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Plan ahead for massive data storage growth
Does your organization struggle to store and protect all of its data? Tape storage might be a smart, cost-efficient route, as data volumes continue to increase.
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Acronis Data Cloud 7.8 adds blockchain, data shipping
Acronis Data Cloud 7.8 adds cloud-centric data protection features to grow the vendor's managed service provider customer base. The vendor also added a physical shipping service.
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GDPR and backups cause compliance concerns
Removing personal data from a database is a simple process, but eliminating that information from full backups could undermine the integrity of your data. Proceed with caution.
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Data protection gets hyper-converged, eyes multi-cloud
Simon Taylor, CEO of HYCU, discusses his company's foray into hyper-converged and multi-cloud backup and recovery. The new vendor spun off from Comtrade earlier this year.
Which backup software is right for your business?
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Data backup security
Data reduction and deduplication
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Disk-based backup
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Tape backup and tape libraries
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Backup software Evaluate
Data protection gets hyper-converged, eyes multi-cloud
Simon Taylor, CEO of HYCU, discusses his company's foray into hyper-converged and multi-cloud backup and recovery. The new vendor spun off from Comtrade earlier this year.
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Cloud backup Evaluate
Trends in data protection include multi-cloud
Top trends in data protection include more comprehensive backup platforms. With data in many different places, including multiple clouds, products must cover a lot of ground.
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Virtual server backup Get Started
Pros, cons of virtual and physical backup appliances
Organizations have a choice in backup appliances: physical or virtual. Explore what both types of appliances require and where a virtual backup appliance has an edge.
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Data reduction Manage
Inline vs. post-processing dedupe
Will inline or post-processing deduplication work better for your data protection platform? There are several products on the market that offer these capabilities.
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Disk backup Problem Solve
Comparing compression, dedupe and encryption
Learn the distinctions and similarities among data compression, dedupe and encryption as these data protection methods gain importance in everyday storage.
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Remote backup Evaluate
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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Evaluate
Trends in data protection include multi-cloud
Top trends in data protection include more comprehensive backup platforms. With data in many different places, including multiple clouds, products must cover a lot of ground.
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Plan ahead for massive data storage growth
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Data protection gets hyper-converged, eyes multi-cloud
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Considerations for optimum Azure Backup use
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Problem Solve
GDPR and backups cause compliance concerns
Removing personal data from a database is a simple process, but eliminating that information from full backups could undermine the integrity of your data. Proceed with caution.
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Comparing compression, dedupe and encryption
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Storage technology's role in battle against ransomware
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Traditional backups aren't enough
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Do I really have to back up everything?
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.
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Biggest challenges in backup include security, volume
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Inline vs. post-processing dedupe
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Data protection systems take on more production
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E-Handbook | September 2018
Converge data protection and management successfully
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E-Handbook | February 2018
Implementing GDPR is within your organization's reach
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E-Handbook | November 2017
Flat backup technology changes rules and cost of backup
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E-Handbook | October 2017
Copy data management market tips, tricks and concerns
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E-Handbook | September 2017
Cloud-based backup services are a safety net in tricky times
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Data Backup Basics
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Get Started
Pros, cons of virtual and physical backup appliances
Organizations have a choice in backup appliances: physical or virtual. Explore what both types of appliances require and where a virtual backup appliance has an edge.
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Get Started
data archiving
Data archiving migrates infrequently used data to low-cost, high-capacity archive storage for long-term retention.
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Get Started
backup
Backup refers to the copying of physical or virtual files or databases to a secondary location for preservation in case of equipment failure or catastrophe.
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Vendor Resources
- Managing Multicloud Backup and Data Protection –Resource
- Why Archive? –White Paper
- 16-Page Guide to Converged Data Protection –Resource
Blog: Storage Soup
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Legacy storage vendors gain in cloud era, IDC says
External storage systems are all-but-obsolete in the software-defined era. At least that’s the fable shared repeatedly across the industry. But cloud and enterprise customers are collaborating to write a different tale, featuring legacy storage as a central character. Similar to the “tape is ...Continue Reading
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VMware tracking stock is history, as Dell preps for public trading
It’s official: Dell Technologies once again will become a public company, after gaining hard-won approval to buy back VMware tracking stock from shareholders in a transaction approaching $24 billion. Dell said 61% of VMware shareholders approved of the deal, capping months of ...Continue Reading
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Acronis Data Cloud 7.8 adds blockchain, data shipping
Acronis Data Cloud 7.8 adds cloud-centric data protection features to grow the vendor's managed service provider customer base. The vendor also added a physical shipping service.
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Backup and recovery software
Surveys find data complexity a looming threat
The mass propagation of data across multiple storage silos is getting out of control in many organizations. IT administrators cite it as a top concern.
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Backup and recovery software
FalconStor CEO's strategy includes rebranding, M&A
FalconStor's CEO talks about saving the company by focusing on cloud, rebranding its FreeStor data protection and management platform, and keeping his finger off the panic button.