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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.

By Paul Crocetti • May 28, 2021

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.

By Johnny Yu • May 27, 2021

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.

By Johnny Yu • May 25, 2021

Veeam backup software integrating Kubernetes protection

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

By Paul Crocetti • May 25, 2021

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.

By Johnny Yu , Ed Scannell • May 24, 2021

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.

By Brien Posey • May 21, 2021

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.

By Johnny Yu • May 20, 2021

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.

By Paul Crocetti • May 20, 2021

recovery time objective (RTO)

The recovery time objective (RTO) is the maximum tolerable length of time that a computer, system, network or application can be down after a failure or disaster occurs.

By Sean Kerner • May 18, 2021

recovery point objective (RPO)

The recovery point objective (RPO) is the age of files that must be recovered from backup storage for normal operations to resume if a computer, system or network goes down as a result of a hardware, program or communications failure.

By Sean Kerner • May 18, 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.

By Johnny Yu • May 18, 2021

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.

By Johnny Yu • May 17, 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.

By Johnny Yu • May 17, 2021

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.

By Krista Case • May 12, 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.

By Johnny Yu • May 11, 2021

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.

By Johnny Yu • May 7, 2021

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.

By Johnny Yu • May 4, 2021

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.

By Paul Crocetti • April 29, 2021

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.

By Paul Crocetti • April 28, 2021

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.

By Johnny Yu • April 27, 2021

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.

By Erin Sullivan • April 26, 2021

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.

By John Edwards • April 22, 2021

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.

By Johnny Yu • April 20, 2021

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.

By Johnny Yu • April 19, 2021

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.

By Brien Posey • April 14, 2021