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Establish a business continuity team to get the full picture

Business continuity teams provide insight and focus that can keep an organization on its feet when disaster strikes. Don't rely on a disaster recovery team to reduce downtime.

By Alan Earls • April 14, 2021

Dell EMC adds cloud-based backup to PowerProtect lineup

Dell EMC has expanded its PowerProtect portfolio with the launch of Backup Service, a cloud-based data protection product for SaaS applications, endpoints and hybrid workloads.

By Johnny Yu • April 6, 2021

Castellan Solutions says COVID-19 forced BCDR rethink

COVID-19 caught organizations flat-footed in terms of business continuity, and new challenges will arise as vaccines are distributed, according to Castellan Solutions' CEO and COO.

By Johnny Yu • April 2, 2021

Pure Storage combines FlashBlade with Portworx PX-Backup

Pure Storage's joint product with Portworx gives customers a way to quickly recover container applications in case of failures by combining flash storage and PX-Backup.

By Johnny Yu • March 30, 2021

What are the common Microsoft 365 backup challenges?

Microsoft 365 is a widely used service, but its many different applications make backup complicated. Watch out for these common roadblocks.

By Brien Posey • March 30, 2021

HYCU backup closes first funding round, eyes IPO

The HYCU backup and recovery platform gained a boost with a major funding haul. HYCU seeks to stand out in a competitive data protection market.

By Paul Crocetti • March 30, 2021

Prepare for the unknown with an organizational resilience model

An organizational resilience strategy is far-reaching, involving many facets of IT and the business -- from disaster recovery to supply chain management.

By Paul Kirvan • March 29, 2021

Microsoft 365 retention policy vs. backup: Why you need both

The Microsoft 365 retention policy offers some protection against data loss and the associated risks, but is it a replacement for a true data backup? Signs point to no.

By Krista Case • March 25, 2021

Infrascale refreshes DRaaS offering with SSD appliances

Infrascale Backup and Disaster Recovery added two new SSD appliances, giving customers an on-premises high-performance backup and recovery option in addition to DRaaS in the cloud.

By Johnny Yu • March 24, 2021

AlertMedia boosts threat intelligence warning capabilities

AlertMedia enhanced its Global Threat Intelligence capabilities by adding a team of experts to provide professionally vetted threat warnings for its customers.

By Johnny Yu • March 23, 2021

How to establish an operational resilience training program

Collaboration across departments is the new normal to protect business operations. Set up and promote an operational resilience training program with our included printable guide.

By Paul Kirvan • March 23, 2021

Datadobi adds Azure Blob as unstructured data storage target

Datadobi DobiProtect has gained support for Azure Blob, extending its cross-protocol replication capabilities between NAS and cloud object storage beyond S3-compatible targets.

By Johnny Yu • March 16, 2021

Back up Kubernetes persistent volumes with snapshots

A snapshot is a useful tool to back up Kubernetes persistent volumes. Follow these steps to create a snapshot on GKE using YAML files and kubectl commands.

By Brien Posey • March 15, 2021

Operational resilience frameworks hinge on breaking down silos

Resilience is more than just business continuity and disaster recovery. Operational resilience depends on communication among many different business functions at an organization.

By Paul Kirvan • March 12, 2021

NetApp Astra goes GA, adds Kubernetes data protection

NetApp Astra, a data management service for Kubernetes workloads, gained snapshotting, application-level backups and cloning and became generally available this week.

By Johnny Yu • March 11, 2021

Catalogic builds out CloudCasa with cloud database support

Catalogic has added support for AWS RDS to its CloudCasa Kubernetes backup-as-a-service platform, citing overlap between customers who need container backup and cloud database backup.

By Johnny Yu • March 9, 2021

Compare file sync vs. backup for data protection

The use of both file syncs and backups could be beneficial for enterprises, as each has its advantages. Pay particular attention to security and point-in-time recovery.

By John Edwards • March 4, 2021

Arcserve UDP 8.0 update focuses on ransomware protection

After its latest update, Arcserve's flagship data protection software has integrated Sophos security and supports AWS S3 Object Lock to make backups immutable.

By Johnny Yu • March 2, 2021

Top 3 backup and recovery requirements for data protection

Data protection teams are responsible for some of an organization's most critical activities. The right policies, testing and technologies are key to a backup and recovery plan.

By Paul Kirvan • Feb. 26, 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.

By Stuart Burns • Feb. 25, 2021

Veeam Backup & Replication v11 adds CDP, immutability option

Continuous data protection leads Veeam's Backup & Replication update. The vendor also recently launched its Backup for Google Cloud Platform and penciled in a date for VeeamON.

By Paul Crocetti • Feb. 24, 2021

Arcserve and StorageCraft merge to address broader market

The Arcserve-StorageCraft merger combines the products and channel partners of both companies, with the hope it will address the needs of businesses of all sizes.

By Johnny Yu • Feb. 24, 2021

Build a Microsoft 365 backup policy with these 4 components

Like other major SaaS applications, Microsoft 365 requires proper data backup. Use these four elements to develop a formal Microsoft 365 backup policy.

By Brien Posey • Feb. 23, 2021

Komprise launches replication for FlashArray File Services

Komprise Asynchronous Replication enables file-based replication for more granular restores in backup and DR use cases. It is first available on Pure FlashArray File Services.

By Johnny Yu • Feb. 18, 2021

Kubernetes backup demands new IT practices and tools

IT admins need to evolve their backup strategies to accommodate for the highly dynamic nature of Kubernetes environments -- and the right tool can go a long way.

By Brien Posey • Feb. 18, 2021