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Investors take a shine to Druva's AWS cloud backup
Druva's cloud backup and disaster recovery are built natively for Amazon Web Services. A big cash infusion from investors has the startup contemplating a possible IPO.
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Azure Backup and third-party options evaluated
Backup for Microsoft Azure data is well within your reach. But which product -- or products -- should you use? The choice comes down to some important considerations.
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Solix takes SaaS route for data archiving
The new Solix archiving product is the result of close development work with Microsoft. SolixCloud Enterprise Archiving features a focus on unstructured data.
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Free plugin brings Asigra to FreeNAS, with limits
The Asigra FreeNAS plugin covers up to ten physical machines, ten virtual machines and ten cloud accounts for free. Customers wanting more must get Asigra on TrueNAS.
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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Veeam ready for second act of data protection story
Analysts noted more of a backup emphasis at VeeamON 2019, as Veeam plans to tackle the hybrid cloud market. Will acquisitions be part of the Veeam strategy?
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Cloud backup Evaluate
Azure Backup and third-party options evaluated
Backup for Microsoft Azure data is well within your reach. But which product -- or products -- should you use? The choice comes down to some important considerations.
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Virtual server backup News
Free plugin brings Asigra to FreeNAS, with limits
The Asigra FreeNAS plugin covers up to ten physical machines, ten virtual machines and ten cloud accounts for free. Customers wanting more must get Asigra on TrueNAS.
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Benefits and drawbacks of deduplication types
On its surface, data deduplication is a positive because it deletes redundant data. Use the technology carefully, but at the right moment for the best results.
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Disk backup Manage
Tips for using your secondary storage effectively
You get more out of your data when you use secondary storage effectively. Taking advantage of disk-based and hyper-converged backups -- and copy data management -- will help.
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Remote backup News
Unitrends launches direct-to-cloud backup
Unitrends Cloud Backup protects data on workstations through direct replication of endpoint devices to the cloud. UCB also enables direct restores from the Unitrends Cloud.
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Azure Backup and third-party options evaluated
Backup for Microsoft Azure data is well within your reach. But which product -- or products -- should you use? The choice comes down to some important considerations.
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Keep ransomware protection, education top of mind
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How to back up your SMB on-site or in the cloud
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Why a tape backup system is still a good storage option
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Problem Solve
Backup and GDPR best practices, one year later
A customer's deletion request continues to be a sticking point regarding backup and GDPR compliance. Learn guidance about this issue and others, following GDPR's first birthday.
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Why SaaS data and cloud-to-cloud backup are a good pair
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Don't make these common backup blunders
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Network-attached storage backup strategies
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Tips for using your secondary storage effectively
You get more out of your data when you use secondary storage effectively. Taking advantage of disk-based and hyper-converged backups -- and copy data management -- will help.
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Best backup tips for your data migration project
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Plan the right backup schedule to protect your data
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Backups and California Consumer Privacy Act compliance
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E-Handbook | February 2019
Ransomware backup protection requires comprehensive approach
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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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Data Backup Basics
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How to start backing up across multiple clouds
Multi-cloud data backup is taking off as organizations seek ways to further protect their workloads. With many threats out there, it's important to have data backed up off-site.
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Cloud-based backup: Best strategies and practices
Cloud-based backups offer opportunities and present some challenges. Develop the right strategy for your cloud data protection platform and implement best practices.
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flat backup
Flat backup uses snapshots to protect data without traditional backup software. Storage snapshots are replicated to another location, where they are a backup to the originals. Flat backup can be cheaper than a traditional backup, but not all storage...
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Blog: Storage Soup
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Pure Storage up, IBM down in external storage systems revs
Despite a recent earnings miss, Pure Storage has cracked the IDC enterprise storage tracker for the first time to grab a share of fifth place in external storage systems revenue to tie IBM Storage. Although well behind storage leaders Dell EMC, NetApp and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Pure Storage...Continue Reading
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OwnBackup funding will drive further SaaS data protection
As the software-as-a-service market expands, SaaS backup provider OwnBackup secured its largest funding round today and will use the money to expand its Salesforce data protection. The OwnBackup funding of $23.25 million brings the vendor’s total to about $50 million. OwnBackup, which has ...Continue Reading
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Archiving and backup
Solix takes SaaS route for data archiving
The new Solix archiving product is the result of close development work with Microsoft. SolixCloud Enterprise Archiving features a focus on unstructured data.
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Backup for virtual servers
Free plugin brings Asigra to FreeNAS, with limits
The Asigra FreeNAS plugin covers up to ten physical machines, ten virtual machines and ten cloud accounts for free. Customers wanting more must get Asigra on TrueNAS.
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Data storage backup tools
Massive mall manages PBs in DC with Rubrik, Compellent
Mall of America IT director says she'd rather have her staff working on other things -- such as data analytics -- than managing storage and data backup.