Tips

Tips

• Evaluate cloud-based object storage for backup

  Explore the benefits of backing up to object storage in the cloud and why it's important to consider providers' pricing, connectivity options and features.  Continue Reading

• Top 2020 data backup tips target remote protection, cloud

  From improved security to SaaS protection, these data backup tips are important for your business, especially in an IT world changed by the coronavirus pandemic.  Continue Reading

• 6 common Backup Exec error codes and how to resolve them

  Backup Exec, which is now under the Veritas brand, is one of the top names in data protection. If a Backup Exec error occurs, it may be one of the codes analyzed below.  Continue Reading

• Remote disaster recovery presents new business challenges

  With more employees working remotely than ever, natural disasters and other typical DR crises present an entirely new challenge. How can businesses tackle this new set of risks?  Continue Reading

• Transition to modern backup strategy for a refresh

  Time takes its toll on both data and backup technologies. Careful planning and preparation can keep enterprise data intact and accessible for many years to come.  Continue Reading

• Prepare for a business continuity audit with the FFIEC handbook

  The FFIEC 'Business Continuity Management' handbook can serve as a guide to ensure that BC activities are consistent with best practices and are ready for an audit.  Continue Reading

• How to manage virtual disaster recovery setup costs

  Creating a virtual disaster recovery setup shouldn't be pricey, but costs can easily add up if providers don't take all expenses into account.  Continue Reading

• Download a backup testing checklist to stay prepared

  How can you be sure a backup will be successful if you don't test it? Use this backup testing checklist to confirm such important steps as timing and detection of any anomalies.  Continue Reading

• After-action report template and guide for DR planning

  Conducting an after-action report following disasters or internal DR exercises is a critical process that will help prepare an organization for future disruptive events.  Continue Reading

• It's a new age for hot site disaster recovery

  Hot sites are a viable disaster recovery strategy, but high costs and changing DR risks have made alternatives like disaster recovery as a service a more appealing option.  Continue Reading

• Updated FFIEC 'Business Continuity' handbook highlights planning

  The FFIEC handbook on business continuity has been updated by the organization to place greater emphasis on planning, with more detailed information on testing and exercises.  Continue Reading

• Creating a post-pandemic recovery plan is an ongoing process

  There is still much to learn about post-pandemic DR at this stage of COVID-19. Organizations should keep an eye on pandemic-specific software changes and updated recovery tools.  Continue Reading

• Understanding BC, resilience standards and how to comply

  Follow these nine steps to first identify relevant business continuity and resilience standards and, second, launch a successful compliance program at your organization.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft 365 disaster recovery options: Native vs. third-party

  While Microsoft offers disaster recovery for its 365 platform, you might need more protection. Explore some of the available options, plus how to create a DR plan.  Continue Reading

• How to resolve 5 Veritas NetBackup status code messages

  NetBackup status codes present varying degrees of challenges, from general errors to failed restores. Dive into details about how to fix some of the more common issues.  Continue Reading

• ISO 22301:2019 vs. previous versions: What's changed?

  The International Organization for Standardization is continually updating its BC standards. Older versions may still be relevant, but keep an eye out for significant changes.  Continue Reading

• It's time to update your pandemic disaster recovery plan

  Your DR plan may be unprepared for a pandemic, and while mid-pandemic is not the ideal time to be discovering issues, you should use this time to make changes.  Continue Reading

• Common virtual disaster recovery errors and how to avoid them

  Frequently testing a disaster recovery plan is one reliable way to ensure that a virtual recovery will go smoothly and not set an organization back.  Continue Reading

• 5 tips for remote backup systems to strengthen your defense

  There are lots of options for remote backup. Take the time to evaluate your needs in the age of remote work and construct your backup platform wisely.  Continue Reading

• Back up Hyper-V: Native limitations and other methods

  Microsoft offers native protection to back up Hyper-V workloads, but is it enough for your organization? Find out what third-party vendors offer that Microsoft doesn't.  Continue Reading

• Post-pandemic data backup and recovery planning guidelines

  Following the coronavirus pandemic, you might have to modify your backup and recovery strategy. Overcome the data protection challenges presented by the changes in daily life.  Continue Reading

• Explore the best free cloud backup services on the market

  There are free cloud backup options for businesses, not just consumers. Discover some of the top choices, plus the limitations of free vs. paid versions.  Continue Reading

• ISO and FFIEC business continuity standards compared

  Global standards aid the process of creating and updating a business continuity plan. The requirements of two popular standards can ensure that your BC team doesn't miss any steps.  Continue Reading

• Overcome common cloud backup security issues in remote work

  Your cloud backup and storage usage may be on the rise. Make sure you take the necessary security precautions detailed here to keep your data protected.  Continue Reading

• What are Microsoft Teams backup and recovery best practices?

