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Analysts highlight challenges for Commvault's new CEO
Experts say new Commvault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani is qualified for his new job, while the vendor still has some challenges to overcome in the face of a competitive, dynamic market.
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Actifio puts Sky into multi-clouds with GO
With Actifio GO, multi-cloud backup doesn't require backup software or any on-premises appliances. The SaaS data protection is based on the Salesforce model.
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Carbonite to acquire cybersecurity firm Webroot
The Carbonite acquisition of Webroot is a big play in the SMB market. Carbonite's backup and recovery platform will combine with Webroot's cybersecurity.
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GDPR and ransomware to fundamentally change backup
Backup products don't have a granular enough understanding of data to scan or analyze it effectively and fully meet today's privacy and security requirements.
7 Hyper-Converged Secondary Storage Questions Answered
In this expert guide, receive answers to 7 fundamental questions, an analysis of Asigra, Cohesity, HPE and Rubrik hyper-converged secondary storage products, key benefits of converged secondary storage and cautions, and much more.
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Analysts highlight challenges for Commvault's new CEO
Experts say new Commvault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani is qualified for his new job, while the vendor still has some challenges to overcome in the face of a competitive, dynamic market.
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Actifio puts Sky into multi-clouds with GO
With Actifio GO, multi-cloud backup doesn't require backup software or any on-premises appliances. The SaaS data protection is based on the Salesforce model.
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Guidelines for backing up VMware vSphere
The architecture and operation of a virtual environment is different than a traditional backup environment and demands specific techniques. Learn top tips for backing up vSphere.
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Tips for compression in your backup storage strategy
Learn important details about the use of hardware and software data compression, as well as redundancy, that could help your organization improve its backup process.
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Unitrends Recovery backup appliance wins bronze
Unitrends has updated its Recovery Series backup appliance to Gen 8, with added features like machine learning-based ransomware protection and automatic recovery testing.
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Content management pushes EFSS adoption
Most EFSS products unify communications, collaboration and content management tasks well beyond the technology's initial file sync-and-share functionality.
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Asigra wins gold in 2018 Products of the Year
Veteran data protection vendor Asigra beat out new and older competition with its Cloud Backup Evolved product, highlighted by its ability to shield backups from ransomware.
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Zerto wins silver in 2018 Products of the Year
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IBM earns bronze in 2018 Products of the Year
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Unitrends Recovery backup appliance wins bronze
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How to choose the backup method that's right for you
Learn which data backup type is best -- full, incremental or differential backups, or newer methods, such as synthetic and incremental-forever backups.
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GDPR and ransomware to fundamentally change backup
Backup products don't have a granular enough understanding of data to scan or analyze it effectively and fully meet today's privacy and security requirements.
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Ransomware backup protection requires comprehensive approach
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Protecting data backups from APT attacks
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3 backup best practices for ransomware protection
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E-Handbook | February 2019
Ransomware backup protection requires comprehensive approach
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E-Handbook | February 2018
Implementing GDPR is within your organization's reach
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Flat backup technology changes rules and cost of backup
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How to choose the backup method that's right for you
Learn which data backup type is best -- full, incremental or differential backups, or newer methods, such as synthetic and incremental-forever backups.
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data retention policy
A data retention policy dictates the types of data to be retained and the duration for which that data must be stored in accordance with operational or regulatory requirements.
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Data reduction is the process of reducing the amount of capacity required to store data.
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- Do You Know Where your SaaS Data is Backed Up? –White Paper
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IBM storage revenues skid to the finish line
IBM storage hit another blue period last quarter. After pulling out of a revenue slump to start 2018, IBM last week closed an uneven year with declining sales of storage hardware, mirroring flat overall earnings for the quarter and fiscal year. A bright spot: IBM cited a spike in demand for its ...Continue Reading
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Zerto IT Resilience Platform bends with Elastic Journal
Zerto is set to launch the latest incarnation of its flagship product that converges backup and recovery, and will enable users to recover to a point in time going back years. Zerto 7, the new edition of the Zerto IT Resilience Platform, is scheduled for a tech preview in February and general ...Continue Reading
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Analysts highlight challenges for Commvault's new CEO
Experts say new Commvault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani is qualified for his new job, while the vendor still has some challenges to overcome in the face of a competitive, dynamic market.
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Cloud backup
Actifio puts Sky into multi-clouds with GO
With Actifio GO, multi-cloud backup doesn't require backup software or any on-premises appliances. The SaaS data protection is based on the Salesforce model.
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Backup and recovery software
Carbonite to acquire cybersecurity firm Webroot
The Carbonite acquisition of Webroot is a big play in the SMB market. Carbonite's backup and recovery platform will combine with Webroot's cybersecurity.