Cloud disaster recovery
As cloud-based disaster recovery expands and options grows, discover the latest information on evaluating and implementing disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) and other aspects of moving to a DR in the cloud strategy.
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Conference Coverage
01 Jul 2025
HPE Discover 2025 news and conference guide
Use this guide to stay up to date on the latest from HPE, and watch for timely news updates from the HPE Discover 2025 conference, taking place in Las Vegas from June 23 to 26. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 Mar 2025
10 multi-cloud backup considerations for admins
Using a multi-cloud data backup strategy can be good for data protection, but make sure that the providers are a good fit for your business first. Continue Reading
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31 Mar 2025
10 multi-cloud backup considerations for admins
Using a multi-cloud data backup strategy can be good for data protection, but make sure that the providers are a good fit for your business first. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Mar 2025
SaaS disaster recovery best practices
Businesses that use SaaS applications hand off some responsibilities of managing that data, but disaster recovery is not one of them. Make sure you have a recovery plan in place. Continue Reading
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Answer
04 Mar 2025
The ultimate guide to SaaS backup
Software-as-a-service applications are everywhere these days. But do you know where your SaaS backups are? Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jan 2025
9 enterprise cloud backup services to consider in 2025
Cloud backup services play a major role in modern data protection. With so many providers to choose from, businesses must prioritize the features they need. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Dec 2024
Free network disaster recovery plan template and guide
Proper network disaster recovery planning can mean the difference between a brief disruption and extensive downtime. Download our free template to get started building a plan. Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Oct 2024
4 cloud disaster recovery best practices
The cloud is a widely implemented technology for flexible and reliable disaster recovery. Businesses can optimize a cloud DR strategy with these four best practices. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Aug 2024
What is distributed computing?
Distributed computing is a model in which components of a software system are shared among multiple computers or nodes. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Jul 2024
Should you use open source for enterprise disaster recovery?
With research and planning, businesses can benefit from using open source software for enterprise DR. But IT teams must be mindful of hidden costs and data protection capabilities. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Jul 2024
13 reasons your disaster recovery plan failed
Preventing failure is an important goal for DR teams, but disasters do not conform to how plans are designed. Familiarity with the causes of failure can help bolster a DR plan. Continue Reading
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Tip
02 May 2024
When is multi-cloud disaster recovery the right choice?
A multi-cloud disaster recovery strategy has numerous benefits, including enhanced resilience. It also brings in several technical and organizational hurdles for IT teams. Continue Reading
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Definition
16 Apr 2024
business continuity
Business continuity is an organization's ability to maintain critical business functions during and after a disaster has occurred. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
08 Apr 2024
Azure Site Recovery tutorial for workload disaster recovery
Understand the costs and the requirements to use this flexible disaster recovery service that works with Linux and Windows Server in the data center and virtual machines in the Azure cloud. Continue Reading
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Definition
01 Apr 2024
warm site
A warm site is a type of facility an organization uses to recover its technology infrastructure when its primary data center goes down. A warm site features an equipped data center but no customer data. Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2024
New SIOS console enables high availability visualization
IT generalists on Linux systems can avoid the complexity of HA management for mission-critical apps or databases with a new management console in SIOS' LifeKeeper software. Continue Reading
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Definition
19 Mar 2024
off-site backup
Off-site backup is a method of backing up data to a remote server or to media that's transported off-site. Continue Reading
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News
06 Feb 2024
Komprise adds disaster recovery with granular restorations
The Komprise Intelligent Data Management platform gains new DR capabilities that enable granular recovery of file and object resources through the existing user console. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Jan 2024
cloud SLA (cloud service-level agreement)
A cloud SLA (cloud service-level agreement) is an agreement between a cloud service provider and a customer that ensures a minimum level of service is maintained. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jan 2024
