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• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Backupify upgrades cloud-to-cloud backup of Google Apps

  'Spring release' of Backupify for Google Apps focuses on admin tools for enterprises, as larger companies turn to cloud-to-cloud backup services.

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  PHD Virtual buys DR testing startup VirtualSharp, eyes cloud DR

  Backup vendor PHD Virtual takes another step toward the cloud, adds DR testing startup VirtualSharp and the ability to recover data in a public cloud.

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  California State University aims for 100% cloud backups

  California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is marching towards complete cloud backups with the help of Panzura storage gateways.

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Data protection vendors add options for cloud backups

  To help their customers get used to cloud backups, software and hardware vendors add options for moving protected copies of data to public clouds.

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  NASCAR Productions chooses Spectra tape library for petabytes of video

  NASCAR Productions recently chose Spectra Logic's Spectra T-Finity tape library to store video footage, including broadcast video and broadcast-related data sets.

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  HydraStor adds hybrid nodes to scale enterprise archiving box

  NEC adds hybrid nodes to its HydraStor enterprise archiving and backup system, allowing it to scale higher for performance and capacity.

• 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.

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  EMC overhauls DPA backup monitoring software

  EMC gives its Data Protection Advisor backup monitoring tool a new interface and analysis engine, and makes it easier to install.

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  Cloud backup, BYOD challenges can threaten IT control over data

  IT executives at a data management symposium discuss gaining control over BYOD challenges and rogue cloud backup initiatives in their companies.

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  CommVault adds global dedupe, simplified management to Simpana 10

  CommVault upgrades its data protection and management software, adding global deduplication and a simpler way to manage workflow in Simpana 10.

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  LTO tapes show uptick in Q4 sales, but overall revenue falls

  Sales of LTO tapes were up in Q4 of 2012, according to Santa Clara Consulting Group, although overall sales revenues continue to fall.

• February 21, 2013 21 Feb'13

  Riverbed Whitewater adds Glacier support, virtual appliances

  Riverbed Whitewater cloud backup platform adds support for Amazon Glacier and Google Cloud Storage, as well as two larger capacity virtual appliances.

• 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.

• February 14, 2013 14 Feb'13

  Veeam moves VM backups to the cloud

  Veeam Software is the latest on-premises backup software vendor to embrace the cloud, using it to copy VM backups already on disk.

• February 08, 2013 08 Feb'13

  Vendor spotlight: PHD Virtual shows off expertise with VM backups

  Startup PHD Virtual's expertise with VM backups goes past VMware to Citrix XenServer, with plans to add multi-hypervisor management.