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September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18
CEO sees Druva backup as cloud management play

Druva strategy includes first helping customers move backup data to the cloud over the short term, then managing it all after it's there a few years down the road.
September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18
Lenovo and Veeam integration teams storage with protection

Thanks to a new integration, Veeam and Lenovo customers can purchase Veeam's data management and protection with Lenovo's software-defined infrastructure or SAN products.
September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18
OwnBackup Salesforce tools include archive and blockchain

OwnBackup's fall release includes a new data archiving product, a blockchain-powered compliance component and improved capabilities for its Salesforce protection app.
September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18
Cohesity backup further integrates with Azure and Office 365

Cohesity cozies up to Microsoft with deeper support for Office 365 Exchange Online, the ability to protect data in Azure Data Box, and DR capabilities in Azure cloud.
September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18
Imanis Data 4.0 introduces autonomous backups, NoSQL support

Imanis enables the protection of NoSQL databases with no human intervention through new SmartPolicies, along with automated RPO-based backup and improved ransomware detection.
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September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18
BackupAssist software offers cloud-to-local backup

BackupAssist 365 can be set to automatically download files and email mailboxes from the cloud to an on-premises device, creating local backups as a cloud-to-cloud alternative.
September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18
CEO: Veeam database exposure fixed, investigation launched

Veeam co-CEO Peter McKay said there's 'no excuse' for the exposure of a marketing database and millions of email addresses. He said the company is being proactive in its response.
September 12, 2018 12 Sep'18
Rubrik backup suite bolstered by new Datos IO release

Seven months after acquiring Datos IO, Rubrik adds NoSQL data protection with the release of Rubrik Datos IO 3.0, addresses distributed database protection for the first time.
August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18
New Asigra backup appliance targets ransomware

The evolution of Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved results in an integrated appliance with partner iXsystems, called the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance with ransomware detection.
August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18
JetStream Data Protection safeguards data on the cloud

JetStream's Data Protection product uses continuous data capture technology to bring data resiliency to the cloud software company's data management platform.
August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18
Acronis True Image backup tackles cyber protection

Acronis True Image 2019 takes on security issues, including still-prevalent ransomware attacks. The consumer and SMB software also adds backup cleanup and a recovery 'Survival Kit.'
August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18
StorageCraft update adds converged appliance, data protection

StorageCraft’s new OneXafe converged primary, secondary and backup appliance and ShadowXafe data protection software replace the vendor's OneBlox and ShadowProtect products.
August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18
Igneous Systems rocks unstructured data protection for NAS

Igneous expands its integrations with network-attached storage, aiming to offer easier, unified backup of unstructured data. Volume and complexity of that data can be challenging.
August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18
Veritas NetBackup upgrade includes facelift

Veritas gives the grande dame of data protection a facelift, making NetBackup more intuitive and visually appealing to capture backup newbies, as well as the grizzled vets.
August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18
New Cohesity backup adds Helios SaaS management

The new Cohesity SaaS app lets users view, manage and make changes to secondary data and applications across multiple clusters through a single dashboard.
August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18
New Quantum backup appliance brings Veeam to tape

Integrated disk backup appliances are now common, but Quantum and Veeam have taken the converged architecture to tape backups to eliminate the need for a dedicated external server.
August 13, 2018 13 Aug'18
Rubrik backup helps Castilleja School move to cloud

California school sees Rubrik converged data protection and AWS S3 as key building blocks for a multi-cloud strategy, with archiving as the first step.
August 06, 2018 06 Aug'18
Quest launches QoreStor for appliance-free dedupe

Quest strips the data deduplication software out of DR appliances, launching it as the independent QoreStor application, which supports any vendor's backup hardware.
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.
July 30, 2018 30 Jul'18
HYCU moves beyond Nutanix backup with Google Cloud support

HYCU's first non-Nutanix-based product is backup for Google Cloud Platform, ahead of Nutanix's Xi Cloud Services partnership with Google due later this year.
July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18
Druva CloudRanger finds home in Cloud Platform

With the integration of CloudRanger, Druva's Cloud Platform now provides protection and management of data centers, software as a service, end-user devices and cloud workloads.
July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18
Commvault architecture overhaul reduces product count

