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Year’s best practices for backup feature ransomware, SaaS

Backup best practices range from making sure your backups are safe from ransomware to being able to move on in the face of a failure. Take advantage of the advice and products.

By Paul Crocetti • Jan. 2, 2020

Top 5 disaster recovery and planning questions asked in 2019

What were your top DR planning questions in 2019? While the cloud seems top of mind every year, newer trends like blockchain and orchestration also made the list.

By Erin Sullivan • Dec. 31, 2019

Vendors detail cloud-based backup past, present, future

As part of TechTarget's 20th anniversary, we're looking at some of the top trends and technologies over those years. Here, vendors that offer cloud backup discuss this newer trend.

By Paul Crocetti • Dec. 30, 2019

What will disaster recovery strategy look like in 2020?

Disaster recovery planning is an ever-evolving process, and organizations should be aware of new threats and tools. Ensure that your strategy isn't behind the times in 2020.

By Nick Cavalancia • Dec. 30, 2019

When is having a cloud-based disaster recovery plan critical?

Cloud disaster recovery is accessible, affordable and reliable and has become a strong alternative to on-premises DR. In some situations, it may even be essential.

By Nick Cavalancia • Dec. 26, 2019

2020 data backup trends aim for faster, cheaper

These impending data backup trends will provide better peace of mind for the reliability of recovery and help your organization use backups more efficiently.

By Nick Cavalancia • Dec. 24, 2019

Actifio 10c adds container support and DR orchestration

Actifio's 10c update added some significant new capabilities that further take advantage of the cloud. Backup, disaster recovery, migration all got a boost in this update.

By Johnny Yu • Dec. 19, 2019

Where cloud-based disaster recovery is headed in 2020

To understand how the cloud will be used for disaster recovery in 2020, it will help to look at its recent trajectory. While growth is inevitable, there are bumps along the way.

By Alan Earls • Dec. 13, 2019

Challenges with hybrid cloud backup and how to solve them

Hybrid backup is a popular method, but the combination of local and cloud storage increases complexity. Make sure you're managing your backed-up data effectively.

By Brien Posey • Dec. 13, 2019

Major funding, SaaS trends top data backup news in 2019

Several data backup vendors, including Carbonite, Commvault and Clumio, had a bustling 2019. The backup market continues to develop with acquisitions and more cloud-based products.

By Paul Crocetti • Dec. 12, 2019

Create an effective data backup strategy from scratch

You can't reliably protect your organization's valuable data without having a solid data backup plan in place. Here's what to include when you start building your strategy.

By John Edwards • Dec. 6, 2019

Druva expands on AWS backup, moves S3 snaps across regions

In response to customers' expanding AWS footprint, Druva added new backup features to CloudRanger, which it acquired in 2018 for protection of data stored in AWS.

By Johnny Yu • Dec. 4, 2019

SaaS backup services deliver data protection for SaaS apps

Providers of SaaS apps offer only basic data recovery protection. Learn which SaaS backup services and cloud-to-cloud data protection products fill this void.

By Chris Evans • Dec. 2, 2019

Container backup grows, following container adoption

Although demand for container backup remains low, vendors anticipate growth in this area. Containers have shifted from being lightweight throwaways to persistent mini-VMs.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 27, 2019

Kasten backup aims for secure Kubernetes protection

Container storage backup is an emerging trend. Kasten K10, which launched in 2017 and provides backup for Kubernetes, takes on security in its major 2.0 update.

By Paul Crocetti • Nov. 26, 2019

What are some best practices for planning database backups?

Adhering to service-level agreements, keeping up with performance demands and planning for future workloads are just a few of the goals you should keep in mind when planning database backups.

By Brien Posey • Nov. 26, 2019

What is the role of HCI in a disaster recovery architecture?

Is hyper-convergence a good fit for disaster recovery? More organizations appear to believe so and are increasingly using hyper-converged infrastructure in backup and DR.

By Brien Posey • Nov. 26, 2019

Insurance company uses Cohesity backup to wean off tape

Illinois Mutual wanted to switch from tape backup to something cloud-based. It needed a vendor that integrated with Hyper-V but could also support tape during the transition.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 25, 2019

Clumio extends support to AWS EBS with $135M funding bump

Clumio plans to use its funds to expand its data protection to data sources including more public clouds, SaaS applications and containers. It's starting with Amazon EBS support.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 21, 2019

Odaseva introduces high availability for Salesforce

Odaseva is rolling out a feature that can provide Salesforce with high availability, letting them work with Salesforce data even when the SaaS application is down.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 20, 2019

Zerto plays big role in McKesson’s disaster recovery plan

McKesson Corporation's disaster recovery plan is deeply detailed and relies on Zerto's technology across its many globally distributed business units.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 18, 2019

Guarding the shop: Rewind backup protects e-commerce data

E-commerce sites need backup in the event of data loss situations, especially during the holidays. Rewind gives merchants the chance to go back to a safe point in time.

By Paul Crocetti • Nov. 18, 2019

Post-disaster recovery, don’t overlook user connectivity

After you've successfully recovered your environment, the job isn't quite over. Ensuring user connectivity following a recovery is the final vital step of a complete DR plan.

By Nick Cavalancia • Nov. 15, 2019

Datrium opens cloud DR service to all VMware users

Datrium's upcoming DRaaS Connect will extend its cloud DR with fast RTO to all users of VMware vSphere infrastructure on premises, not just its DVX customers.

By Carol Sliwa • Nov. 14, 2019

Vancouver Canucks defend data with Veeam backup

To prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Vancouver Canucks used Veeam to protect against point-of-sale system failures -- a major upgrade over its previous tape backup.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 13, 2019