admins and IT teams that can help keep backups safe in a ransomware attack. Continue Reading

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• Robert Sheldon

Backup admins: Watch out for these ransomware attack trends

Ransomware attacks have evolved and present a new set of challenges for backup admins. Here are some recent attack trends to prepare for to keep data and backups safe. Continue Reading

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• Robert Sheldon

Druva hastens ransomware recovery with curated snapshots

Druva's new Curated Recovery feature creates a recovery-ready snapshot containing the latest untampered data from previous snapshots, reducing recovery time. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Decode different types of business interruption insurance

Business interruption insurance can be difficult to navigate because not all policies are the same. Here's what to examine when exploring insurance options. Continue Reading

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• John Edwards

Backup startup Rewind raises $65M in Series B funding

Rewind closed a $65 million funding round led by Insight Partners. The investment will be used to grow employee headcount and expand the backup platform to cover more SaaS applications. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

TrilioVault update focuses on securing Kubernetes backup

Anti-ransomware features in TrilioVault for Kubernetes v2.5 include application-level immutability and encryption to help ensure Kubernetes backup data is recoverable. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Test your knowledge of ransomware backup best practices

New ransomware that specifically targets backups can make it difficult to ensure data is safe. Take our quiz to test your knowledge about ransomware backup. Continue Reading

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• Ryan Arel, Former Associate Site Editor

Dell EMC tunes PowerProtect for data protection at scale

Dell EMC updated PowerProtect with faster snapshots, new software to manage multiple appliances and a managed service for recovery to help scale data protection functions. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Top mass notification system vendors and how to choose one

Mass notification systems are crucial to a business continuity and disaster recovery strategy. To choose the right system, cross-check its capabilities with your requirements. Continue Reading

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• Brien Posey
• Paul Kirvan

Backup management software roundup: What's on the market?

Organizations in search of a backup management tool may find what they're looking for in one of these products. Check out tools from vendors including Veeam, Veritas and Rubrik. Continue Reading

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• Brien Posey

Use ISO 22332 to improve business continuity plans

Standards offer guidance on business continuity and disaster recovery plans. ISO 22332 is no exception, providing great detail on how to prepare and execute a BC plan. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan

AWS launches Backup Audit Manager compliance tool

A new AWS Backup feature, the Audit Manager, tracks backup activities to help customers determine if they are meeting business and regulatory compliance requirements. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Zerto vs. Veeam: Compare 2 disaster recovery providers

Cloud failover, automation and orchestration are just a few of the features to consider in comparisons of Veeam and Zerto. See how the two DR products compare. Continue Reading

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• Stuart Burns

Maximize the benefits of virtual disaster recovery

Compared to physical setups, virtualization can accelerate and streamline DR processes. Automation, however, is essential to achieve those benefits. Continue Reading

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• Stuart Burns

Fortify emergency communications systems with a business plan

Emergency communications is one of the first actions organizations should undertake during an incident. An automated system is critical but cannot stand alone without a plan. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan

SaaS data protection is a challenging but critical task

Don't fall victim to a SaaS backup gap. Ensure critical data in cloud-based SaaS applications has proper protection, especially with increased cloud use. Continue Reading

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• Paul Crocetti, Editorial Director

SaaS data protection is a challenging but critical task

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SIOS Protection Suite update enhances HA for cloud and SAP

Improvements to the SIOS Protection Suite include planned failovers of SAP S/4HANA with zero downtime, GCP support and integration with third-party tools via CLI. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Druva CEO talks COVID-19 cloud rush, data protection, roadmap

Druva CEO Jaspreet Singh discusses the challenges posed by the recent uptick in cloud adoption, the company's product plans for Kubernetes on AWS and its backup security measures. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

DevOps backup tips, challenges and best practices

DevOps backup is like an overall backup strategy in many ways, such as anticipating incidents before they occur. But watch out for these unique challenges in this developing field. Continue Reading

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• John Edwards

Prepare for planned and unplanned downtime

There are two types of IT downtime: planned and unplanned. Neither are desirable, but one is necessary and the other could strike at any moment. Here's how to prepare for both. Continue Reading

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• John Edwards

Zerto update adds ransomware defense and simplifies backup

Zerto 9 rolls out immutability for Amazon S3 and rapid VM recovery as anti-ransomware measures, and expands the platform's automation and long-term retention capabilities. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Slack backup options include commercial, open source tools