By consolidating more than 20 offerings into four repackaged product sets, Commvault moves to simplify the purchasing process and eliminate its architecture's 'features sprawl.'
July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18
StorageCraft backup and object storage packaged for schools

As schools shift from textbooks to rich media, StorageCraft packages object storage with backup and recovery software in hard disk drives or all-flash appliances.
July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18
Notre Dame uses N2WS Cloud Protection Manager for backup

The University of Notre Dame has moved 80% of its academic and administrative data to the AWS cloud, and relies on N2WS' Cloud Protection Manager to back up and protect it.
July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18
Tape storage capacity plays important role as data increases

There's a long runway for tape, with hundreds of terabytes of storage capacity soon available on a single cartridge. Flash, disk, the cloud and tape will all be key for storage.
July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18
Imanis Data improves ransomware detection

Imanis improves its machine learning-powered ransomware detection, introduces disaster recovery for Hadoop and unveils its new Recovery Sandbox feature.
July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18
Cohesity backup replaces legacy EMC at Piedmont HealthCare

A healthcare firm doesn't take full advantage of Cohesity secondary storage capabilities, but finds its backup and recovery features simpler and faster.
July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18
Cloud Daddy enters AWS data protection fray

Cloud Daddy's Secure Backup offers five levels of protection. The new company has jumped into a growing and necessary market of AWS data backup, recovery and security.
July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18
New Quantum CEO Lerner sees a future in rich media

The former Cisco exec hopes to use Quantum's high-ingest technology and tape storage to serve a growing need in the surveillance, medical and entertainment markets.
June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18
Archive360 mixes and matches cloud data archiving elements

Archive360's Archive2Azure previously supported file and message archiving. Now, users can archive Salesforce and healthcare data, among other elements, to the Azure cloud.
June 05, 2018 05 Jun'18
Druva Cloud Platform enhanced with CloudRanger acquisition

Druva will replace its Apollo product with the services of CloudRanger, following its acquisition of the AWS data protection vendor. Druva's Cloud Platform continues to evolve.
June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18
Catalogic Software teams up with Storware data protection

Catalogic and Storware executives feel their companies complement each other. The two data protection vendors have a distribution agreement and are working in partnership.
May 31, 2018 31 May'18
Veeam enterprise push embraces 'hyper-availability,' cloud

Noting that 'data is the currency of the enterprise,' Veeam is taking its platform beyond protection and into more management. VeeamON 2018 laid the groundwork for its strategy.
May 23, 2018 23 May'18
Extended Zerto journaling highlights backup, resilience push

Zerto 7 will feature a journaling capability that extends far beyond what the vendor previously offered. The vendor's IT Resilience Platform also includes automation and analytics.
May 15, 2018 15 May'18
Asigra backup targets ransomware 'Attack-Loop'

Version 14 of Asigra Cloud Backup features a partnership with security vendors to help find ransomware in backups. New variants can stay dormant until the data recovery process.
May 09, 2018 09 May'18
Commvault HyperScale appliance keeps county covered

The Commvault HyperScale integrated appliance enables San Mateo County to back up more in less time. The appliance marks a new direction for Commvault.
May 03, 2018 03 May'18
Kaseya acquisition leads to merger with Unitrends

Kaseya's acquisition of Unitrends links remote monitoring and management, professional services automation, and backup and recovery services for midmarket enterprises and MSPs.
May 02, 2018 02 May'18
Hammer falls on Commvault CEO, company seeks 'Advance'

Commvault has begun a search for a new CEO. Commvault Advance is also underway, as the data protection vendor seeks to cut costs and improve products.
April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18
Cohesity CloudSpin serves up test/dev data

Converged secondary storage vendor Cohesity brings copy data management into the cloud for DevOps with CloudSpin and public cloud snapshot API integration.
April 19, 2018 19 Apr'18
Actifio backup makes the grade for digital learning provider

With cyberattacks a constant threat, Actifio provides protection through a data-centric approach and an air gap. Customers can recover to a safe point in time in minutes.
April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18
Kaseya backup takes on Office 365 with Spanning's help

Kaseya Office 365 Backup is integrated deeply with the vendor's remote monitoring and management software. Spanning's cloud-to-cloud technology provides the muscle behind it.
April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18
Rubrik Polaris SaaS app targets multi-cloud data

