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• March 03, 2020 03 Mar'20

  Retrospect backup wants to get more ROBOs on board

  Retrospect version 17 makes deploying its backup software easier. The new onboarding feature focuses on simplicity, which is demanded regardless of customer size.

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Veeam acquisition puts heat on rivals

  Backup vendors Druva and Commvault say the multi-billion-dollar Veeam acquisition validates the strategies they've been executing and proves the importance of the backup market.

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  With Time on its hands, Meredith drives storage consolidation

  Following an acquisition of Time Inc., Meredith Corp. dumped most of its traditional IT gear and added newer technology developed around virtualization, convergence and the cloud.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Vancouver Canucks defend data with Veeam backup

  To prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Vancouver Canucks used Veeam to protect against point-of-sale system failures -- a major upgrade over its previous tape backup.

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  Commvault lays out Metallic and Hedvig roadmaps

  Commvault is adding nonbackup capabilities to Metallic and integrating Hedvig with HyperScale. The vendor will roll out features for the two ventures over the course of next year.

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Emerson Electric consolidates on Nutanix, Commvault

  As part of a project to get its branch offices and business units on the same backup product, Emerson Electric used Commvault to simplify, save money and lower its RTO and RPO.

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Oaktree Capital Management invests in upgraded backup

  Switching to Veritas NetBackup let Oaktree perform hourly backups instead of daily, greatly reducing risk of data loss during restores. Oaktree also uses Data Insight for audits.

• August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19

  Actifio GO 'SaaSifies' copy data management in GCP

  The new Actifio GO for GCP has expanded from backup as a service to include copy data management and disaster recovery, putting it on par with the vendor's on-premises product.

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  Intelligent data management drives smarter use of copy data

  Intelligent data management has turned copies of backup data into tools for analytics, test/dev and other use cases. But company culture prevents some organizations from adoption.

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  Asigra FreeNAS plugin brings open source data protection

  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.

• May 31, 2019 31 May'19

  ShadowXafe 2 supports Hyper-V, network tunneling

  StorageCraft wants to bring its ShadowXafe data protection software to midsize enterprises and managed service providers, rather than only small and medium-sized businesses.

• May 13, 2019 13 May'19

  Nakivo backup supports Nutanix AHV in latest update

  In its quest to reach feature parity with Veeam, backup software vendor Nakivo adds support for the Nutanix AHV hypervisor and the ability to replicate VMs from backup sets.

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  Arcserve UDP update supports Nutanix AHV, Office 365

  The Arcserve UDP update extends the backup software's support to Nutanix AHV and Office 365, with the promise of other hypervisors and SaaS applications to come.

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Storware vProtect backup supports OpenShift and CloudForms

  Storware updates its vProtect data protection software for open platforms, adding backup support for Red Hat OpenShift containers and the latest version of CloudForms.

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  Synology Active Backup boosts recovery speeds for Shiseido

  Worried about slow recovery times and the impact ransomware might cause endpoint devices, Shiseido swapped in Synology Active Backup to reduce recovery time to 30 minutes.

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Actifio GO turns Sky into SaaS backup

  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.

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Veritas NetBackup provides Docker container backup

  A new NetBackup client enables users to back up application data on Docker containers, becoming one of the few products to offer data backup and recovery in the container space.

• October 02, 2018 02 Oct'18

  HPE StoreOnce backup adds capacity, protection capabilities

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise spruces up StoreOnce secondary storage with federated management of up to 100 appliances. HPE also deepened the StoreOnce integration with Commvault.

• August 06, 2018 06 Aug'18

  New Nakivo update supports more platforms

  Light on new functions, Nakivo's new update focuses on playing nicely with others, adding software support for VMware vSphere 6.7, Netgear ReadyNAS and Dell EMC Data Domain Boost.

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  Rubrik backup for Nutanix HCI makes hospitals' IT healthy

  Hospitals' IT team liked Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure for primary storage so much, it went with converged backup vendor Rubrik for data protection.

• April 17, 2017 17 Apr'17

  CEO Sinha talks Rubrik Cloud Data Management, converged protection

  Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha says cloud and virtualization were key pieces of his company's converged data protection platform from the start, but customers also want physical protection.

• February 15, 2017 15 Feb'17

  Komprise Data Management Grid broadens file analytics

  The Komprise data plane sits out of band to return adaptive file analytics on data and metadata. The update supports unlimited linear scaling of Komprise VMs across a unified grid.

• February 13, 2017 13 Feb'17

  Rubrik software adds Windows Server support, encryption

  Rubrik plans a first-quarter software update to enable its Cloud Data Management platform to support physical Windows servers, software-based encryption and customized reports.