  Backup and recovery of Microsoft Teams is often a complex process. Explore these guidelines to help simplify the important protection of your Teams data.  Continue Reading

• Steps to building a pandemic business continuity plan

  Your business continuity plan may address some concerns that come along with a pandemic, but COVID-19 has emphasized the importance of having remote work as part of it.  Continue Reading

• Small business pandemic plan should cover supply chain, staff

  COVID-19 has many organizations shifting gears when it comes to pandemic planning, and SMBs are no exception. For small companies, adaptability is the key to recovery.  Continue Reading

• Remote backup and recovery, protection changes that will stick

  Your organization likely saw big changes in IT processes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Explore the backup and recovery shifts you should expect to remain.  Continue Reading

• 10 guidelines to secure your data backup

  Data backups are essential to effective security, but backup mismanagement can often increase security woes. Luckily, there are some best practices that can help.  Continue Reading

• Key elements of a DataOps framework for BI and analytics

  DataOps brings speed and agility to BI processes and helps align data management to business goals. Learn about the key elements of a DataOps framework.  Continue Reading

• Top data visualization techniques and how to best use them

  BI and analytics teams and self-service BI users can choose from various types of data visualizations. Here are examples of 12, with advice on when to use them.  Continue Reading

• Use disaster recovery standards to guide pandemic planning

  International quality management and compliance standards can help an organization kick off a disaster recovery plan for unprecedented scenarios, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.  Continue Reading

• Hardware replication vs. software replication: The differences

  Hardware replication and software replication have different use cases and pros and cons, so it's important to do your research before choosing one over the other.  Continue Reading

• Backup training for general IT admins in the wake of COVID-19

  In addition to the resources already available within a typical IT department, many external resources are available for all kinds of IT training requirements.  Continue Reading

• Trusted data is among governance, data integration benefits

  Well-conceived governance programs injected with data integration tools can overcome the inherent distrust companies have in their own data stored in multiple systems.  Continue Reading

• Private cloud backup vs. public cloud vs. service providers

  Whether you choose public or private cloud or a cloud service provider for backup, it comes down to your needs in such areas as cost and security. Explore how each one differs.  Continue Reading

• 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

• Iland vs. Recovery Point: Compare these DRaaS providers

  Iland and Recovery Point Systems are two leading providers of managed DRaaS. Learn how each vendor's services compare and how they differentiate themselves.  Continue Reading

• Remote office backup best practices and options

  How can organizations ensure backup of data generated from employees' remote offices? Explore two top options and guidance to help protect your critical data.  Continue Reading

• Use and protect backup against COVID-19-related cybercrime

  Be aware of innovative cyberattacks connected to the new coronavirus. Improve data safety with these backup best practices that can serve as a foundation of response preparation.  Continue Reading

• Prepare for serious health threats with a pandemic recovery plan

  COVID-19 has become a serious global threat and is rapidly becoming an issue for business continuity. Pandemic planning can help mitigate disruptive effects of disastrous events.  Continue Reading

• 12 key elements of a crisis management plan

  Starting or revising your crisis management planning? Include these elements in a plan to make sure you don't leave anything out and your organization can run effectively.  Continue Reading

• Roles and responsibilities of a crisis management team

  The formation of a crisis management team that includes members with diverse skills can help organizations respond quickly and decisively to a crisis.  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

• Don't cut corners with disaster recovery and backup

  A well-thought-out BCDR plan is just half of the resilience equation. A solid data protection strategy relies on thorough backup and disaster recovery planning.  Continue Reading

• Trends and top use cases for streaming data analytics

  As more enterprises adopt real-time analytics, new infrastructure and best practices are appearing. Here are some trending practices for streaming data analytics platforms.  Continue Reading

• What to look for in DR orchestration

  Disaster recovery orchestration is a must-have in the modern data center. However, that doesn't mean choosing the right tools for your organization is an easy process.  Continue Reading

• Achieving backup compliance among CCPA and other regulations

  The recently enacted CCPA is just one of many current and potential regulations that backup administrators need to understand. Here are a few guidelines for staying compliant.  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