Rubrik takes another step toward cloud data management with Polaris GPS, a SaaS app that brings together secondary data stored in on-premises appliances and across clouds.
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.
March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18
Spanning Backup for Salesforce enhances metadata restore

Spanning Backup makes it easier for Salesforce administrators who deal with metadata. Direct restore improves self-service of important Salesforce work.
March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18
Spectra tape library line grows with Stack, T950v

Spectra Logic tape library choices now include the scalable Stack and a cheaper version of its previous T950 line. Tape can be a key storage element, as data sets continue to grow.
February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18
Cohesity DataPlatform now spans file, object storage

Cohesity's DataPlatform tackles unstructured data through SpanFS, which manages file and object storage and expands the vendor's converged secondary storage platform.
February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18
Veritas CloudPoint aims for multi-cloud data protection

CloudPoint 2.0 now includes built-in content indexing from snapshots, application persistent snapshots and auto discovery of new cloud instances in Microsoft and Google clouds.
February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18
Latest Carbonite acquisition adds Mozy backup

Carbonite stays busy with its pending acquisition of Mozy and a forthcoming DRaaS product. The data protection vendor also announced its revenue results.
February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18
Datos IO gobbled up by Rubrik

Datos IO's ability to protect applications built on NoSQL databases caught the attention of Rubrik, which strives to protect all data stored on premises and in the cloud.
February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18
Dell EMC unveils the DD3300, its latest Data Domain appliance

Dell EMC's latest addition to the Data Domain line targets SMBs and enterprises with remote offices. The system includes Data Domain Boost technology and cloud tiering software.
January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18
Veeam acquisition of N2WS enhances cloud protection

Veeam will integrate N2WS technology into the Availability Platform. The companies' research and development teams will work together following Veeam's acquisition of N2WS.
January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18
Data backup and recovery software: 2017 Products of the Year finalists

The backup and disaster recovery software and services finalists include established vendors and newer entrants, offering a wide range of protection across platforms.
January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18
Backup hardware devices: 2017 Products of the Year finalists

Backup and disaster recovery hardware products that made the initial cut extend into the cloud and have more support for software-defined storage, data analytics and even tape.
December 28, 2017 28 Dec'17
Data protection news 2017: Security issues make headlines

WannaCry and Amazon S3 buckets put greater focus on data protection security in 2017. Converged appliances, a Veeam CEO shift and private equity deals also made news.
December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17
Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 targets complete management

Veeam adds physical and cloud capabilities in its Availability Suite update. The backup and recovery vendor is also accelerating its research and development.
December 19, 2017 19 Dec'17
Spanning Backup survives series of ownership spins

Spanning cloud-to-cloud backup spins its way out of Dell EMC, embraces Amazon Web Services and protects data that lives in Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce and Google apps.
December 14, 2017 14 Dec'17
CloudBerry backups feature protection from ransomware

CloudBerry Backup 5.8 detects possible cases of ransomware in backups. In the event of an attack, users can go back to the most recent good backup and then restore.
December 06, 2017 06 Dec'17
Data protection trends: Ransomware, M&A deals dominate news

Ransomware made international headlines in backup 2017 news, and vendors looked to mitigate its effects. Vendors were also busy with acquisitions and hyper-converged backup.
November 27, 2017 27 Nov'17
Veeam enterprise customers gain enhanced physical protection

Veeam's push for additional and deeper enterprise bookings gets a bump with AIX and Solaris protection. The support is based on Cristie Software technology.
November 21, 2017 21 Nov'17
Datos IO RecoverX backup gets table-specific

Datos IO's RecoverX includes advanced database recovery functionality that restores specific tables, columns and rows. The software also now supports Kerberos authentication.
November 20, 2017 20 Nov'17
Commvault GO: Vendor 'HyperScales' data management strategy

Commvault's strategy of sticking to software has given way to an integrated HyperScale appliance, which was front and center at its GO user conference.
November 16, 2017 16 Nov'17
Druva Cloud Platform expands with Apollo

Endpoint backup specialist Druva's Apollo service for its cloud platform provides a management plane for IaaS and PaaS workloads. Features include snapshot management.
November 08, 2017 08 Nov'17
Cloud backup strategy tips: Prepare for two-way traffic