The best enterprise data storage products of 2023
Backup, cloud, disk and storage system vendors vied for top honors in the TechTarget Storage Products of the Year competition. Find out which won gold, silver and bronze. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Nov 2023
synchronous replication
Synchronous replication is the process of copying data over a network to create multiple current copies of the data. Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2023
New HYCU SaaS AWS backup provides deeper data protection
R-Cloud, the flagship data protection product for HYCU, now supports more than 50 SaaS applications for backup with new support for AWS services including databases and storage. Continue Reading
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News
10 Oct 2023
Pure Storage adds cloud disaster recovery SaaS for VMs
VSphere VMs can recover from AWS EC2 instances with a new disaster recovery service from Pure Storage. The vendor is also debuting new energy efficiency guarantees. Continue Reading
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News
04 Oct 2023
Nutanix adds ransomware alerts, recovery tools to HCI SaaS
Hyperconverged infrastructure specialist Nutanix preps for further hybrid cloud adoption by adding ransomware recovery tools to SaaS products. Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2023
MSP shares details of Kaseya VSA ransomware attack, recovery
Progressive Computing was one of 60 victims of the Kaseya VSA ransomware attack in 2021. Now, a co-founder tells the story of discovery and recovery. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Sep 2023
Cloud backup and disaster recovery evolve toward maturity
Christophe Bertrand, of TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group, discusses survey results on data protection initiatives in the cloud and challenges for organizations. Continue Reading
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Definition
28 Apr 2023
cloud disaster recovery (cloud DR)
Cloud disaster recovery (cloud DR) is a combination of strategies and services intended to back up data, applications and other resources to public cloud or dedicated service providers. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Apr 2023
disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS)
Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) is a cloud computing service model offered by third-party vendors that provides failover in the event of a natural catastrophe, power outage or other type of business disruption. Continue Reading
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Definition
14 Apr 2023
Amazon S3 bucket
An Amazon S3 bucket is a public cloud storage resource available in Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3), an object storage offering. Continue Reading
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News
16 Feb 2023
11:11 grows DR portfolio after Sungard buy
After seven acquisitions in two years, including parts of decades-old Sungard AS, 11:11 Systems aims to take on established managed services companies for Fortune 500 customers. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Jan 2023
The best enterprise data storage products of 2022
Backup, cloud, disk and storage system vendors vied for top honors in the TechTarget Storage Products of the Year competition. Find out which won gold, silver and bronze. Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2022
AWS expands backup, disaster recovery services
AWS adds new features and capabilities to its backup and disaster recovery services as third-party vendors look to secure hybrid and multi-cloud customers. Continue Reading
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News
29 Nov 2022
Rubrik Cyber Recovery adds plan testing, forensics to mix
To be released as part of its security cloud, Rubrik Cyber Recovery provides recovery plan testing, snapshot cloning for vulnerabilities and investigations of infected data. Continue Reading
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News
23 Nov 2022
Data resiliency guarantees offer new kind of assurance
Data resiliency guarantees from Druva, Rubrik and AvePoint offer data warranties of up to $10 million, but experts caution customers to read the fine print. Continue Reading
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News
02 Nov 2022
Trilio Continuous Restore aimed at faster recovery time
Trilio's 3.0 upgrade for its TrilioVault for Kubernetes includes general availability of Continuous Restore and added support for Red Hat OpenShift. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Sep 2022
How to get the most out of cloud database backups
When backing up databases, the cloud can provide a secure, easily scalable target. However, don't forget important features like immutability and encryption when getting started. Continue Reading
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Tip
08 Sep 2022
Tips to achieve compliance with GDPR in cloud storage
GDPR compliance can be tricky in the cloud since organizations aren't the owners and processors of cloud storage. Research cloud vendors, and craft a plan to ensure compliance. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Jul 2022
Get the most out of Azure Site Recovery DRaaS
For Azure users, the Site Recovery DRaaS tool provides reliable and accessible disaster recovery. Testing and good management are critical to get the most out of the service. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2022
HPE GreenLake adds new Zerto disaster recovery services
