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CloudCasa plans split from Catalogic as independent company

A growing number of enterprise Kubernetes users presents an opportunity for CloudCasa, currently a division of Catalogic, with business independence as the path forward.

By Tim McCarthy • Feb. 24, 2023

Data protection for SaaS-based apps is a work in progress

Organizations with SaaS-based applications are still relying on the providers for data protection, even though the vendors are rarely responsible for SaaS data backups.

By Christophe Bertrand • Feb. 16, 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.

By Tim McCarthy • Feb. 16, 2023

Veeam launches Data Platform, ransomware warranty

Veeam Data Platform features Backup & Replication v12 and other management capabilities. In addition, Object First released its appliance focused on storage for Veeam users.

By Paul Crocetti • Feb. 14, 2023

Cloud backup vs. cloud storage: What are the differences?

Comparing cloud backup vs. cloud storage differences can be confusing, and file sync and share further complicates things. Here's what you should know to determine which is best.

By Marc Staimer, Rich Castagna • Feb. 9, 2023

Cohesity’s 7.0 update adds protections against rogue admins

New capabilities in 7.0 update to Cohesity Data Cloud harden against human error or malice with split administrator key privileges and granular restorations.

By Tim McCarthy • Feb. 9, 2023

VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity)

VUCA is an acronym that stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity -- qualities that make a situation or condition difficult to analyze, respond to or plan for.

By Gavin Wright, Ivy Wigmore • Feb. 9, 2023

What is cloud backup and how does it work?

Cloud backup, also known as online backup or remote backup, is a strategy for sending a copy of a physical or virtual file or database to a secondary, off-site location for preservation in case of equipment failure, site catastrophe or human malfeasance.

By Erin Sullivan, Stephen Bigelow, Rich Castagna, Paul Crocetti • Feb. 6, 2023

What are the pros and cons of cloud backup?

Know which type of cloud backup you want to use and the advantages and disadvantages that come with cloud backups before you trust your data to a third-party provider.

By Paul Kirvan, Dave Raffo • Feb. 6, 2023

HYCU R-Cloud expands data protection for SaaS

The new R-Cloud connects SaaS data silos to HYCU's data protection capabilities for an under protected part of the IT infrastructure.

By Tim McCarthy • Feb. 1, 2023

Fine-tune a social media emergency plan with ISO 22329:2021

Social media and its effective management are major interests for emergency management professionals. Find out how ISO's recent standard can help guide a social media strategy.

By Paul Kirvan • Jan. 31, 2023

3 data protection and governance predictions for 2023

How should backup teams prepare for a new year? Data protection pros can adjust to a changing IT landscape by keeping an eye on ransomware, data governance and compliance.

By Christophe Bertrand • Jan. 26, 2023

FAA outage highlights importance of high availability

An outage of a critical FAA system highlights a need for enterprises to ensure availability and recovery of critical systems, even if industry best practices aren't attainable.

By Tim McCarthy • Jan. 23, 2023

3 enterprise ROBO backup factors admins should think about

Remote office data backup comes with its own unique challenges and considerations. Backup type and media can be affected by the ROBO locations and staffing needs, so choose wisely.

By Stuart Burns , Brien Posey • Jan. 20, 2023

Effective business continuity requires evolution and a plan

Investment in business continuity is one of the best ways to get an organization back on its feet during and after an incident. Updated plans are critical to avoid a crisis.

By Renato Fazzone and David Dunn • Jan. 20, 2023

Multi-tenancy, faster recovery headline Arcserve UDP 9.0

Arcserve's Unified Data Protection 9.0 adds better recovery for Microsoft SQL and Oracle databases and a multi-tenancy console, and paves the way for future cloud integrations.

By Tim McCarthy • Jan. 20, 2023

Developing an emergency communications plan: A template for business continuity professionals

Communicating details in a crisis is a vital part of BC and resilience planning. Follow the steps below and the associated template to prepare an emergency communication plan.

By Paul Kirvan • Jan. 18, 2023

Data backup failure: Top 5 causes and tips for prevention

What can you do to prevent data backup failure? Learn how using the 3-2-1 rule, turning to cloud backup and following other practical steps can help protect your data.

By Stephen Bigelow, Rick Cook, Nick Cavalancia • Jan. 18, 2023

Why BCDR teams should consider EMP disaster recovery plans

An EMP event could be a major game changer depending on where it happens and who is affected. EMP disaster recovery might not seem urgent, but it never hurts to be prepared.

By Paul Kirvan • Dec. 29, 2022

virtual disaster recovery

Virtual disaster recovery is a type of DR that typically involves replication and enables a user to fail over to virtualized workloads.

By Paul Crocetti • Dec. 16, 2022

Cloud-to-Cloud Backup (C2C Backup)

C2C backup (cloud-to-cloud backup) is the practice of copying data stored on one cloud service to another cloud service. The backup stored on the second cloud service serves the same purpose as an off-site backup.

By Paul Crocetti • Dec. 16, 2022

full backup

A full backup is the process of making at least one additional copy of all data files that an organization wishes to protect in a single backup operation.

By Rich Castagna • Dec. 15, 2022

Full vs. incremental vs. differential: Comparing backup types

Evaluate full vs. incremental vs. differential backup, as well as newer types of backup, in synthetic and incremental-forever, to determine what's best for your organization.

By Erin Sullivan , Brien Posey • Dec. 14, 2022

network disaster recovery plan

A network disaster recovery plan is a set of procedures designed to prepare an organization to respond to an interruption of network services during a natural or humanmade catastrophe.

By Stacey Peterson, John Hilliard • Dec. 14, 2022

Arcitecta debuts rapid petabyte recovery

Arcitecta's new Mediaflux Point in Time enables customers to quickly recover and restore after a ransomware attack, even if they are dealing with petabytes of data.

By Adam Armstrong • Dec. 9, 2022