Backup and recovery software
Traditionally, backup and recovery software products had one purpose -- to make a copy of your data. But over the past few years, backup software products have evolved to include a whole host of functionality. Technologies such as continuous data protection (CDP), snapshot, data deduplication, replication, backup reporting tools and even data archiving have become features of, or are tightly integrated with, enterprise-class backup software applications. This section offers news and expert advice on data backup applications and tools from vendors such as Veritas Technologies, Dell EMC, IBM, Commvault, Veeam Software and others. This section also explores how backup software integrates with public clouds.
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7 Hyper-Converged Secondary Storage Questions Answered
In this expert guide, receive answers to 7 fundamental questions, an analysis of Asigra, Cohesity, HPE and Rubrik hyper-converged secondary storage products, key benefits of converged secondary storage and cautions, and much more.
Backup and recovery software News
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February 14, 2019
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Experts look for new Commvault CEO to automate, orchestrate
Experts say new Commvault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani is qualified for his new job, while the vendor still has some challenges to overcome in the face of a competitive, dynamic market.
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February 12, 2019
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Carbonite acquisition of Webroot merges backup, cybersecurity
The Carbonite acquisition of Webroot is a big play in the SMB market. Carbonite's backup and recovery platform will combine with Webroot's cybersecurity.
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February 11, 2019
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IBM Storage Solutions draw up blueprint for blockchain storage
IBM offers up blueprints for blockchain storage, with NVMe arrays and software for scale-out.
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February 06, 2019
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New Commvault CEO Mirchandani: We're ready for the next wave
The new Commvault boss says it's time for well-funded data management upstarts to 'take the training wheels off' if they want to compete in the enterprise.
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Data backup types explained: Full, incremental, differential and more
Learn which data backup type is best -- full, incremental or differential backups, or newer methods, such as synthetic and incremental-forever backups. Continue Reading
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data archiving
Data archiving migrates infrequently used data to low-cost, high-capacity archive storage for long-term retention. Continue Reading
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Backup snapshots and replication supplement standard backup
Traditional backup or data snapshot and replication technologies alone don't meet the data protection and DR needs of modern enterprises. Combine them all together and they do. Continue Reading
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The top enterprise data storage products of 2018
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Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved 14
Veteran data protection vendor Asigra beat out new and older competition with its Cloud Backup Evolved product, highlighted by its ability to shield backups from ransomware. Continue Reading
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Zerto IT Resilience Platform 6.0
Zerto's rebranded IT Resilience Platform provides many cloud choices for recovery, as well as automation and orchestration. Its innovation impressed our judges. Continue Reading
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Data protection systems must address GDPR, ransomware concerns
Backup products don't have a granular enough understanding of data to scan or analyze it effectively and fully meet today's privacy and security requirements. Continue Reading
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Successful IT resiliency strategy based on high availability and DR
Stringent yet realistic RTOs and RPOs are crucial to resiliency plans aiming to minimize interruptions to businesses operations should disaster or disruptions strike IT resources. Continue Reading
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VSphere vs. KVM: Assessing hypervisors in hyper-convergence
Hyper-converged infrastructure has become a complex and competitive segment of the data center architecture market in recent years and so too has the architecture's support for hypervisors. Examples of hyper-converged hypervisors vary, and, over ... Continue Reading
Problem Solve Backup and recovery software Issues
We’ve gathered up expert advice and tips from professionals like you so that the answers you need are always available.
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Vendors of copy management systems tackle potential pitfalls
If you're looking to reap the benefits of a copy data management product, it's important to keep in mind the limits and possible risks involved with the technology. Continue Reading
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What are some ghost image creation issues?
A ghost image can be used to copy the contents of one server to another for backup, but the process of creating ghost images may not be as simple as it seems. Continue Reading
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Lost and found: Use an Exchange recovery database to restore data
PowerShell can come to the rescue to restore messages and other items from an Exchange 2016 recovery database when trouble strikes -- or when lawyers make requests. Continue Reading