When using the public cloud, your storage strategy should take into account getting data in and out, and involving all of your IT and business teams before taking the plunge.
October 31, 2017 31 Oct'17
New 'task' for Datto backup: Merging with IT management firm

Following its acquisition by Vista Equity Partners, the Datto backup and recovery line is merging with Autotask. The companies plan to integrate their products and expand.
October 25, 2017 25 Oct'17
Aparavi takes three-piece approach to cloud data protection

Aparavi uses a three-part architecture to try to elbow its way into the emerging and competitive market for protecting, restoring and managing data stored in multiple clouds.
October 19, 2017 19 Oct'17
Commvault HyperScale joins converged protection scrum

Commvault's HyperScale appliance is a scale-out architecture for linear scalability. HyperScale is part of the vendor's new product strategy to build out its data services.
October 18, 2017 18 Oct'17
Hitachi Data Instance Director redesigned for scalability

Hitachi Vantara's Data Instance Director 6 was built with MongoDB to scale 100 times more than the previous version. HDID 6 also improves access control for security.
October 10, 2017 10 Oct'17
Carbonite backup gets endpoint boost in Datacastle buy

Carbonite endpoint backup grows with the acquisition of Datacastle technology and customers. As a smaller company, Datacastle had been at a critical juncture.
September 27, 2017 27 Sep'17
Veritas CEO talks analytics, GDPR and digital transformation

CEO of Veritas Technologies says despite all the changes swirling in the data protection world, the importance of data means 'incumbents get to win if they are good enough.'
September 27, 2017 27 Sep'17
DH2i DxEnterprise adds Linux support to improve availability

Once focusing on SQL Server, DH2i ventures into Linux waters. 'Smart Availability' allows users to move workloads any time, regardless of operating system.
September 20, 2017 20 Sep'17
Veritas Vision 2017: Veritas Cloud Storage, Access Appliance launch

With the release of Veritas Access Appliance and the object-based Cloud Storage, the storage software vendor follows a path it started down with NetBackup Appliances for backup.
September 19, 2017 19 Sep'17
Veritas 360 Data Management embraces cloud, dedupe, NoSQL

Veritas 360 platform upgrades -- including cloud deduplication for NetBackup -- dominate the opening day of the vendor's Veritas Vision 2017 user conference.
September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17
Tape storage capacity looks up as LTO-8 looms

Doubling the capacity from the previous generation, LTO-8 will present a strong option for data archiving. Tape systems can be an effective piece of tiered storage, officials say.
September 13, 2017 13 Sep'17
Iron Mountain cloud storage gains Iron Cloud

Iron Mountain unveiled its new Iron Cloud storage services that will be the foundation for its full-scale data management platform. The company is also opening a new data center.
September 12, 2017 12 Sep'17
Equifax breach highlights importance of GDPR preparation

While doing preparation work for GDPR, organizations should look at the Equifax breach and understand they would have to notify customers of a problem much sooner.
August 24, 2017 24 Aug'17
Acronis True Image backup fights ransomware with AI

Acronis True Image software will use machine pattern learning to stay ahead of potential ransomware attacks by detecting suspicious behavior before files get corrupted.
August 23, 2017 23 Aug'17
Code42 CrashPlan for Home ending, Carbonite seeks its users

In closing out its CrashPlan consumer backup product, Code42 is seeking to enhance its offerings for businesses. Consumers make up a small percentage of its overall customer base.
August 23, 2017 23 Aug'17
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus tackles VM data protection

The new IBM Spectrum Protect takes another shot at virtual server data protection. Spectrum Protect Plus provides backup and recovery for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V.
August 10, 2017 10 Aug'17
Datos IO RecoverX helps Maxwell Health protect MongoDB backup

SaaS healthcare benefits provider gets incremental backups and cost efficiency with Datos IO's RecoverX backup software, reducing MongoDB data protected on AWS cloud.
August 03, 2017 03 Aug'17
Veritas Data Insight adds GDPR compliance tool with AI

Veritas analytics adds Integrated Classification Engine to find sensitive private data that can help organizations comply with the looming General Data Protection Regulation.
August 02, 2017 02 Aug'17
Cohesity converged data protection bulks up hyper-convergence

Cohesity's Orion 5.0 software for hyper-converged secondary data supports more protocols and hypervisors, and DataPlatform hardware now includes 183 TB node.
July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17
Archive for Continuity247 brings cold cloud to Continuum

