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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.
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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.
April 26, 2017 26 Apr'17
Rubrik Cloud Data Management adds replication between AWS, Azure

Rubrik's cloud platform gets an upgrade with support for native cloud applications in AWS and Microsoft Azure for application-consistent snapshots and recovery.
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.
April 13, 2017 13 Apr'17
Altaro backup product steps 'inline' for VM protection

Altaro VM Backup version 7 includes an augmented inline deduplication feature for the data protection software as it tries to cut backup size and costs.
April 04, 2017 04 Apr'17
Cohesity storage strategy embraces object, NAS backups

Cohesity keeps extending its converged secondary storage platform, with object storage, NAS and erasure coding joining the lineup. The startup also completed another funding round.
March 31, 2017 31 Mar'17
Nakivo Backup & Replication v7 adds Hyper-V support

While historically targeting SMBs, Nakivo is looking to move up the enterprise ladder with its backup software. Its new backup capabilities include Hyper-V and vSphere 6.5 support.
March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17
Unitrends backup and recovery attacks ransomware

Unitrends' physical and virtual appliances can alert administrators if ransomware is detected. The updated products also feature simplified backup management.
February 22, 2017 22 Feb'17
Veritas lands Azure partnership for the hybrid cloud

Veritas Technologies signed a joint-development agreement with Azure for hybrid cloud deployments. The Azure collaboration will help Veritas rebuild its brand.
February 22, 2017 22 Feb'17
Index Engines supports tape data migration to AWS

For Index Engines' new feature, the information management and archiving provider remotely installs software, processes tapes and migrates data of value to Amazon Web Services.
February 15, 2017 15 Feb'17
Cohesity's converged data protection platform goes ROBO

Cohesity upgraded its product line with a virtual edition appliance for converged protection in remote offices and branch offices. It also added a new hardware appliance.
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.
February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17
Actifio Virtual Data Pipeline (VDP) 7.0

A pioneer in copy data management, Actifio beat out competitors in the 2016 Products of the Year competition to take silver for backup hardware with its Virtual Data Pipeline.
February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17
Druva software aims to get 'inSync' with ransomware

Druva inSync software is upgraded with tools to detect ransomware attacks and helps recover clean data. The endpoint software detects strange data behavior patterns.
February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17
Unitrends Recovery Series

Unitrends Recovery Series backup appliances ranked high in ease of use and manageability to take Products of the Year gold.
February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17
Barracuda Backup 6.3

Barracuda Backup 6.3 introduces multi-streaming and cloud-to-cloud backups to take bronze for 2016 Products of the Year in the backup hardware category.
February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17
Zerto Virtual Replication 4.5

Aimed at enterprises with large VMs, Zerto Virtual Replication version 4.5, aided by a new journaling feature, stresses RPOs of seconds and RTOs of minutes.
February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17
Veeam Software's Veeam Availability Suite v9

Veeam Availability Suite v9 scored highly on functionality, offering Veeam Cloud Connect Replication and Veeam Explorer for Oracle databases among its more than 250 features.
February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17
Datos IO RecoverX

The cornerstone of Datos IO RecoverX backup and recovery product is the vendor's patented Consistent Orchestrated Distributed Recovery architecture.
February 06, 2017 06 Feb'17
Arcserve UDP appliance goes deeper into Amazon cloud

Arcserve enhances UDP version 6.5 to provide backup, disaster recovery and high availability in the Amazon public cloud as well as on premises.
February 06, 2017 06 Feb'17
Data protection company action: Carbonite, Datto make acquisitions

Data protection companies Carbonite and Datto both made purchases to improve their standing in a needed area: high availability and networking, respectively.
January 23, 2017 23 Jan'17
Acronis adds blockchain to True Image 2017 for ransomware protection

Acronis' new True Image combines backup with protection against ransomware. The software uses blockchain technology to authenticate and certify data to combat ransomware attacks.
January 19, 2017 19 Jan'17
StorageCraft backup diversifies, acquires Exablox object storage

StorageCraft backup targets server-based storage. Exablox OneBlox is converged hardware, with an object-based file system and NAS front end. Product integration is a goal.
January 09, 2017 09 Jan'17
Demand grows for disk, cloud storage backup market

The cloud and disk-based storage appliances are meeting backup market needs in this age of massive and faster data creation and risk.
January 09, 2017 09 Jan'17
Ransomware protection best served by backing up your data

A recent survey illustrates how extensive ransomware threats have been, and Rich Castagna says backing up data remains your best defense
January 06, 2017 06 Jan'17
2016 data backup hardware Products of the Year finalists

This year's seven data backup hardware finalists for Products of the Year feature built-in new software capabilities to improve backup and recovery and are becoming cloud-compatible.
January 06, 2017 06 Jan'17
Data backup and recovery software: 2016 Products of the Year finalists

While the cloud is a steady presence, the backup and disaster recovery software finalists provide a variety of capabilities across technologies and platforms.
December 30, 2016 30 Dec'16
Backup 2017: Focus on ransomware protection, copy data management

Backup and recovery trends for 2017 will focus on improved ransomware protection, integrated copy data management and more mature DraaS offerings.
December 22, 2016 22 Dec'16
Backup 2016: Emphasis shifts to data management platforms

In 2016, backup vendors highlighted their intentions to evolve data protection technologies into a full data management platform.
December 09, 2016 09 Dec'16
Veritas turns NetBackup 8.0 into data management platform

Veritas Technologies' latest version of its NetBackup product is integrated with copy data management, Veritas Resiliency Platform and Veritas Information Map.
December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16
Align data protection requirements and compliance

While many compliance mandates discuss the importance of data protection guidelines, not all are as prescriptive as you'd think or like them to be.
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Veeam backup software protects mental health facility's Hyper-V

A mental health and addiction facility had an ongoing problem with its virtual machine backup and recovery until it was solved with Veeam's Backup & Replication.
November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16
U.S. court dismisses Symantec lawsuit against Veeam

A U.S. district court ends the patent lawsuit that Symantec, now Veritas, brought against Veeam four years ago. The court dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice.
November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16
Cohesity storage adds Cloud Edition for AWS, Azure

Startup Cohesity launches DataPlatform Cloud Edition, a version of its converged secondary storage software designed to run on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16
Veritas Backup Exec 16 backs up Microsoft Azure, Windows Server 2016

Trying to rebuild the Backup Exec brand, Veritas adds support for Microsoft Azure, Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V Server. The upgrade is part of the new Veritas' cloud focus.
November 10, 2016 10 Nov'16
With Microsoft Office 365 backup, Veeam breaks into new market

Veeam's beta program for backing up Microsoft Office 365 pulls in 1,500 downloads within a few days of the offering's release. Customers want local protection for Exchange data.
October 14, 2016 14 Oct'16
Quantum Scalar platform grows with LTO libraries, StorNext appliance

Quantum's unstructured data archiving platform consists of Scalar LTO tape libraries and StorNext data management. The vendor aims to make tape more efficient across multi-tiers.
October 07, 2016 07 Oct'16
Commvault CEO: We're ahead of Veritas in data management platform race

Commvault CEO Bob Hammer talks about transforming his company into a full-scale data management vendor and how its technology is ahead of competitors.
October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16
Arcserve UDP appliance upgrades capacity, memory to go up market

Data protection vendor moves up market with the 8000 Series Arcserve UDP appliance hardware. The 8000 models scale from 4 TB to 80 TB raw storage before source-side deduplication.

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