Slack does not automatically back up files that organizations send via the platform, but many use it to exchange crucial data. Here are three different ways to back up Slack data. Continue Reading

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• Brien Posey

Data protection experts weigh in on SaaS backup confusion

Recent research from ESG shines a light on a potentially troublesome misunderstanding about SaaS data backup and protection. Continue Reading

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• Erin Sullivan, Senior Site Editor

DRaaS vs. BaaS: Compare 2 data protection options

While DRaaS and BaaS can simplify data protection operations, they aren't right for all IT shops. Learn the differences between the two technologies -- and the potential risks. Continue Reading

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• Krista Case, The Futurum Group

How to plan for the cost of unplanned downtime

Unplanned downtime can lead to serious consequences, including reputational harm, revenue loss and extra IT costs. Use these tips to plan for the unexpected. Continue Reading

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• John Edwards

N2WS introduces Azure backup in 4.0 update

N2WS expands its backup and recovery capabilities beyond AWS with new automated protection for Azure VMs. The vendor plans to build this feature out more fully in future updates. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Backup vendors target a growing MSP market

MSPs aren't just a way for backup vendors to reach SMB customers, as enterprises are finding good reasons to outsource IT functions to third-party providers. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Crisis communications training exercises to implement

A crisis communications team must be prepared to spring into action at a moment's notice. Here are three crisis communications training strategies to ensure a team is ready. Continue Reading

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• John Edwards

Vendors push Kubernetes backup as a must for production

Vendors are making significant investments in Kubernetes backup as customers' containerized applications enter production and the demand for protection increases. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Tips for backup compliance reporting and why it matters

Backup compliance reporting is crucial to keep data safe and keep organizations compliant with data regulations. Learn more about its importance and how to ensure compliance. Continue Reading

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• Krista Case, The Futurum Group

Acronis CEO steps down, GoDaddy exec steps in

Acronis's previous CEO will lead product development while the new CEO focuses on go-to-market, partner program expansion and increasing company headcount. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

HPE fills in GreenLake with Zerto acquisition

HPE will buy Zerto for $374 million and use its continuous data protection capabilities to bring disaster recovery, backup and data migration offerings to the GreenLake portfolio. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Challenges of NAS mirror backup: Cost, hardware constraints

NAS mirror backup is a useful way to back up data, but comes with challenges, such as cost and data replication frequency. Learn how to navigate the constraints of NAS mirror backup. Continue Reading

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• Brien Posey

Business continuity interview questions for aspiring managers

Business continuity managers must be ready for anything, and that includes interviewing for the role. Here are some common business continuity interview questions to prepare for. Continue Reading

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• Erin Sullivan, Senior Site Editor

Build a BCDR employee training program for peak resilience

A BCDR training program teaches employees key skills, such as how to conduct risk assessments, coordinate emergency response with first responders and restore business processes. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan

Organizational resilience questionnaire for recovery teams

Following organizational resiliency standards such as ISO and BSI can prepare organizations for disaster. These questions provide a starting point to validate OR readiness. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan

Zerto keeps Texas bank from being left in the cold

During Winter Storm Uri, Woodforest National Bank enacted its DR plan and used Zerto to bring its servers back online shortly after its primary data center went completely dark. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

12 skills business continuity managers need to succeed

Communication, collaboration, IT expertise and project management are key skills that business continuity managers must have to efficiently lead a BCDR team. Here's why. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan

NAS backups to cloud: Tips, tricks and market options

Cloud providers now offer NAS compatibility, which gives another option for NAS backup. Know what to expect when exploring NAS backup for cloud options. Continue Reading

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• John Edwards

Catalogic CloudCasa makes room for persistent volume backup

Catalogic CloudCasa can now do backups instead of just snapshots, opening the door to better ransomware recoverability and meeting data governance and sovereignty requirements. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Edge data protection tips and tricks

Edge computing is on the rise, and more IT teams are looking for ways to protect decentralized data. Our experts look at some ways to protect and store data generated at the edge. Continue Reading

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• Ryan Arel, Former Associate Site Editor

DxEnterprise brings SQL Server AGs to Kubernetes

DxEnterprise for Containers enables SQL Server availability groups to work in Kubernetes, solving a problem that prevented SQL Server users from moving into production. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Grax History Stream feeds Salesforce data to analytics tools

Grax History Stream simplifies the process of pulling Salesforce data, converting it to Parquet format, then feeding it to Amazon Redshift or other analytics tools. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Veeam Government Solutions subsidiary features federal focus

