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September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20
Bad actors target voter data to erode election confidence

Protecting voter data has its own unique challenges compared with enterprise data. Experts say even unsuccessful attacks can sow seeds of doubt and propagate misinformation.
September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20
Tape data storage industry tackles challenges, archival uses

The tape data storage market has confronted a major legal issue and a pandemic. Buoyed by strong archival use and offline protection, capacity shipments rose last year.
August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20
Cohesity gives DataPlatform an I/O Boost for flash storage

As enterprises demand faster backup and recovery, Cohesity adds software advances to DataPlatform that enable it to work better with all-flash appliances from Cisco and HPE.
August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20
BackupAssist ER offers a cheaper, slower path to DRaaS

BackupAssist ER offers disk-to-disk-to-cloud replication as a low-cost alternative to DRaaS, but lacks the recovery speed of DRaaS. It is suited for small enterprises willing to make that tradeoff.
August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20
Veeam backup software helps California city streamline IT

Rancho Cucamonga, a city in Southern California, moved from tape backup to Veeam software. Amid the pandemic and new protection needs, it's looking at other ways Veeam can help.
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August 21, 2020 21 Aug'20
Acronis True Image 2021 is backup and antivirus in one

Acronis True Image 2021 added malware detection, monitoring and quarantining capabilities. It can now deliver both backup and security in one product, on one UI.
August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20
Asigra Cloud Backup piles on extra layers of cyberdefense

As cybercriminals circumvent immutable backup by stealing admin credentials, Asigra 14.2 counters with Deep MFA, asking for permission whenever changes to backup policies are made.
August 17, 2020 17 Aug'20
Scale Computing woos public sector with hardened backup

Scale Computing HC3 integrated Acronis SCS Cyber Backup 12.5 Hardened Edition to provide a strong ransomware defense offering for public sector customers.
August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20
Pure Storage, Cohesity combine on all-flash backup appliance

Pure Storage's new FlashRecover appliance combines its FlashBlade hardware with Cohesity DataProtect backup software in response to customers' needs for faster restores.
August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20
Flexible Metal bends toward Arcserve backup

Flexible Metal's IT manager was trying to do site-to-site replication for backup and DR using Veritas Backup Exec but found it too slow. Arcserve was faster and more reliable.
August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20
Gearset adds Salesforce backup to its toolbox

Gearset Data Backup takes backups more frequently than Salesforce's native tools and uses Gearset's deployment engine, normally used for DevOps, for recoveries.
August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20
Backup and recovery Magic Quadrant shows cloud significance

Representatives from vendor leaders Rubrik, Cohesity, Veeam and Commvault give their impressions of Gartner's 2020 Magic Quadrant for backup and recovery products.
August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20
IMT Software cracks open SoDA data management

Integrated Media Technologies, an MSP targeting media and entertainment, expanded into software development with SoDA, an unstructured data management tool.
August 03, 2020 03 Aug'20
Fujifilm offers subscriptions for tape-based object storage

AWS established Glacier as a cloud alternative to on-premises tape storage. Now Fujifilm positions its Object Archive to tape as an on-premises alternative to Glacier.
July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20
MinIO object storage supports Veeam backup

MinIO's partnership with Veeam promises it can make Veeam Backup and Replication run at primary storage speeds while also providing immutability for backup data.
July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20
NetBackup 8.3 adds cloud data protection, DR

NetBackup 8.3 folds in two other Veritas products, expanding its data protection into public clouds and providing resilience against ransomware attacks.
July 28, 2020 28 Jul'20
Backblaze cloud offers free S3 migration service

Backblaze provides a point-and-click migration service out of Amazon S3. In related news, the Backblaze S3-compatible APIs became generally available.
July 27, 2020 27 Jul'20
Igneous Systems' new CEO talks about cloud and COVID-19

Igneous CEO Dean Darwin said COVID-19 and increased cloud adoption have increased the demand for unstructured data management. He sees a chance for Igneous to fill that demand.
July 23, 2020 23 Jul'20
Nexsan Unity taps into cloud and Assureon archive

The third generation of Nexsan Unity appliances introduced interoperability with Assureon for extra ransomware defense and the ability to connect and migrate to 18 public clouds.
July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20
Commvault unveils Hyperscale X, Hedvig container support

