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• How to protect data in the cloud

  Take a look at three backup methods -- on premises, cloud to local and cloud to cloud -- and find out the pros, cons and cost of each. Continue Reading

• 6 best practices for choosing a cloud backup provider

  Learn six criteria for choosing the best cloud backup vendor for your organization. Key among these is knowing your unique needs. Continue Reading

• Full vs. incremental vs. differential: Comparing types of backup

  Evaluate full vs. incremental vs. differential backup, as well as newer types of backup, in synthetic and incremental-forever, to determine what's best for your organization. Continue Reading

• Cloud-to-Cloud Backup (C2C Backup)

  Cloud-to-cloud backup, or C2C backup, is the practice of copying data stored on one cloud backup service, commonly referred to as software as a service (SaaS), to another cloud. Continue Reading

• 7 rules for effective data backup procedures

  If you're responsible for data backups on multiple systems, strong policies are highly recommended. This tip gives you seven rules to follow for effective data backup procedures. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • Cloud-to-Cloud Backup (C2C Backup)
  • Carbonite
  • flat backup
  • data retention policy

  • data reduction
  • data archiving
  • backup
  • magnetic tape storage

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• Carbonite

  Carbonite Inc. is an online backup company in Boston. Founded in 2005, Carbonite sells cloud backup to consumers, small and medium-sized businesses and small enterprises.Continue Reading

• 3-2-1: Get started with a multi-cloud backup plan

  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.Continue Reading

• 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.Continue Reading

• 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...Continue Reading

• What is a good backup test frequency?

  You should align your backup testing with the frequency of backups. This way, IT assets will not only be backed up, but also validated as ready for use in an emergency.Continue Reading

• How do I know if cloud backup and recovery is right for my data?

  Are you ready to implement cloud backup and disaster recovery? There are a number of questions you need to answer first, from the financial to the operational.Continue Reading

• How do I decide when to deduplicate data and where?

  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.Continue Reading

• How do I know if multi-cloud backup is the right approach?

  You have a lot of cloud options these days. Using a multi-cloud data backup strategy may be good for your data protection, as long as it's good for your business first.Continue Reading

• 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.Continue Reading

• data reduction

  Data reduction is the process of reducing the amount of capacity required to store data.Continue Reading