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Virtual machine replication simplifies healthcare firm’s DR

Because disaster recovery planning and testing were too complicated, a health provider turned to Zerto virtual replication to speed up the process without increasing costs.

By Dave Raffo • Nov. 19, 2018

Backup management process: Which data sets not to back up

Your backup strategy does not necessarily need to include backing up everything. Believe it or not, there are elements that do not require constant backup.

By Nick Cavalancia • Nov. 16, 2018

Everbridge mass notification sparkles for Tiffany

Tiffany & Co. uses the freshly updated Everbridge Critical Event Management Platform in a number of ways. It recently had to put the mass notification capability to swift use.

By Paul Crocetti • Nov. 15, 2018

Veritas data management tool uses AI to tackle downtime

Veritas' new Predictive Insights data management tool uses AI, machine learning and telemetry data to assign reliability scores to systems, guiding administrators' priorities.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 15, 2018

Rubrik backup focus moves to enterprise apps

Rubrik's Cloud Data Management Andes 5 release includes backup features aimed at apps that 'generate a lot of money for a company,' such as Oracle and SAP HANA.

By Dave Raffo • Nov. 14, 2018

What 3 issues can affect your data backup procedures?

Do you have challenges with your data backup process, such as a lack of the right security? The three directives here will help with your overall business continuity.

By Paul Kirvan • Nov. 13, 2018

American Pacific Mortgage banks on cloud, Commvault backup

As American Pacific Mortgage grew into a large enterprise, its old backup system couldn't keep up with cloud demands. Scalable Commvault backup was the answer.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 12, 2018

Disaster recovery vs. backup: Plan for and prioritize VM workloads

Before admins design a recovery plan, they must plan out which VM workloads need a disaster recovery environment and which need backups. Weigh these factors before making the call.

By Brian Kirsch • Nov. 9, 2018

DH2i DxOdyssey adds a layer of protection to multi-cloud

The new DH2i security software tackles the difficulty of setting up a secure perimeter in hybrid and multi-cloud environments by creating one that is software-defined.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 6, 2018

Former Veeam CEO looks back, company looks ahead

Peter McKay, formerly president and co-CEO of Veeam, said a lot of factors went into his departure from the company, and he plans to become a CEO again soon.

By Paul Crocetti • Nov. 5, 2018

Successful IT resiliency strategy based on high availability and DR

Stringent yet realistic RTOs and RPOs are crucial to resiliency plans aiming to minimize interruptions to businesses operations should disaster or disruptions strike IT resources.

By James Alan Miller • Nov. 5, 2018

Druva backup supports AWS Snowball Edge appliances

Druva customers can perform cloud migration to Amazon Web Services more simply due to Druva Cloud Platform's integration with AWS Snowball Edge devices.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 1, 2018

How to create an emergency phone tree and template

When disaster strikes an organization, employees must be alerted. Using a call tree in emergency situations is a time-tested way to effectively communicate events and next steps.

By Paul Kirvan , Erin Sullivan • Oct. 31, 2018

Carbonite backup comes to virtual machines

Now called Carbonite Server VM Edition, the latest expansion of Carbonite's backup capabilities signifies the vendor's strategic push into the midmarket.

By Johnny Yu • Oct. 29, 2018

Igneous Systems takes on unstructured data management

With the addition of DataFlow and DataDiscover as-a-service offerings, Igneous is building out its portfolio of products to manage and protect unstructured data.

By Johnny Yu • Oct. 25, 2018

Azure Backup service best practices to streamline protection

Is Azure Backup the right protection for your organization? Explore three important considerations for using the Microsoft service to back up your data.

By Brien Posey • Oct. 24, 2018

Dell EMC Cyber Recovery isolates and protects data

Cyber Recovery software from Dell EMC forms a last line of defense against malware by putting critical data in a secure vault, isolated from where data attacks occur.

By Johnny Yu • Oct. 24, 2018

Commvault web interface getting a major overhaul

At Commvault Go, the data protection vendor introduced a revamped user interface with machine learning-powered analytics and smarter storage usage reporting.

By Johnny Yu • Oct. 22, 2018

5 crucial multi-cloud disaster recovery principles

A multi-cloud DR plan looks different for every organization, based on its needs. However, there are five universal precepts that can be applied to most multi-cloud strategies.

By John Edwards • Oct. 19, 2018

3 best practices for backing up Office 365 data

There are plenty of Office 365 backup providers out there, but how do you get started? For one thing, think of your cloud data as if it were on premises.

By Nick Cavalancia • Oct. 18, 2018

Veritas appliances help Flex NetBackup muscle

More than two years after escaping Symantec, Veritas fights off data protection newcomers by packaging NetBackup with an expanding appliance portfolio.

By Dave Raffo • Oct. 18, 2018

Commvault backup-as-a-service portfolio expands by 3 options

Commvault enhances its cloud-based data protection suite by offering its flagship Complete Backup & Recovery software as a service, with new services for VMs and native cloud apps.

By Johnny Yu • Oct. 17, 2018

Commvault Activate package turns insight into action

Commvault's Activate, consisting of data analysis tools announced earlier this year, now allows users to learn about their unstructured data and effectively take action with it.

By Johnny Yu • Oct. 15, 2018

Data backup planning: 10 best practices for protection

A data backup plan needs to anticipate changes to the organization and possible threats. These best practices will help you tailor your plan according to your business's needs.

By Paul Kirvan • Oct. 15, 2018

Arcserve cloud platform eyes comprehensive business continuity

The Business Continuity Cloud brings together the spectrum of Arcserve's technologies. Through the web-based user interface, users can perform most jobs in a few clicks.

By Paul Crocetti • Oct. 9, 2018