• Tips for updating your corporate pandemic response plan

  To ensure your workplace pandemic response plan is up-to-date and sufficient, check it against other business continuity procedures, and consult important sources for further guidance.  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

• 3 cloud-based data management challenges

  Your organization has data in the cloud, but there are still concerns as to how you and your data protection vendor manage that data to maintain performance and costs.  Continue Reading

• 6 best practices on data governance for big data environments

  Efforts to govern big data must corral a mix of structured and unstructured data. That's a challenge for most organizations. These six action items will help.  Continue Reading

• Achieve multi-cloud data protection with archiving, backup and DR

  How can multi-cloud users effectively use DR, backup and archiving together? Although multiple clouds complicate infrastructure, they also offer benefits for data protection.  Continue Reading

• Updating your old business continuance plan for the new year

  Has your business continuity plan kept up with data center changes of the past year? If not, it may be time to revisit your plan's capabilities and existing recovery objectives.  Continue Reading

• Should you host your data lake in the cloud?

  On premises or in the cloud: What's the better place for your data lake? Here are some things to consider before deciding where to deploy a big data environment.  Continue Reading

• Create a cost-efficient data backup plan that's also reliable

  A well-designed backup strategy saves both data and money. Here's how to build a backup plan that meets both goals so you can be confident in your data protection.  Continue Reading

• How to build and train organizational resilience teams

  Well-trained resilience and emergency response teams are a key element of maintaining business continuity and recovering your organization when disaster strikes.  Continue Reading

• Tips for outsourcing business resilience services

  Outsourcing IT resilience is more feasible than ever, thanks to a rise in cloud-based options. If you plan on outsourcing resilience to a third party, be sure to do your homework.  Continue Reading

• Where cloud-based disaster recovery is headed in 2020

  To understand how the cloud will be used for disaster recovery in 2020, it will help to look at its recent trajectory. While growth is inevitable, there are bumps along the way.  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

• Create an effective data backup strategy from scratch

  You can't reliably protect your organization's valuable data without having a solid data backup plan in place. Here's what to include when you start building your strategy.  Continue Reading

• Post-disaster recovery, don't overlook user connectivity

  After you've successfully recovered your environment, the job isn't quite over. Ensuring user connectivity following a recovery is the final vital step of a complete DR plan.  Continue Reading

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• SQL Server database design best practices and tips for DBAs

  Good database design is a must to meet processing needs in SQL Server systems. In a webinar, consultant Koen Verbeeck offered advice on how to make that happen.  Continue Reading

• SQL Server in Azure database choices and what they offer users

  SQL Server databases can be moved to the Azure cloud in several different ways. Here's what you'll get from each of the options for migrating SQL Server to Azure.  Continue Reading

• How to navigate today's business analytics governance challenges

  Don't let a traditional analytics mindset lure you into complacency when it comes to advanced analytics governance. Here are the biggest governance roadblocks and how to avoid them.  Continue Reading

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Building leaner, meaner BI data sources

  As business intelligence analysis and reporting platforms become increasingly important in the enterprise, so does the data that feeds them. Are your BI data sources up to par?  Continue Reading

• 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

• Data virtualization benefits seen in unified views, IT agility

  Through in-place integration, data virtualization platforms can provide wider access to data and simplify security and governance. But they come with some limitations.  Continue Reading

• 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

• 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

• Key features to create a SQL Server audit trail in databases

  SQL Server offers a set of built-in auditing tools that can help make the process of tracking logins and other database activities easier for database administrators.  Continue Reading

• The evolution of the data preparation process and market

  Organizations have long struggled with inconsistent data and other issues. Expert Andy Hayler explores how that has led to the rise of the data preparation tools market.  Continue Reading

• Check SQL Server Query Store performance impact before using

  Many IT teams hesitate to use SQL Server Query Store due to performance concerns. Consultant Andy Warren offers tips on how to test and get started with Query Store.  Continue Reading

• Successful disaster recovery approaches set priorities

  By taking a tiered approach, similar to cybersecurity, disaster recovery planners can structure their recovery to cut downtime and protect high-priority data.  Continue Reading

• McDonald's orders up customer service analytics, shakes up fast food

  The fast-food giant is acquiring Dynamic Yield, a big data analytics platform, in pursuit of a more personalized customer experience on drive-thru and digital orders.  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