• April 05, 2016 05 Apr'16

  EMC launches DD VE, virtual edition of Data Domain

  EMC unveils the virtual edition of its Data Domain disk library, DD VE, allowing the Data Domain operating system to run inside a VMware hypervisor and back up to any hardware.

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  Commvault support of Nutanix hypervisor boosts data protection

  Commvault and Nutanix collaborate on hyper-converged infrastructure through Commvault's support of Acropolis Hypervisor. Integration leverages the most appropriate hypervisor.

• December 24, 2015 24 Dec'15

  Publisher, school switch to Veeam for Hyper-V protection

  Veeam Software has expanded its virtual machine backup from VMware-only to include Hyper-V backup, and customers would like to see its physical backup expand as well.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Law firm makes a case for Actifio copy data virtualization

  Atlanta-based Sutherland Asbill & Brennan chose Actifio for a specific task, but extended its copy data virtualization for all of its data protection needs.

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Dell World 2015: Dell AppAssure gets a new name

  Dell upgrades and rebrands Dell AppAssure as Rapid Recovery and adds Endpoint Recovery. Where will they fit after EMC acquisition?

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  Veeam, Quantum backup protects VMs for Hawaii’s DOCD

  The Hawaii Disease Outbreak Control Division turned to a Veeam and Quantum backup service after a major expansion of its virtual infrastructure.

• September 03, 2015 03 Sep'15

  Hyper-converged vendors focus on data protection

  Hyper-convergence has impacted primary storage, but Arun Taneja says hyper-converged vendors are bringing the concept to data protection.

• September 03, 2015 03 Sep'15

  CEO: Datto backup roadmap emphasizes cloud

  Datto clarifies cloud backup storage strategy with Backupify integration and Microsoft 365 support, Linux Agent, Datto Networking Appliance.

• June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15

  Catalogic integrates VMware APIs in ECX 2.1, eyes IBM, EMC support

  Version 2.1 of Catalogic ECX copy data management software uses VADP to tell storage systems to move array-based snapshots to a supported Catalogic platform.

• June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15

  Virtual machine backups remedy outdated legacy backups

  Virtual machine backups are widely available, but many shops are ignoring the technology until their application performance suffers.

• April 06, 2015 06 Apr'15

  Symantec delivers Backup Exec 15 to support VMware releases

  Symantec, soon to be known as Veritas, brings out Backup Exec 15 on the heels of VMmare's vSphere 6 release to support the latest VMware technology.

• February 11, 2015 11 Feb'15

  Unitrends Certified Recovery Suite

  This year, Unitrends announced UCRS, a new software bundle that offers backup for virtual and physical servers, as well as hybrid cloud DR.

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  ExaBlox speeds up backups for the Hunger Task Force

  The Hunger Task Force was dealing with long backup windows and an archaic tape-based archiving solution. Exablox's OneBlox solved those problems for the non-profit.

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Virtual server recovery in place offers quick restores with limits

  SearchDataBackup contributor John Hilliard spoke with George Crump of Storage Switzerland to learn more about virtual server recovery in place -- a feature of some VM backup software products.

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  ExaGrid reworks dedupe appliance for replication, Veeam

  ExaGrid gives its backup dedupe appliance an upgrade to improve its replication performance and work better with Veeam backup software.

• April 25, 2014 25 Apr'14

  Nakivo upgrade focuses on Exchange recovery

  Virtual backup specialist Nakivo turns attention to Microsoft with greater Exchange support and roadmap plans for Active Directory and Hyper-V.

• April 18, 2014 18 Apr'14

  Unitrends digests PHD Virtual, plans cloud backup acquisition

  Unitrends CEO Mike Coney discusses product roadmap and integration of virtual backup vendor PHD Virtual, and says another acquisition is coming.

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  EMC tailors data protection products for app admins

  EMC wants to make its data protection products -- including Data Domain, Avamar, NetWorker, Vplex -- more appealing to non-backup administrators.

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Law firm takes new approach to VM data protection with Exablox OneBlox

  To protect virtual machines on-site and for DR, law firm bypasses traditional disk backup for commodity-hardware-based Exablox OneBlox.

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Cancer hospital cures VM backup woes

  Roswell Park Cancer Institute struggled with VM backups and restores until it combined Veeam software and Hewlett-Packard StoreOnce disk targets.

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Acronis backup strategy: Protect any data, anywhere

  Acronis CEO Serguei Beloussov discusses streamlining Acronis Backup software products with 'data anywhere' strategy to cope with new data challenges.

• December 19, 2013 19 Dec'13

  Data backup 2013 news dominated by cloud and modern data protection

  Data backup news in 2013 was filled with vendors taking their technology to the cloud and quests to fix 'broken backup' with modern data protection.

