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Where does AI fit into a risk assessment strategy?

AI is a helpful way to take a different look at risk assessment and disaster recovery. AI sifts through massive amounts of risk data without the typical constraints of DR teams.

By Stuart Burns • Aug. 19, 2022

Free disaster recovery budget template to justify BCDR spending

Budgeting for disaster recovery does not need to be difficult. With detailed guidance from our free budget template, IT professionals can easily initiate and manage the process.

By Paul Kirvan • Aug. 15, 2022

Use recovery level objective to fine-tune BCDR response

Recovery level objective is not a widely used metric, but it has value to business continuity and disaster recovery teams. Learn how it fits in the BCDR timeline here.

By Paul Kirvan • July 29, 2022

Create a better endpoint backup strategy for remote work

An endpoint backup strategy must protect data for remote employees working on a variety of devices without IT oversight. Incremental and immutable backups are key.

By Krista Case • July 29, 2022

How Zerto users can get the most out of immutable backups

Zerto users can create and manage immutable data backups within the vendor's long-term retention capabilities. Immutability is key to ransomware protection.

By Stuart Burns • July 29, 2022

Druva’s enhanced backup aims to fortify user security

Druva's enhanced backup platform aims to boost user security with more granular observability, rollback features and holistic views.

By Adam Armstrong • July 22, 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.

By Stuart Burns • July 22, 2022

Calamu Protect defends data through sharding, encryption

Calamu Protect 1.2 expands data protection capabilities for its data harbor through multi-tenancy features and support for protecting Microsoft 365 data.

By Tim McCarthy • July 19, 2022

Catalogic adds to ransomware detection trend with GuardMode

Catalogic has joined the ranks of data backup vendors that are providing ransomware detection and recovery tools to the backup admin.

By Nicole Laskowski • July 14, 2022

Tighten up work recovery time for successful disaster recovery

The best strategy for reducing work recovery time windows is done before the need arises. Proactive disaster recovery planning is key to being as prepared as possible.

By Stuart Burns • June 30, 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.

By Tim McCarthy • June 29, 2022

Object First launches with appliance for Veeam backup storage

Veeam Software founders have launched a hardware appliance that targets Veeam backup storage and a specific type of user.

By Paul Crocetti • June 28, 2022

New Retrospect Backup storage, ransomware services aid SMBs

A new cloud storage soon available for Retrospect Backup customers through a partnership with Wasabi headlines the feature list in its latest software release.

By Tim McCarthy • June 21, 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.

By Paul Crocetti • June 9, 2022

Commvault CEO: We’re a data protection, not security, company

In this Q&A, Commvault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani talks about record revenue, the changing landscape of data protection and how Commvault is responding.

By Adam Armstrong • June 8, 2022

Clumio selling cheaper AWS protection with SecureVault Lite

The new Clumio SecureVault Lite provides backup and protection of Amazon EC2 and EBS data at a lower price point, but offers fewer granular recovery features.

By Tim McCarthy • June 2, 2022

operational resilience

Operational resilience is a business's ability to respond to and overcome adverse circumstances during operation that might cause financial loss or disrupt business services.

By Brien Posey • June 1, 2022

Use data classification to protect data, aid backup compliance

Following strict compliance regulations can result in high storage costs. Use data classification for backup retention to sift through affected data without breaking the bank.

By Brien Posey • May 31, 2022

contingency plan

A contingency plan is a course of action designed to help an organization respond effectively to a significant future incident, event or situation that may or may not happen.

By Paul Kirvan • May 31, 2022

N2WS expands AWS backup service with OnTap and HANA targets

N2WS adds to its AWS backup capabilities in the latest 4.1 update with support for NetApp OnTap and SAP HANA workloads, along with a handful of new features.

By Tim McCarthy • May 26, 2022

organization resilience

Organizational resilience is an organization's ability to anticipate issues ahead of time and develop a plan for handling identified problems.

By Brien Posey • May 26, 2022

Free business impact analysis (BIA) template with instructions

If you need to perform a business impact analysis, this guide and our free, downloadable template will assist you in your business continuity planning.

By Paul Crocetti , Paul Kirvan • May 26, 2022

Veeam data protection aids users with secure restores

From 'nothing worked' to 'it just worked': How Veeam Software helped a Florida city out of a troublesome predicament with its legacy data backup platform.

By Paul Crocetti • May 23, 2022

Rubrik’s emphasis on security illustrates changing DR strategy

At Rubrik Forward, the vendor company recast itself as a combined security and data protection company. It isn't the only vendor changing its approach.

By Adam Armstrong • May 19, 2022

VeeamON 2022: Backup and security union emerges as top trend

Veeam has seized an opportunity to make its products more secure amid the prevalence of cyber attacks. The vendor is also looking to expand its reach, potentially through acquisitions.

By Paul Crocetti • May 19, 2022