Following Veeam's acquisition by Insight Partners, the data protection vendor sought to make gains among U.S. government customers. The unveiling of a subsidiary is the next step. Continue Reading

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• Paul Crocetti, Editorial Director

Cloud-native backup benefits and use cases explained

Affordable and scalable data protection is only a cloud away. Learn why cloud-native services are emerging as essential data backup and recovery technology for many organizations. Continue Reading

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• John Edwards

Veritas NetBackup sets up ransomware defenses in new update

Veritas NetBackup is combating ransomware with data immutability for AWS S3 environments, anomaly detection, container backup and a next-gen Flex appliance. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

How to build a strong crisis communications team

A crisis communications team works best when all members are fully aware of their responsibilities. Here are some tips on building a highly effective response team. Continue Reading

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• John Edwards

Businesses still lax about SaaS backup

An ESG survey finds customers can't reliably recover Office 365 and Salesforce data, despite the criticality of these SaaS applications and the availability of third-party tools. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Decode the backup-as-a-service market

The rapidly growing BaaS market has gained steam in the past year. See why organizations are adopting BaaS and which providers they use. Continue Reading

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• Krista Case, The Futurum Group

What are some examples of organizational resilience?

Organizational resilience encompasses everything a company needs to run in times of crisis. These examples show how businesses handle tough situations. Continue Reading

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• Brien Posey

Ensure HIPAA backup compliance with documentation, testing

With new storage tools and evolving backup practices, it is crucial covered entities remain HIPAA-compliant with their backups. Here are a few ways to ensure compliance. Continue Reading

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• Brien Posey

Public sector IT execs detail ransomware backup, recovery tips

City governments are particularly vulnerable to ransomware. These city IT leaders discuss how organizations can improve data protection to be ready for the next attack. Continue Reading

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• Paul Crocetti, Editorial Director

Veeam executives detail backup trends, company plans

In this Q&A from VeeamON, several Veeam executives discuss data backup trends, the potential of the company going public, and if more acquisitions are on the table. Continue Reading

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• Paul Crocetti, Editorial Director

Clumio Discover gives customers full view of AWS snapshots

With the consolidated and contextualized information that Clumio Discover provides, customers with large, sprawling AWS environments can make better snapshot policy decisions. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Retrospect locks down backup data against ransomware

Retrospect Backup 18 focuses on anti-ransomware with the ability to make backups stored in public clouds immutable and an updated management console with security features. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Veeam backup software integrating Kubernetes protection

Veeam backup software additions announced at VeeamON include Kasten integration, Office 365 enhancements and further hyperscale cloud support. Continue Reading

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• Paul Crocetti, Editorial Director

Catalogic sells ECX copy data management software to IBM

Catalogic Software has divested its ECX product to long-time storage hardware partner IBM and will now focus on its CloudCasa Kubernetes data protection service. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu
• Ed Scannell, Freelancer

How to keep up with IoT data protection

When it comes to protecting IoT data, admins can begin planning backup with an assessment of how much data the organization is generating and how it's being used. Continue Reading

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• Brien Posey

Cloud migration helps Choice Hotels weather COVID-19

Choice Hotels' cloud-based global reservation system and adoption of collaboration and communication applications helped it stay in business during the pandemic. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

County's ransomware remediation includes backup, security

A northern California county recovered from ransomware thanks to backups and quick action following the attack. The county's CIO details how it happened and tips for recovery. Continue Reading

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• Paul Crocetti, Editorial Director

Rubrik Forward highlights ransomware recovery features

Rubrik's virtual Forward conference featured AppFlows and several data security features aimed at identifying and rapidly recovering from ransomware attacks. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Cohesity BaaS offers Microsoft 365 protection

Cohesity's as-a-service version of DataProtect now supports Microsoft 365, covering what one study found to be a large SaaS application data protection gap. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Titan HST says emergency comms usage shifted during pandemic

Vic Merjanian, CEO of emergency mass communication platform vendor Titan HST, says the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the technological push toward a contactless world. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Use immutable backups to prevent data loss, boost compliance

Immutable backups have gained traction with the rise in ransomware attacks. However, there are different approaches to immutability and external factors that come in to play. Continue Reading

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• Krista Case, The Futurum Group

StorageCraft DRaaS sets up shop on Google Cloud Platform

StorageCraft's new DRaaS offering uses Google Cloud as its back end, giving it the scale, flexibility and security to service customers with large data sets. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Dell draws line between cyber recovery and disaster recovery