Revealed during the keynote of Commvault's FutureReady virtual event, Hyperscale X marks the first time a Commvault product has integrated Hedvig technology.
July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20
Catalogic copy data management supports HPE Nimble Storage

Catalogic is reacting to market appetite for putting copy data management on primary storage. Flash customers want to get more out of their arrays, and the hardware can handle it.
July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20
CEO: OwnBackup funding will power more SaaS platform support

The latest OwnBackup funding round is the SaaS backup vendor's largest. While Salesforce backup remains important, other top SaaS platforms are on the roadmap.
July 15, 2020 15 Jul'20
Datto quietly files for IPO

Industry analysts say despite economic uncertainty, the data protection market seems unfazed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Datto offered no comment on the IPO matter.
July 15, 2020 15 Jul'20
Azure partner Aparavi takes on unstructured data management

Aparavi retired its Active Archive and File Protect & Insight products and brought their features to its new cloud-based data management and automation platform launched on Azure.
July 13, 2020 13 Jul'20
Backup, security join forces for ransomware protection

Ransomware can take out backup systems, which are the last line of defense against data loss. To defend backups, data protection vendors are partnering with security companies.
July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20
HubStor takes on Veeam, goes virtual with backup service

The HubStor backup and archive platform offers two types of models for its vSphere support. One customer called the platform an 'incredibly valuable' collection of functions.
July 08, 2020 08 Jul'20
Commvault partners with Microsoft for joint engineering

Chart Industries, which manufactures highly engineered cryogenic equipment, is early beneficiary of joint engineering partnership between Azure and Commvault's Metallic SaaS backup.
July 06, 2020 06 Jul'20
Actifio sues Rubrik for patent infringement

Actifio's complaint alleges Rubrik's products, including its 'Brik' appliances and Cloud Data Management software, infringes on four of Actifio's patents.
July 02, 2020 02 Jul'20
Veeam hybrid cloud, virtual VeeamON reflect tech changes

While Veeam is planning on a physical user conference next year, its virtual event in June drew tens of thousands. The company highlighted its advancements in cloud and CDP.
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
Quantum tape, NAS recovery stalled by COVID-19, sports break

Quantum says, 'Let the games begin' after sports and entertainment pauses interrupt sales of tape and scale-out NAS storage; vendor also faces possible PPP problems.
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
End of Salesforce Recovery highlights need for SaaS backup

Experts say this retirement means little change for customers, because they should have been relying on third parties for Salesforce backup in the first place.
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
StrongBox Data adds native LTFS to its StrongLink platform

With native support for any tape library, StrongLink is capable of cross-platform data management whether the underlying storage is flash, disk, tape or cloud.
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
HPE Cloud Volumes Backup consolidates data formats

HPE Cloud Volumes Backup provides common data format for Commvault, TrendMicro, Veeam and Veritas backups to serve secondary workloads in the public cloud.
June 22, 2020 22 Jun'20
Veeam CEO talks IPO, M&A, going virtual for VeeamON 2020

William Largent became Veeam CEO in January after a multibillion-dollar acquisition and before a pandemic. Here's his take on 2020 so far, and what lies ahead following VeeamON.
June 18, 2020 18 Jun'20
Veeam enhances Microsoft Teams backup, AWS protection

The latest update to Veeam's popular Microsoft 365 data protection product features native Teams backup and recovery. Veeam also launched other product updates at VeeamON 2020.
June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20
Flexential launches nationwide backup-as-a-service platform

Seeing an increasing trend of data protection buyers, Flexential has rolled out a new backup-as-a-service offering and introduced a cheaper, 'self-service' tier.
June 15, 2020 15 Jun'20
Druva integrates with FireEye Helix for secure backups

The partnership allows security admins to see access history and activity in Druva through FireEye Helix's console, enabling quicker responses to security anomalies.
June 11, 2020 11 Jun'20
IFDS goes hands-on with Zerto's Kubernetes backup

Technology and services provider IFDS was one of the first to try the alpha build of Zerto's Kubernetes backup. The company relies on containers for greater resource efficiency.
June 11, 2020 11 Jun'20
Virtual VeeamON 2020 seeks interactivity, cloud focus

