In our first column we discussed what cloud providers needed to provide to make the enterprise more comfortable with using the cloud for backup. In this entry we discuss how to choose the right cloud provider and give an example…
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Decisions the Enterprise Must Make When Considering Cloud Backup
Tagged with: Cloud, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, Encryption, KeepItSafe, Megacloud, Migration, NAS, Ransomware, Replication, SaaS, Veeam
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Software Defining Secondary Storage – Quest QoreStor Briefing Note
Secondary storage systems primarily store backup and archive data. These systems often store ten to twenty times the capacity of primary storage systems. Vendors realize the opportunity and are now flooding into the market. Most of the solutions are turnkey…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, Encryption, MS-SQL, NFS, Quest, Replication, Scale-Out, SMB, Software Defined, VM
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The Myth of NoSQL Data Protection
There is a debate circling the topic of NoSQL data protection. A common myth is that because these environments automatically create replicas, data protection isn’t needed. Replicas protect the NoSQL environment from a hardware failure within a node or even…
Tagged with: Cloud, Corruption, Deduplication, Hadoop, Imanis Data, Machine Learning, NoSQL, Point-in-Time, Ransomware, Replication, RPO, RTO
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What is a Multi-Cloud Data Controller?
Multi-Cloud is real, most organizations have multiple cloud relationships and plan on maintaining them. Even AWS CEO Andy Jassy said in a recent Wall Street Journal Interview, “There will not be only one cloud…but rather a handful of large cloud…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Hybrid, IoT, NAS, NFS, Object Storage, Scality, SMB, Software Defined, Unstructured data
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The First Step in Cloud DR is Cloud Backup
“It’s not about backup, it’s about recovery” is a common statement from the marketing departments of backup software suppliers. A recovery can’t be performed without a quality copy of the data. Cloud storage’s low cost and automatic off-site capabilities as…
Tagged with: Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, Disaster recovery, dr, DRaaS, Encryption, KeepItSafe, Migration, Replication, Veeam
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Why Cloud Backup Doesn’t Work for Enterprises and How to Fix it
Protecting the enterprise remains a big challenge facing data centers. Backup touches and interacts with almost every component of the data center, and in the enterprise where there are more of those components; the chance for failure is high. At…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, KeepItSafe, Megacloud, Migration, Replication, SaaS
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Webinar: Data Management vs. GDPR and Data Privacy – How to Solve the Right to Be Forgotten Problem
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) makes specific demands on organizations based in and doing business in the European Union (EU). Now several US states are considering similar legislation and California has already passed a GDPR-like law. Clearly this is…
Tagged with: Aparavi, Archive, Cloud, Data Privacy, GDPR, Retention, Unstructured data
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The Future Data Center – Live from Hitachi Next!
What comes after Data Center Modernization? The future data center is smart. But what is a smart data center, how do you create a smart data center and why would you want to? We answer all of these questions on…
Tagged with: Analytics, Cloud, Data modernization, Data Protection, Hitachi, IoT, Replication, Virtual Storage, Virtualization
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Do You Need to Backup Office 365?
Office 365 lives in Microsoft’s Azure cloud service. That service consists of more than one location and certainly more than one server. Microsoft does an excellent job of keeping the service available, and to most users, it feels like it…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Attack, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, Encryption, KeepItSafe, Malware, Migration, Ransomware, Replication, SaaS, Veeam
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SlideShare: Disaster Recovery as a Service in Action
By leveraging the cloud, Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) eliminates many of the costs associated with a DR site, changing it from a capital cost to an operational cost. Does DRaaS sound too good to be true? Can organizations…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery as a Service, DRaaS, Encryption, Infrascale, Migration, Recovery
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