Two new SaaS data recovery services available in HPE GreenLake offer easier use of Zerto and other software to entice users familiar with public cloud offerings. Continue Reading
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News
09 Jun 2022
HYCU funding to aid multi-cloud data protection, management
HYCU will add to its backup and recovery product line and workforce following a series B funding round. The company still has plans for an IPO as well. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 May 2022
Business continuity in the cloud: Benefits and planning tips
Learn the major areas of concern and the seven key steps to include when creating a cloud-based business continuity plan to protect data and workloads. Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2022
Veeam Backup & Replication v12 focuses on security, cloud
At the first in-person VeeamON since 2019, Veeam reveals updates to its Backup & Replication and Microsoft 365 protection products. Backup for Salesforce is also on the horizon. Continue Reading
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News
02 May 2022
Dell Apex now offers managed cyber recovery service
Dell Technologies releases a new managed cyber recovery service as part of its Apex portfolio and other cloud disaster recovery products, including a debut on Microsoft Azure. Continue Reading
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News
26 Apr 2022
HYCU Protege updates focus on ransomware recovery
HYCU sharpens its emphasis on WORM storage with more support and 'cloud dedupe.' The ransomware-focused product updates follow the recent release of a ransomware assessment tool. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 Apr 2022
How cost and complexity factor into AWS DR strategies
To choose the right AWS disaster recovery plan, understand how much downtime your business can tolerate -- and how DR scenarios affect your monthly costs. Continue Reading
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News
06 Apr 2022
StorageCraft DRaaS outage highlights layered protection need
As a result of the StorageCraft outage, some of the vendor's DRaaS users lost the ability to fail over. Having a local backup is one method of protection against cloud outages. Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2022
White House: Data backups critical part of cyber strategy
Security experts and vendors support the White House's suggestions, such as offline data backups, to promote cyber resilience. Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2022
Rewind adds Atlassian Jira backups to supported services
Rewind's Backups for Jira expands its portfolio of supported SaaS platforms with Jira Software Cloud. New Rewind technology will add new SaaS requests faster. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Mar 2022
How an AWS multi-region architecture can strengthen DR
Meet AWS outages head on by learning how to build a multi-region architecture that achieves resiliency in the event of disaster. Continue Reading
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Tip
04 Mar 2022
Stay online with these 5 AWS disaster recovery best practices
Solve disasters in an AWS deployment by having a disaster recovery strategy in place. Learn how to pick the right recovery methods and prevent more problems. Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Feb 2022
The best enterprise storage systems and products of 2021
Thirty-nine finalists competed for top honors in the annual 'Storage' magazine and SearchStorage Products of the Year awards. Find out which won gold, silver and bronze. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Feb 2022
The top backup and disaster recovery services of 2021
Products of the Year winners in the backup and disaster recovery services category wowed judges with their innovation, ransomware protection and scalability. Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2022
At Asigra, father-son team replaced by newly hired execs
After running the private company for more than 30 years, David and Eran Farajun will turn day-to-day leadership of Asigra over to a newly hired team of executives. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2022
Datto acquires Infocyte to expand threat detection tools
Datto picks up Infocyte for its threat detection capabilities, targeting a growing customer demand in the face of a growing skills gap. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2022
Backblaze now a target for Kasten Kubernetes backups
Kasten by Veeam can now use Backblaze's cloud storage as a backup target for Kubernetes data, a need that will continue to grow in popularity. Continue Reading
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News
22 Dec 2021
AWS outage brings DR strategies back into focus
A lengthy outage for AWS in December brought many enterprise apps and services to a halt, but it also provided a moment of reflection on DR plans and data availability. Continue Reading
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News
21 Dec 2021
Disaster recovery planning on readers' minds in 2021
New disaster recovery products attracted the site's most page views in 2021, indicating disaster recovery planning is top of mind with cloud-native protection. Continue Reading
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News
07 Dec 2021
Backups for Microsoft 365 expands Rewind's portfolio
Rewind expands its SaaS protection with Backups for Microsoft 365. The new service is the first from Rewind in support of a major SaaS platform. Continue Reading