VeeamON seeks to overcome the challenges of virtual conferences that have become common in 2020. Veeam also released a report that details the challenges in data protection.
June 08, 2020 08 Jun'20
Manoj Nair joins Commvault's Metallic as general manager

New general manager Manoj Nair's focus for Metallic is on geographic and product expansion. Nair plans to expand Metallic beyond the U.S., starting with a launch in Canada.
June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20
Ransomware data protection grows in increasingly WFH world

As COVID-19 increased the number of people working remotely, experts have found that more businesses move to bolster their backup for protection against ransomware attacks.
May 29, 2020 29 May'20
Acronis remote backup makes clutch play for Boston Red Sox

For the Boston Red Sox, Acronis remote backup took on enhanced meaning during the coronavirus crisis. Acronis also provides the team with recovery and security capabilities.
May 27, 2020 27 May'20
Odaseva app replaces Salesforce data recovery service

Odaseva said its new DailyExport.io app fulfills the needs of customers who use Salesforce Weekly Export and the soon-to-be-shuttered Salesforce Data Recovery Service.
May 27, 2020 27 May'20
Kasten, Veeam team up on Kubernetes backup

Veeam and Kasten, two leaders in their respective markets, are collaborating on backup for Kubernetes, which one analyst called the 'de facto standard' in container management.
May 21, 2020 21 May'20
Arcserve enhances portfolio of Sophos-secured backup

Arcserve extended its Sophos suite of cybersecurity products aimed at protecting backups from ransomware to include cloud and Microsoft Office 365 workloads.
May 20, 2020 20 May'20
Looking back at Rubrik Forward

Storage analysts have had a lukewarm response to 2020 virtual shows. Rubrik Forward showed small improvements but failed to escape the 'long webinar' formula that lacks pizzazz.
May 14, 2020 14 May'20
Quest launches NetVault 13 after CEO change

NetVault's Quest for stability: Version 13 adds a REST API and Teams backup for Office 365. Analysts say it's a good product, but can Quest's new CEO improve its market execution?
May 13, 2020 13 May'20
Backblaze S3-compatible APIs set up cloud battle

Backblaze releases S3-compatible APIs for its B2 Cloud Storage. Several vendor partners joined the launch with integrations. Uses include backup and archiving.
May 11, 2020 11 May'20
Rubrik Polaris enhancements unveiled at Forward summit

Rubrik Polaris data management platform extended its support to several cloud workloads popular among enterprise customers: AWS RDS, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft OneDrive.
May 11, 2020 11 May'20
Rubrik CEO talks pandemic impact, Forward digital conference

Rubrik CEO says 'We are social beings, and nothing can replace the face-to-face connection' of a physical user conference. But Rubrik's virtual show will attract a wider audience.
May 05, 2020 05 May'20
Trilio's Kubernetes data protection enters early access

TrilioVault for Kubernetes backs up and recovers applications within Kubernetes containers. It is one of the few third-party offerings for Kubernetes backup, but demand is growing.
April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20
Igneous Systems enhances DataDiscover with global search

Igneous Systems' upgrades to DataDiscover and DataFlow address unstructured data growth by allowing customers with massive data sets to see everything they have and move it anywhere.
April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20
Clumio backup adds Microsoft 365 protection

Clumio takes aim at the 'vulnerable' area of software as a service. Its backup for Microsoft 365 includes security features and assorted restore options.
April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20
Rubrik ramps up backup speed and test/dev clones for Oracle

Rubrik Andes 5.2 doesn't add any groundbreaking features, but it focused on using backup capabilities to enhance test/dev and improving backup speed for large datasets.
April 28, 2020 28 Apr'20
Rubrik Forward virtual show poses audience engagement test

Tech events such as Rubrik Forward have gone virtual due to COVID-19, and the challenge is to make them as engaging as live ones. Experts say they must be more than just webinars.
April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20
Cohesity Helios gets a mobile app for on-the-go alerts

Cohesity launched a free mobile app version of Cohesity Helios. It delivers key features such as monitoring and ransomware alerts to users who are away from a workstation.
April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20
SaaS-based Unitrends Helix automates tedious backup tasks

