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Expert Advice
3 types of DRaaS: Which approach is best?
Your disaster recovery-as-a-service strategy needs to consider not only business needs but your IT staff's capabilities. Options range from full-on help to do-it-yourself DRaaS.
By John Edwards • June 17, 2019 -
Expert Advice
A good business disaster recovery plan considers IT, staffing
Not sure if your disaster recovery plan takes business needs into account? A good plan should cover business operations, as well as technology and staffing requirements.
By Alan Earls • June 17, 2019 -
Window and door manufacturer picks Zerto for DR replication
Weaning itself off of Veritas Backup Exec, AmesburyTruth tapped Zerto for DR replication, ready to fail over 80 critical servers into the Microsoft Azure cloud.
By Johnny Yu • June 14, 2019 -
Asigra FreeNAS plugin brings open source data protection
The Asigra FreeNAS plugin covers up to ten physical machines, ten virtual machines and ten cloud accounts for free. Customers wanting more must get Asigra on TrueNAS.
By Johnny Yu • June 12, 2019 -
Rubrik backup, Compellent SAN power MoA data center
Mall of America IT director says she'd rather have her staff working on other things -- such as data analytics -- than managing storage and data backup.
By Dave Raffo • June 10, 2019 -
Iland DRaaS goes under automatic control
The new Iland DRaaS product targets customers with limited DR resources or expertise. The goal of Iland Autopilot is to make deployment, DR testing and failover simple.
By Johnny Yu • June 6, 2019 -
Veeam roadmap features cloud focus, possible IPO
Analysts noted more of a backup emphasis at VeeamON 2019, as Veeam plans to tackle the hybrid cloud market. Will acquisitions be part of the Veeam strategy?
By Paul Crocetti • June 6, 2019 -
Backup compliance regulations and reporting
GDPR and backup: What have we learned in one year?
A customer's deletion request continues to be a sticking point regarding backup and GDPR compliance. Learn guidance about this issue and others, following GDPR's first birthday.
By Nick Cavalancia • June 6, 2019 -
Latest update takes Arcserve RHA to the cloud
Arcserve enhances its RHA disaster recovery software, enabling cloud-to-cloud failback, as well as the ability to continuously replicate from on premises to a public cloud.
By Johnny Yu • June 5, 2019 -
ShadowXafe 2 supports Hyper-V, network tunneling
StorageCraft wants to bring its ShadowXafe data protection software to midsize enterprises and managed service providers, rather than only small and medium-sized businesses.
By Johnny Yu • May 31, 2019 -
IT resilience requires simpler tools, survey says
A survey on the state of IT resilience concluded backup, DR and BC fall on a continuum of data availability, and many organizations want to merge them.
By Johnny Yu • May 30, 2019 -
Ransomware attack recovery pointers for when you’ve been hit
Ransomware recovery is a complex and expensive process, and an attack can happen to anyone. Taking precautions and acting early could save your data -- and a good amount of money.
By Paul Kirvan • May 30, 2019 -
Using the cloud for disaster recovery? You’ll need these key terms
If you're planning on implementing a cloud-based disaster recovery plan, be sure to familiarize yourself with core aspects of crafting a cloud DR plan and choosing a provider.
By Erin Sullivan • May 29, 2019 -
BCDR for natural disasters and power outages
Natural disaster recovery planning: 4 frequently asked questions
When crafting a disaster recovery plan, don't rule out natural disasters as a major threat. Don't let a storm catch you off guard after making your recovery preparations.
By Erin Sullivan • May 29, 2019 -
What’s coming to Zerto backup in 2019
ZertoCon 2019 revealed tidbits about Zerto backup's roadmap, including a new pricing option, further integration with technology partners and upcoming product features.
By Johnny Yu • May 28, 2019 -
Expert Advice
How do slow data transfer speeds affect VM disaster recovery?
When failing over VMs to the cloud or a remote data center, slow data transfer speeds can spell disaster. Don't let failed replications and partial failovers upset your DR plan.
By Brien Posey • May 23, 2019 -
Ransomware protection tips include offline storage, user education
Ransomware resilience continues to be important because the problem isn't going away. Explore these backup and education tips to help stay out in front of the issue.
By Paul Crocetti • May 23, 2019 -
Zerto CEO: ‘Zero downtime is new normal’
Zerto CEO says you should have zero tolerance for downtime, and the convergence of disaster recovery, backup, data migration and other processes need not complicate matters.
By Johnny Yu • May 23, 2019 -
VeeamON 2019: Veeam enhances orchestrator, promises NAS support
Veeam has hit its long-term $1 billion revenue goal. The vendor updated its DR orchestration and now aims to finish off the awaited Availability Suite v10, with NAS backup.
By Paul Crocetti • May 22, 2019 -
StorageCraft president talks of modernizing DR
StorageCraft President Douglas Brockett sees a future in which disaster recovery software is used to help customers flexibly migrate data to where it's most cost-efficient.
By Johnny Yu • May 20, 2019 -
Expert Advice
Successful disaster recovery approaches set priorities
By taking a tiered approach, similar to cybersecurity, disaster recovery planners can structure their recovery to cut downtime and protect high-priority data.
By Alan Earls • May 17, 2019 -
Expert Advice
What are top SMB backup services and platforms?
Many on-site and cloud-based services are available for small to medium-sized business backup. Pay particular attention to the deciding factors for cloud SMB backups.
By Paul Kirvan • May 17, 2019 -
Datrium DVX storage adds ControlShift cloud DR option
The Datrium cloud DR SaaS app, formerly known as Project CloudShift, is now called ControlShift and GA, but the first version only supports Datrium on premises and Cloud DVX hosts.
By Dave Raffo • May 15, 2019 -
Kaseya acquisition trail continues with ID Agent -- is DR next?
ID Agent, the latest Kaseya acquisition, adds its identity protection capabilities to IT Complete and will be integrating with Spanning and Unitrends products.
By Johnny Yu • May 15, 2019 -
Nakivo backup supports Nutanix AHV in latest update
In its quest to reach feature parity with Veeam, backup software vendor Nakivo adds support for the Nutanix AHV hypervisor and the ability to replicate VMs from backup sets.
By Johnny Yu • May 13, 2019