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News
02 Dec 2021
AWS disaster recovery service now available
AWS disaster recovery services now feature a first-party option with AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery alongside a new Recycling Bin service for data snapshot recovery. 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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News
17 Nov 2021
JetStream's Azure-native DR finally takes off
JetStream DR for Azure VMware Solution offers DRaaS for VMware VMs and is deeply integrated with Azure, including using Azure Blob Storage to minimize storage costs. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Oct 2021
Panzura tackles disaster recovery, cloud storage for Saints
The New Orleans Saints IT team expands its disaster recovery and cloud storage with Panzura and Google Cloud to save on hardware and storage refreshes at Caesars Superdome. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2021
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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Tip
21 Jul 2021
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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News
01 Jul 2021
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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News
22 Jun 2021
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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News
18 May 2021
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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Feature
17 May 2021
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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11 May 2021
VMware's DRaaS following Datrium acquisition expands current offerings
VMware's Datrium acquisition helps bolster its DRaaS portfolio with VM replication to AWS. This helps protect VMs that remain on object storage before moving to VMware Cloud on AWS. Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2021
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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26 Feb 2021
How to create snapshots for Azure VMs and managed disks
Azure snapshots are useful backups for short-lived, easily replaceable VMs that have failed. Follow these step-by-step examples to create Azure snapshots. Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Feb 2021
The reality of Docker disaster recovery in practice
A successful Docker DR strategy must account for a range of factors, including the host infrastructure, networks and redundancy in the cloud. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2021
Candy-maker sweetens IT setup with VxRail, PowerProtect
Warrell Corp. treated itself to a new IT infrastructure to drive its candy manufacturing, adding hyper-converged backup appliances and cloud DR from Dell EMC. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jan 2021
JetStream Software carries DR to Azure VMware Solution
JetStream DR for Azure VMware Solution allows customers to failover on-premises VMware VMs to Azure VMware Solution. The data is stored in Azure. Continue Reading
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News
17 Dec 2020
Veeam acquisition, Google-Actifio highlight 2020 storage M&A
Data protection vendors Veeam, Actifio and Datrium were acquisition targets in 2020; Google and VMware opened their wallets; and Intel sold its memory business -- but kept Optane. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Dec 2020
Commvault vs. Zerto: How do their DR products compare?
Learn how Commvault Disaster Recovery and Zerto Enterprise Cloud Edition can help organizations protect, recover, and retain their virtual and on-premises data and applications. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Oct 2020
Explore the tools for disaster recovery on AWS, Azure and GCP
Utilize cloud infrastructure for your disaster recovery plan. Learn about the tools and services from AWS, Google and Microsoft to see if they fit in your DR plan. Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2020
Zerto launches separate backup product alongside 8.5 update
Zerto Data Protection uses the same CDP tech found in Zerto Enterprise Cloud Edition to deliver low-RTO backups. Zerto 8.5 also added backup-related features. Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2020
Datrium DRaaS relaunched as VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery
Datrium DRaaS is now VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery as part of integration with VMware. It replicates directly to VMware vCloud and doesn't need Datrium DVX to run. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2020
Cohesity tries to fill 'SLA gap' with backup-DR combo
Cohesity's new SiteContinuity product is an automated disaster recovery product that uses the company's backup and continuous data protection capabilities based on the data's SLA. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Sep 2020
Compare AWS CloudEndure vs. Azure Site Recovery services
Learn how DRaaS heavyweights AWS CloudEndure and Microsoft Azure Site Recovery compare when it comes to architectures, features, integrations, pricing and other considerations. Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2020
A Florida law firm raises defense with Clumio cloud backup
With aging backup storage hardware and most employees on virtual desktops, Morgan & Morgan found it made more sense to switch to Clumio cloud backup when renewal time came. Continue Reading
