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What Veeam’s backup support of Proxmox means for SMBs

Proxmox has officially entered the virtualization platform conversation. The addition of Veeam backup support provides smaller organizations an alternative to pricier VMware tools.

By Stuart Burns • Aug. 14, 2024

6 business continuity plan software providers to know

Business continuity planning software can help organizations create a plan that automates time-consuming processes and accounts for critical aspects such as regulatory compliance.

By Brien Posey • Aug. 12, 2024

Swedish investment firm takes majority stake in Acronis

EQT buys a majority stake in Acronis but will likely be hands off for the foreseeable future, according to Acronis CEO Ezequiel Steiner. The deal is expected to close next year.

By Tim McCarthy • Aug. 7, 2024

Microsoft 365 Backup now GA with API for SaaS recovery

New offerings from Microsoft provide a cloud backup and recovery service for its popular Microsoft 365 with an API enabling other backup platforms to add the service.

By Tim McCarthy • Aug. 7, 2024

GenAI lags traditional AI and ML for enterprise data backup

Enterprises are using AI and ML technologies with their backups for classification or security over recent generative AI tools like chatbots, industry analysts say.

By Tim McCarthy • Aug. 5, 2024

Clumio CEO Rick Underwood: Backup remains company focus

Rick Underwood, appointed CEO at Clumio in June, sees data management and machine learning technologies as key for the company's backup software outside GenAI hype in this Q&A.

By Tim McCarthy • Aug. 1, 2024

8 communications basics the CrowdStrike outage highlights

Communications are critical during an emergency. This is especially true for highly unpredictable disruptions, such as the recent CrowdStrike outage.

By Paul Kirvan • July 31, 2024

Should you use open source for enterprise disaster recovery?

With research and planning, businesses can benefit from using open source software for enterprise DR. But IT teams must be mindful of hidden costs and data protection capabilities.

By Paul Kirvan • July 29, 2024

VMware alternatives increase, but moving won’t be easy

Backup vendors like HPE, Veeam and Rubrik anticipate an exit from VMware and are supporting open source alternatives. But customers will likely stick with the platform they know.

By Tim McCarthy • July 25, 2024

CrowdStrike outage shows business continuity still a must

Disaster recovery has centered on cyberattacks the past few years, but the CrowdStrike outage illustrates why companies can't forget about traditional business continuity.

By Tim McCarthy • July 23, 2024

How to craft a cost-effective backup strategy

A cost-effective data backup plan requires IT teams to examine their data protection requirements and choose the right strategy that fits into what the business can spend.

By Stuart Burns • July 23, 2024

8 reasons businesses have no DR plan (and why they’re wrong)

In today's interconnected world, disaster recovery planning is not a luxury but a necessity for safeguarding the future of any business. Don't make the mistake of being unprepared.

By Stuart Burns • July 23, 2024

6 slow backup causes to watch out for

Backup performance is affected by several factors. Ensure that backups are running in a timely manner to protect data and prevent bottlenecks.

By Stuart Burns • July 19, 2024

Druva expands threat hunting tools, services for backup

Threat hunting capabilities baked into the recovery process for Druva are now available as a separate feature for use on demand or as a managed service.

By Tim McCarthy • July 16, 2024

Windows Server backup to the cloud: A step-by-step guide

Backups are critical when using Windows Server. While third-party cloud vendors offer protection, Windows Server admins can back up to Azure using only native Microsoft tools.

By Brien Posey • July 12, 2024

13 reasons your disaster recovery plan failed

Preventing failure is an important goal for DR teams, but disasters do not conform to how plans are designed. Familiarity with the causes of failure can help bolster a DR plan.

By Paul Kirvan • July 11, 2024

6 benefits that make a disaster recovery plan worth it

Disaster recovery plans help reduce recovery time, ultimately saving time and money. Time spent testing and planning upfront pays dividends when a disaster strikes.

By Stuart Burns • July 11, 2024

How to create Group Policy backups in Windows Server

Group Policy Objects represent a significant time investment and an important configuration management tool. Follow these simple steps to protect them.

By Damon Garn • July 1, 2024

How to back up a Windows DHCP server

The Windows DHCP server creates an automatic local backup of its configuration regularly, but Windows Server admins can configure a stronger backup with this tutorial.

By Damon Garn • June 28, 2024

Avoid the high costs of downtime for small businesses

Small businesses often lack technical support and resources, but they face many of the same risks as larger companies. Strong BCDR efforts can mitigate the risks of downtime.

By Damon Garn • June 28, 2024

The 4 phases of emergency management

To effectively recover from a disruptive incident, IT and DR teams must have a plan in place. This guide breaks down the four phases of an emergency management plan.

By Paul Kirvan • June 26, 2024

Zerto to add protection, migration for KVMs

Open source Linux virtual machines are the next replication and migration target for HPE's Zerto backup and recovery tools, complementing new GreenLake capabilities.

By Tim McCarthy • June 19, 2024

Veeam executives discuss data protection trends, future IPO

Data protection trends include securing backups and planning for ransomware recovery. Veeam executives discuss these keys, plus why the 'data resilience company' can go public.

By Paul Crocetti • June 14, 2024

Users note testing, analysis as disaster recovery best practices

Administrators at VeeamON 2024 emphasize testing, having a business impact analysis and gaining support from management as key disaster recovery guidance.

By Paul Crocetti • June 6, 2024

Veeam backup and security updates include cloud vault, copilot

Veeam products and services in the spotlight at the VeeamON 2024 user conference included secure backups in the cloud, a generative AI assistant and a new offering with Lenovo.

By Paul Crocetti • June 5, 2024