Unitrends Helix automates the tasks of monitoring, remediating and maintaining backup servers. While tedious, they are necessary to prevent failed backups.
April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20
Backup trends include security awareness, cloud protection

Data protection experts discuss important backup trends outlined in research, as well as customer tendencies in the age of the coronavirus. Security best practices are critical.
April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20
Cohesity funding nets $250M despite pandemic

After its latest funding round, Cohesity doubled its valuation in two years. It indicates how hot the backup market is as vendors add data reuse capabilities to their portfolios.
April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20
Commvault cloud coverage expands to Alibaba

With Alibaba cloud support in its latest features update, Commvault builds towards a platform for easy workload migration across on-premises clouds and multiple public clouds.
April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20
Companies plan for alternatives to live tech conferences

The coronavirus has thrown tech conferences and vendors' product launch schedules into question. Some suggest live tech shows will be heavily scaled down even after the pandemic.
March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20
HYCU backup and recovery tackles Azure data

HYCU seeks to simplify backup, recovery and migration of Azure data. The data protection and management vendor sees an opportunity in an evolving market.
March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20
New FalconStor StorSafe uses containers to archive backups

FalconStor's new StorSafe product combines container, erasure coding and data reduction to archive backups and make them portable across cloud sites.
March 23, 2020 23 Mar'20
Companies bolster endpoint data protection for remote work

While plenty of teleworking tools exist to help the increase in people working at home due to COVID-19, managing and protecting proliferating endpoint data can alter IT pros' jobs.
March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20
Data protection vendor Rubrik selects its first president

Rubrik appointed Dan Rogers, former CMO of ServiceNow and Symantec, as its first president. Rogers wants to push Rubrik towards data reuse, which he says is the future of backup.
March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20
Igneous brings SaaS data management to Dell EMC appliances

Igneous rocks on-premises backup, data management with ability to use Dell NAS appliances as targets for its SaaS platform that was designed for public clouds.
March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20
N2WS Backup & Recovery enhances cloud storage management

N2WS launches its first major product update since Veeam sold the company back to its founders. Backup & Recovery 3.0 focuses on storage and cost efficiency.
March 05, 2020 05 Mar'20
Veritas Enterprise Vault adds cloud-based supervision

Veritas added Advanced Supervision to its cloud archiving platform and said even customers outside of heavily regulated industries demand communications monitoring tools.
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.
February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20
Rubrik acquisition enhances vendor's artificial intelligence

Rubrik, which uses artificial intelligence in ransomware detection and governance offerings, bought additional AI technology for more proactive data management assistance.
February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20
Backup is evolving into intelligent data management

A study found that more businesses are recognizing the need for intelligent data management. But pervasive data classification and education in the market are still needed.
February 21, 2020 21 Feb'20
Nakivo dives into SaaS backup with Office 365 protection

Version 9.2 isn't as features-heavy as Nakivo's previous releases, but Office 365 backup is a significant step. The vendor plans to delve deeper into SaaS application data backup.
February 19, 2020 19 Feb'20
Cobalt Iron rolls out Compass NAS backup system extension

The new extension offers file-level backups on one integrated system that removes the use of NDMP silos to make the process less time-consuming for users.
February 19, 2020 19 Feb'20
Cohesity backup software targets ROBOs on Cisco, HPE hardware

The new Cohesity appliance is designed to provide backup at a branch location without IT expertise. The software runs on Cisco or HPE servers, and the central office manages backups.
February 18, 2020 18 Feb'20
Research points to IT skills shortage in data protection

It's getting harder to recruit and replace IT personnel with backup expertise, but simpler products and more automation can help companies compensate for the skills gap.
February 18, 2020 18 Feb'20
Veeam Availability Suite v10 enhances NAS, ransomware support

Veeam released the much-anticipated Version 10 of its Availability Suite software, a product that executives have promised for years. NAS support headlines the key additions.
February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20
New Infrascale CEO outlines multi-cloud backup and recovery vision

Infrascale's new CEO has his eyes on the 'multi-cloud' sky. The vendor plans to roll out updated backup and disaster recovery technology to its SMB base over the next year.
January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20
Assureon archive is fast, but shouldn't replace backup

Nexsan Assureon 8.3 ramped up retrieval speeds, making it suitable for backup and DR. However, relying on the archive appliance for multiple use cases carries its own risks.
January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20
How will Veeam customers be affected by vendor's sale?