The Continuum backup and recovery line is enhanced with the addition of archiving for compliance and cheaper storage. Customers can use Glacier or their MSP's cloud.
July 06, 2017 06 Jul'17
Hospital picks Commvault data protection for Hyper-V, VMware

An Iowa-based hospital switched its troublesome IBM Tivoli backup offering for Commvault's data platform, simplifying virtual backups of VMware and Hyper-V.
June 28, 2017 28 Jun'17
Commvault CEO talks GDPR preparation, ransomware, blockchain

GDPR, ransomware, blockchain, and vendors merging and splitting have changed the data protection world. We asked Commvault CEO Bob Hammer for his take on it all.
June 26, 2017 26 Jun'17
Rocket Servergraph software passes university's backup test

The University of Edinburgh sought better backup data monitoring and reporting, and landed on Rocket Software. Servergraph reports on the school's IBM Tivoli Storage Manager.
June 20, 2017 20 Jun'17
Comtrade Software launches HYCU for Nutanix backup

Comtrade seeks poetry in hyper-converged infrastructure backups with HYCU (pronounced like haiku) application that protects Nutanix Acropolis hypervisor virtual machines.
June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17
New Quest data protection takes off with VROOM

Quest VROOM protects VMware and Hyper-V, and it provides DRaaS in Microsoft Azure. It's the vendor's first data protection product since Dell sold off the company.
June 12, 2017 12 Jun'17
Veritas Information Map peers into cloud data

Veritas now has an Amazon S3 Connector that gives users visibility into their unstructured data residing in the cloud. Information Map can help identify risk.
June 01, 2017 01 Jun'17
Acronis Backup software adds ransomware protection, improved dedupe

Acronis enhanced its business-level backup product with active protection against ransomware that recognizes 'whitelist' and 'blacklist' ransomware sources.
June 01, 2017 01 Jun'17
Veeam management changes accompany product transformation

Veeam, once focused primarily on virtual machines, widens supports for other platforms as the company's revenue increases and management team transforms.
May 30, 2017 30 May'17
Former NSA chief wants private sector to take on cyberthreats

Protection against WannaCry ransomware and other cybersecurity threats could benefit from better leadership in the business world, former CIA and NSA head Michael Hayden says.
May 24, 2017 24 May'17
VeeamON puts ransomware, cloud DR, CDP on stage

Microsoft, Quantum and DataGravity were among the Veeam partners offering new backup and recovery services at VeeamON. The products include tape and cloud data protection.
May 18, 2017 18 May'17
BackupAssist Software adds dedupe, multicloud support

BackupAssist has rebuilt its data protection product with data deduplication, compression, multicloud support and AES encryption for the SMB Hyper-V market.
May 18, 2017 18 May'17
Protection against ransomware requires strong backup

The WannaCry ransomware attack sent many organizations reeling. Practice good 'data protection hygiene' to fight ransomware and keep workloads safe overall.
May 16, 2017 16 May'17
WannaCry ransomware attack shows value of data backups

WannaCry and other ransomware attacks can be thwarted, but it takes proper data protection practices beforehand, as well as close monitoring of your data.
May 11, 2017 11 May'17
Druva cloud expands to help Brexit, GDPR reg challenges

Organizations have a 'heightened awareness' about increasingly prevalent data protection regulations, and Druva's three new cloud locations aim to aid compliance.
May 08, 2017 08 May'17
Code42 endpoint data protection now available with threat detection

Code42 Software integrates threat detection tools into its data protection software. The backup and recovery product now monitors data movement to public clouds.
May 08, 2017 08 May'17
Dell EMC IDPA changes vendor's backup strategy

The Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance is the vendor's first integrated enterprise backup target. What does this mean for physical Data Domain appliances?
May 03, 2017 03 May'17
Datos IO RecoverX supports 'traditional applications'

Datos IO now offers data protection and recovery for Microsoft SQL in the cloud. The RecoverX 2.0 software also supports Cloudera and Hortonworks platforms.
April 27, 2017 27 Apr'17
Arcserve archive integrated into UDP to protect email

An Arcserve archiving module under its UDP umbrella incorporates technology acquired from FastArchiver in early 2017 and provides granular email search of Outlook.

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