• December 16, 2013 16 Dec'13

  Unitrends buys PHD Virtual to move into virtual backup, cloud DR

  Integrated backup appliance vendor Unitrends and virtual machine backup specialist PHD Virtual will combine forces to compete with Veeam Software.

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  Waterbury Hospital turns to PHD Virtual for VM and tape support

  Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut needed diverse backup support, so it chose PHD Virtual because it offered support for virtual machines and tape.

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  VMware VDP and VDPA upgrades unlock more Avamar features

  VMware adds cloud backup and Data Domain support to vSphere Data Protection (VDP) and VDP Advanced (VDPA) apps, which use EMC Avamar under the hood.

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  Veeam ties backup monitoring into VMware management app

  Veeam Software integrates its virtual server backup with its Management Pack, enabling management of backup monitoring in Microsoft System Center.

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Syncsort adds ECX for NetApp snapshot catalogues

  Syncsort moves deeper into data protection by adding ECX for NetApp snapshot catalogues, VMware objects.

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Tandberg Data products now compatible with Veeam Backup and Replication v7

  Tandberg Data announced earlier this week that its removable disk, NAS and tape storage products work with Veeam Backup and Replication v7 software.

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Marine assistance firm deploys PHD Virtual Backup; Rebit6 unveiled

  Sea Tow marine assistance organization deploys PHD Virtual Backup and Rebit announces version 6 of its backup software.

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  Nakivo modifies its virtual server backup for cloud providers

  Startup Nakivo adds multi-tenancy and per-VM licensing for service providers in new versions of its virtual server backup software.

• August 06, 2013 06 Aug'13

  Q&A: Exploring virtual server backups today

  In this Q&A, Rachel Dines discusses some of the most recent trends in virtual server backups and challenges facing IT pros today.

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Top backup trends: Virtualization and cloud driving sales, innovation

  Fast-growing backup vendors Veeam Software and CommVault point to virtualization today and the cloud tomorrow as hot backup trends.

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  Platform support main focus for Symantec backup application roadmaps

  Roadmaps for backup applications NetBackup and Backup Exec will favor platform support over features, Symantec VP for product management says.

• March 12, 2013 12 Mar'13

  Sepaton adds data-at-rest encryption for enterprise disk backup

  Sepaton upgrades its flagship VTL, the S2100-ES3 2925, giving it data-at-rest encryption capability and support for open key management standard.

• February 14, 2013 14 Feb'13

  Preston: Lack of support makes free backup software a gamble

  The promise of free backup software is appealing to many SMBs, but backup expert W. Curtis Preston says you get what you pay for.

• November 27, 2012 27 Nov'12

  VStorage API support focus of Symantec-Veeam battle

  Veeam Software disagrees with Symantec's claim that issues with the VMware vStorage 5.1 API makes third-party support impossible pending fixes.

• October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12

  CA ARCserve licensing gets an overhaul

  CA Technologies announced changes for ARCserve licensing prices, which CA said will let customers pick a backup service or an "all-inclusive" option.

• October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12

  Newcomer Nakivo takes on SMB virtual machine backups, cloud backups

  Startup Nakivo builds an app for VM, cloud backups that lets customers replicate data to a secondary site or place backups into the Amazon EC2 cloud.

• August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12

  vSphere Data Protection brings Avamar dedupe, possible conflicts

  VMware uses EMC Avamar to bring dedupe and file restores to its new vSphere Data Protection (VDP) SMB backup product.

• August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12

  Quest vRanger gets physical with backups, restores

  Quest vRanger 6 to offer virtual machine backup and physical backup in one product.

• July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12

  Quest acquisition bolsters Dell backup software portfolio

  Dell backup plans receive a jolt from $2.4 billion acquisition of Quest Software and its physical and virtual machine data protection.

• May 09, 2012 09 May'12

  Symantec CEO: We’ll win in virtual backup and the cloud

  CEO Enrique Salem says Symantec will emerge as the leader in virtual backup and the cloud; he also expects appliances to surpass backup software.

• May 07, 2012 07 May'12

  Symantec extends integrated backup appliance strategy

  Symantec doubles down on its backup appliance plans, putting NetBackup 7.5 and Backup Exec 2012 on appliances with dedupe software and media servers.

• April 24, 2012 24 Apr'12

  Bocada offers backup reporting software for virtual, physical reports

  Bocada’s vpConnect combines Prism and Vision backup reporting software modules to bring backup reporting for physical and virtual machines under one monitoring tool.

• March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12

  Arkeia, Acronis offer virtual server backup to SMBs

  Arkeia and Acronis add virtual server backup – Arkeia through a new virtual appliance and Acronis with an upgrade to vmProtect.