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News
25 Aug 2020
BackupAssist ER offers a cheaper, slower path to DRaaS
BackupAssist ER offers disk-to-disk-to-cloud replication as a low-cost alternative to DRaaS, but lacks the recovery speed of DRaaS. It is suited for small enterprises willing to make that tradeoff. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2020
NetBackup 8.3 adds cloud data protection, DR
NetBackup 8.3 folds in two other Veritas products, expanding its data protection into public clouds and providing resilience against ransomware attacks. Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2020
VMware reaches agreement to acquire Datrium DRaaS
Datrium will continue to operate independently post-acquisition, and the product will remain separate from VMware Site Recovery, but there is no word on any staff changes. Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2020
End of Salesforce Recovery highlights need for SaaS backup
Experts say this retirement means little change for customers, because they should have been relying on third parties for Salesforce backup in the first place. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jun 2020
Zerto pockets $53M funding round to prove 'self-sufficiency'
Zerto CEO Ziv Kedem said the company is focused more on profit and self-sustainability than growth. The funding will go toward improving products, marketing and partnerships. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jun 2020
Alabama universities plan to share DRaaS, Nutanix HCI
One university's disaster recovery as a service can serve as a cloud for shared services with other schools in Alabama seeking to shrink their data center footprint. Continue Reading
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News
11 Jun 2020
IFDS goes hands-on with Zerto's Kubernetes backup
Technology and services provider IFDS was one of the first to try the alpha build of Zerto's Kubernetes backup. The company relies on containers for greater resource efficiency. Continue Reading
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News
05 Jun 2020
WANdisco, Azure do data migration dance
WANdisco has deepened its Microsoft partnership, integrating LiveData as a native service in Azure. Customers can access LiveData through Azure Portal for backup and other uses. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Jun 2020
3 backup-as-a-service benefits for remote workers
When employees are dispersed, data backups need to move off site, too. Here's why organizations should consider using backup as a service in these tumultuous times. Continue Reading
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News
26 May 2020
2nd Watch launches cloud-based disaster recovery service
COVID-19 is accelerating interest in disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), and 2nd Watch says it can facilitate the process and reduce cost using AWS. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 May 2020
DRaaS guide: Benefits, challenges, providers and market trends
Disaster recovery once involved setting up an off-site facility and duplicating expensive storage gear. Today, DRaaS offers an alternative to traditional approaches. Continue Reading
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News
13 May 2020
Nutanix DR gets automated, adds orchestration, replication
Nutanix builds in disaster recovery capabilities to its HCI operating system to complement its Xi Leap DRaas and coming Nutanix Clusters running in public clouds. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 May 2020
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
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Feature
01 May 2020
DRaaS vs. cloud DR: What are the differences?
Disaster recovery as a service and cloud DR have the same end goal, but there are pros and cons to each approach that admins must consider before going with one over the other. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Apr 2020
10 DRaaS vendors to vet before devising a data recovery plan
DRaaS enables organizations to leave the management of their DR plan to a third-party provider, saving time, money and resources. Learn what services these 10 DRaaS providers offer. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Apr 2020
5 hot disaster recovery-as-a-service providers
With more natural and man-made disasters, DRaaS providers are essential to helping organizations protect their mission-critical workloads while realizing potential cost savings. Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2020
HYCU backup and recovery tackles Azure data
HYCU seeks to simplify backup, recovery and migration of Azure data. The data protection and management vendor sees an opportunity in an evolving market. Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2020
Zerto 8 opens AWS Storage Gateway, supports Google Cloud
With the big three public clouds AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud covered, Zerto is shaping into a more complete multi-cloud platform for continuous data protection. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Feb 2020
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
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News
12 Feb 2020
New Infrascale CEO outlines multi-cloud backup and recovery vision
Infrascale's new CEO has his eyes on the 'multi-cloud' sky. The vendor plans to roll out updated backup and disaster recovery technology to its SMB base over the next year. Continue Reading