Recovering from natural disasters and from cyber attacks represent separate use cases. Dell says customers should be aware of the differences in how to approach the two problems. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Trilio and Portworx showcase Kubernetes backup at KubeCon

With Kubernetes applications moving from development projects to production, Kubernetes backup vendors are making their products easier to use for the IT operations audience. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

HYCU Protégé integrates Kubernetes data protection

Backup and recovery vendor HYCU has added Kubernetes protection, an increasingly popular trend. The first release targets Google Kubernetes Engine users, with more support to come. Continue Reading

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• Paul Crocetti, Editorial Director

Kasten Kubernetes backup adds ransomware protection

Kasten launched its biggest update since Veeam acquired the Kubernetes data protection provider. Kasten Kubernetes backup adds immutability to its K10 platform. Continue Reading

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• Paul Crocetti, Editorial Director

Rewind pins down cloud backup for Trello boards

Rewind's Backups for Trello provides an automated method to restore Trello boards. The vendor continues to target SaaS applications outside of Salesforce and Office 365. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

What's on 2021's data protection conference calendar

Curious about data protection conferences in the coming months? This roundup details dates and topic areas for 2021 events covering backup and disaster recovery. Continue Reading

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• Erin Sullivan, Senior Site Editor

Choose the right automated backup system for your needs

Automated backup systems are easy to understand with just a few basic concepts. Here's what you need to know about this highly reliable and increasingly popular technology. Continue Reading

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• John Edwards

Zerto targets cloud data protection at ZertoCon 2021

Zerto rolled out three products to protect SaaS, Kubernetes and AWS at its ZertoCon virtual event and gave a preview of new features added to Zerto 9.0. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Druva gets $147M boost, brings valuation to more than $2B

The additional money will help Druva expand its cloud platform to new geographies and keep up with growing customer demand for cloud data protection, said Druva CEO Jaspreet Singh. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Look for these critical features in a ROBO backup tool

To effectively back up ROBO environments, admins should prioritize bandwidth optimization, centralized management and the ability to initiate restores remotely. Continue Reading

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• Brien Posey

Establish a business continuity team to get the full picture

Business continuity teams provide insight and focus that can keep an organization on its feet when disaster strikes. Don't rely on a disaster recovery team to reduce downtime. Continue Reading

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• Alan R. Earls

Dell EMC adds cloud-based backup to PowerProtect lineup

Dell EMC has expanded its PowerProtect portfolio with the launch of Backup Service, a cloud-based data protection product for SaaS applications, endpoints and hybrid workloads. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Castellan Solutions says COVID-19 forced BCDR rethink

COVID-19 caught organizations flat-footed in terms of business continuity, and new challenges will arise as vaccines are distributed, according to Castellan Solutions' CEO and COO. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

Pure Storage combines FlashBlade with Portworx PX-Backup

Pure Storage's joint product with Portworx gives customers a way to quickly recover container applications in case of failures by combining flash storage and PX-Backup. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

What are the common Microsoft 365 backup challenges?

Microsoft 365 is a widely used service, but its many different applications make backup complicated. Watch out for these common roadblocks. Continue Reading

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• Brien Posey

HYCU backup closes first funding round, eyes IPO

The HYCU backup and recovery platform gained a boost with a major funding haul. HYCU seeks to stand out in a competitive data protection market. Continue Reading

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• Paul Crocetti, Editorial Director

Prepare for the unknown with an organizational resilience model

An organizational resilience strategy is far-reaching, involving many facets of IT and the business -- from disaster recovery to supply chain management. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan

Microsoft 365 retention policy vs. backup: Why you need both

The Microsoft 365 retention policy offers some protection against data loss and the associated risks, but is it a replacement for a true data backup? Signs point to no. Continue Reading

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• Krista Case, The Futurum Group

Infrascale refreshes DRaaS offering with SSD appliances

Infrascale Backup and Disaster Recovery added two new SSD appliances, giving customers an on-premises high-performance backup and recovery option in addition to DRaaS in the cloud. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

AlertMedia boosts threat intelligence warning capabilities

AlertMedia enhanced its Global Threat Intelligence capabilities by adding a team of experts to provide professionally vetted threat warnings for its customers. Continue Reading

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• Johnny Yu

How to establish an operational resilience training program

Collaboration across departments is the new normal to protect business operations. Set up and promote an operational resilience training program with our included printable guide. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan