Data Protection: Page

A NetBackup appliances deep dive for your data center

Veritas' NetBackup appliance series includes a virtual edition, cloud-focused hardware and enterprise protection. Consider capacity and network backup infrastructure when choosing the best hardware fit.

By Stuart Burns • Oct. 5, 2018

Micro Focus Data Protector gets Express, Premium treatment

Version 10.10 of Data Protector marks a new chapter in the backup and recovery product's long history, which goes back to years under Hewlett-Packard.

By Paul Crocetti • Oct. 4, 2018

What 5 skills should a disaster recovery team leader have?

Is the right person in charge of your disaster recovery planning? Look for a DR team leader who has the knowledge to run the show and the accessibility needed from a good manager.

By John Edwards • Oct. 4, 2018

Test your business continuity best practices knowledge

When crafting a business continuity and disaster recovery plan, it's helpful to keep in mind some basic best practices. Don't find yourself caught off guard by getting complacent.

By Erin Sullivan • Oct. 2, 2018

HPE StoreOnce backup adds capacity, protection capabilities

Hewlett Packard Enterprise spruces up StoreOnce secondary storage with federated management of up to 100 appliances. HPE also deepened the StoreOnce integration with Commvault.

By Garry Kranz • Oct. 2, 2018

Kaseya cloud backup expands with Spanning acquisition

Kaseya's cloud backup capabilities now extend to Office 365, Salesforce and G Suite, thanks to the acquisition of cloud-to-cloud backup specialist Spanning Cloud Apps.

By Johnny Yu • Oct. 2, 2018

CEO sees Druva backup as cloud management play

Druva strategy includes first helping customers move backup data to the cloud over the short term, then managing it all after it's there a few years down the road.

By Dave Raffo • Sept. 27, 2018

Lenovo and Veeam integration teams storage with protection

Thanks to a new integration, Veeam and Lenovo customers can purchase Veeam's data management and protection with Lenovo's software-defined infrastructure or SAN products.

By Paul Crocetti • Sept. 27, 2018

Malware response plan recovers data in 6 steps

Responding to and recovering from malware is a complex process that requires significant preparation. With a response plan in place, you can be ready to prevent a malware disaster.

By Nick Cavalancia • Sept. 27, 2018

Cloud migration to AWS keeps GSM afloat during Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey struck GS Marketing's office in 2017. Thanks to a migration to the AWS cloud, the company avoided going underwater, even if its data center was.

By Johnny Yu • Sept. 26, 2018

How the top cloud storage vendors stack up for backup

Don't pick a cloud storage and backup vendor just because you've heard it's reputable. We lay out the features you need to compare among the Big Three providers.

By Nick Cavalancia • Sept. 25, 2018

Cohesity backup further integrates with Azure and Office 365

Cohesity cozies up to Microsoft with deeper support for Office 365 Exchange Online, the ability to protect data in Azure Data Box, and DR capabilities in Azure cloud.

By Johnny Yu • Sept. 25, 2018

Imanis Data 4.0 introduces autonomous backups, NoSQL support

Imanis enables the protection of NoSQL databases with no human intervention through new SmartPolicies, along with automated RPO-based backup and improved ransomware detection.

By Johnny Yu • Sept. 24, 2018

BackupAssist software offers cloud-to-local backup

BackupAssist 365 can be set to automatically download files and email mailboxes from the cloud to an on-premises device, creating local backups as a cloud-to-cloud alternative.

By Johnny Yu • Sept. 19, 2018

GDPR and disaster recovery: How to ensure you’re covered

After all of the preparations and changes your organization has gone through to prepare for GDPR, make sure disaster recovery doesn't get swept under the rug.

By Nick Cavalancia • Sept. 18, 2018

CEO: Veeam database exposure fixed, investigation launched

Veeam co-CEO Peter McKay said there's 'no excuse' for the exposure of a marketing database and millions of email addresses. He said the company is being proactive in its response.

By Paul Crocetti • Sept. 13, 2018

Rubrik backup suite bolstered by new Datos IO release

Seven months after acquiring Datos IO, Rubrik adds NoSQL data protection with the release of Rubrik Datos IO 3.0, addresses distributed database protection for the first time.

By Johnny Yu • Sept. 12, 2018

A data protection system plus management creates value, risk

As new data protection products enable more frequent backups, they are also veering into production elements. Be careful, though, with how you use these management capabilities.

By Alastair Cooke • Sept. 11, 2018

What’s the difference between secondary and primary storage?

Having primary storage and secondary storage is a good way to tier your workloads and ensure solid data protection. So, what should you expect from both platforms?

By Nick Cavalancia • Sept. 11, 2018

Highlight these 4 areas in your malware incident response plan

The malware threat is on the rise, and recovery is no simple process. When planning a malware response, it's vital to get down specifics and eliminate unknown factors.

By Nick Cavalancia • Sept. 6, 2018

Preventing ransomware attacks is a top storage vendor claim

Storage vendors advance silly and not-so-silly claims about how data backup and protection technologies are the answer to ransomware prevention and growing ransomware fatalism.

By Jon Toigo • Sept. 6, 2018

Backup snapshots and replication supplement standard backup

Traditional backup or data snapshot and replication technologies alone don't meet the data protection and DR needs of modern enterprises. Combine them all together and they do.

By George Crump • Sept. 6, 2018

Can an SMB business continuity strategy compete with larger firms?

When crafting a business continuity plan, an SMB must try and meet customers' enterprise-level expectations, while using its available resources to the fullest.

By Nick Cavalancia • Aug. 29, 2018

Advantages of secondary storage include efficiency, simplicity

As your data storage environment increases in size, use the benefits of secondary storage to increase backup efficiencies, and implement quick and easy restores.

By Stuart Burns • Aug. 29, 2018

New Asigra backup appliance targets ransomware

The evolution of Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved results in an integrated appliance with partner iXsystems, called the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance with ransomware detection.

By Johnny Yu • Aug. 29, 2018