As Veeam takes aim at the U.S. market and the world of hybrid cloud, users could see enhanced products and technology now that it's under the ownership of Insight Partners.
January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20
Quantum tape gets repackaged into turnkey ransomware defense

Quantum says tape's main perk is as an air-gapped defense against ransomware. Its new Ransomware Protection Packs combine tape libraries with a built-in, off-network vault.
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.
January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20
Nakivo update supports tape, physical servers

Nakivo now supports tape and physical servers, a departure from its initial focus on cloud and VMs. Demand and expert opinion suggest there will always be need for physical backup.
January 20, 2020 20 Jan'20
Catalogic launches KubeDR to protect etcd data

Catalogic's new KubeDR tool protects cluster configurations, metadata and certificates, which is data often overlooked by Kubernetes protection tools.
January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20
Veeam's Timashev discusses selling company, next steps

Veeam co-founder Ratmir Timashev discusses why now is the right time to sell the data protection company, which shifts its focus to hybrid cloud after it 'won the VMware market.'
January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20
Backup focus in 2020: Data at the edge and in containers

Storage and backup industry analysts say as data grows at the edge and inside containers, those areas will require more attention from backup products in 2020.
January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20
Veeam Software bought by private equity firm at $5B valuation

Veeam is under new ownership. Insight Partners acquired the data protection company for an undisclosed sum. With the acquisition comes a modified leadership team.
December 30, 2019 30 Dec'19
Vendors detail cloud-based backup past, present, future

As part of TechTarget's 20th anniversary, we're looking at some of the top trends and technologies over those years. Here, vendors that offer cloud backup discuss this newer trend.
December 19, 2019 19 Dec'19
Actifio 10c adds container support and DR orchestration

Actifio's 10c update added some significant new capabilities that further take advantage of the cloud. Backup, disaster recovery, migration all got a boost in this update.
December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19
XenData launches plug-and-play archive appliance

XenData's X1 appliance makes archiving by tape, Sony Optical Disc Archive and cloud object storage simpler and more network-friendly. It connects archives for multiple users.
December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19
Major funding, SaaS trends top data backup news in 2019

Several data backup vendors, including Carbonite, Commvault and Clumio, had a bustling 2019. The backup market continues to develop with acquisitions and more cloud-based products.
December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19
Druva expands on AWS backup, moves S3 snaps across regions

In response to customers' expanding AWS footprint, Druva added new backup features to CloudRanger, which it acquired in 2018 for protection of data stored in AWS.
November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19
Container backup grows, following container adoption

Although demand for container backup remains low, vendors anticipate growth in this area. Containers have shifted from being lightweight throwaways to persistent mini-VMs.
November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19
Kasten backup aims for secure Kubernetes protection

Container storage backup is an emerging trend. Kasten K10, which launched in 2017 and provides backup for Kubernetes, takes on security in its major 2.0 update.
November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19
Insurance company uses Cohesity backup to wean off tape

Illinois Mutual wanted to switch from tape backup to something cloud-based. It needed a vendor that integrated with Hyper-V but could also support tape during the transition.
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 21, 2019 21 Nov'19
Clumio extends support to AWS EBS with $135M funding bump

Clumio plans to use its funds to expand its data protection to data sources including more public clouds, SaaS applications and containers. It's starting with Amazon EBS support.
November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19
Odaseva introduces high availability for Salesforce

Odaseva is rolling out a feature that can provide Salesforce with high availability, letting them work with Salesforce data even when the SaaS application is down.
November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19
Guarding the shop: Rewind backup protects e-commerce data

E-commerce sites need backup in the event of data loss situations, especially during the holidays. Rewind gives merchants the chance to go back to a safe point in time.
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 13, 2019 13 Nov'19
HYCU backup for Google Cloud adds SAP HANA support

HYCU dives deeper into the Google Cloud Platform with backup for SAP HANA. The backup vendor aims to keep costs down and provide a fully managed service.

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