• February 17, 2012 17 Feb'12

  Symantec goes after Veeam, Acronis for patent infringement

  Symantec charge Veeam Software and Acronis with patent infringement in separate lawsuits; says smaller rivals’ software use Symantec’s technology.

• November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11

  Bocada launches backup reporting for virtual machines

  Bocada Vision ties into VMware and provides granular backup reporting and analysis of the data protection process for virtual machines, either as a module to Bocada Prism for physical machine backups or a standalone product.

• August 29, 2011 29 Aug'11

  Quantum, Acronis target VMware backup and recovery at VMworld

  Quantum and Acronis target VMware backup and recovery at VMworld: Quantum launches vmPRO 4000 appliance and Acronis rolls out vmPROtect 6.

• August 22, 2011 22 Aug'11

  Veeam upgrades virtual server backup software, adds Hyper-V support

  Veeam provides details of Backup & Replication 6 virtual server backup software, including one-click failback and file restores

• June 21, 2011 21 Jun'11

  IBM, HP add public cloud data protection services

  IBM rolls out public cloud protection services for backup, archiving and virtual machine DR while HP brings out PC backup service.

• May 03, 2011 03 May'11

  Symantec improves virtual machine backup in Backup Exec 2010

  At its Symantec Vision user conference, Symantec launches Backup Exec 2010 R3, including a new appliance and hosted cloud backup service, and emphasizes virtual machine backup.

• April 19, 2011 19 Apr'11

  Pancetera expands virtual machine backup capability

  Pancetera Unite’s SmartMotion capability lets users push out data to any NAS target without the need for staging servers and virtual machine backup software.

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  i365 releases virtual edition of EVault for Microsoft DPM and other data backup news

  i365 releases virtual edition of EVault for Microsoft DPM; Dynamic Solutions International and B&L Associates announce virtual tape offering; and other data backup news.

• March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11

  Community health center changes data protection strategy with Syncsort

  A community health center switches its data management and data protection strategy, moving from an EMC SAN and reliance on tape to NetApp and NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup (NSB).

• November 10, 2010 10 Nov'10

  Virtual server backup vendor Quest buys BakBone, looks to combine features

  The combination of Quest's virtual server backup and BakBone's physical backup could solve the problem of having to use separate backup products; will others follow down this path?

• October 05, 2010 05 Oct'10

  CommVault Simpana 9 adds source deduplication, array-based snapshots and more

  CommVault makes major upgrades to its flagship Simpana data protection application, adding source-based dedupe, array-based snapshots, improved protection for virtual machines and capacity-based licensing.

• August 30, 2010 30 Aug'10

  Virtual machine backup plays prominent role at VMworld 2010

  Storage product news leans heavily toward data protection on first day of VMworld 2010, with Veeam previewing virtual machine backup upgrades and Neverfail extending continuous availability OEM deal with VMware.

• April 07, 2010 07 Apr'10

  StorageCraft adds data restore acceleration and virtual boot to ShadowProtect 4

  ShadowProtect 4 leapfrogs much of the data backup software competition with new features to accelerate restores, but it's still catching up to incumbents with features like replication and centralized management.

• March 22, 2010 22 Mar'10

  Veeam previews automated backup testing for VMware with SureBackup for Backup and Replication 5

  Veeam's Backup and Replication 5 will introduce a new utility called SureBackup that will let customers spin up virtual machines with their application dependencies to test recoverability from a compressed snapshot backup image.

• January 04, 2010 04 Jan'10

  Data backup and recovery planning in 2010: Mr. Backup's predictions

  Here's Mr. Backup's predictions for how the backup and recovery planning landscape will change in 2010.

• October 28, 2009 28 Oct'09

  Veeam integrates with VMware vStorage APIs in Backup and Replication 4

  Veeam joins the early ranks of data backup tools that integrate with VMware's new vStorage APIs for Data Protection; one beta tester says his backup windows have gone from hours to minutes.

• February 27, 2009 27 Feb'09

  BakBone NetVault: Backup achieves VMware certification

  We've compiled the latest data protection/backup news: BakBone NetVault: Backup achieves VMware certification; Bocada announces new plug-in for Bocada Enterprise; FalconStor introduces HyperTrac Backup Accelerator; and more.

• January 05, 2009 05 Jan'09

  Data protection trends for 2009

  Data protection/data backup saw several noteworthy trends in 2008. Here's a look at the the future of backup in 2009.

• June 10, 2008 10 Jun'08

  Symantec adds incremental VMware backups and CDP to NetBackup

  Symantec's updated NetBackup gives users the ability to take incremental snapshots of VMware hosts, as well as CDP and data deduplication integration.