The cloud was supposed to be the answer to IT’s backup dilemma; instead, it in some ways has made the situation worse. In this on demand webinar Storage Switzerland and Microsoft Azure have a roundtable discussion on what’s gone wrong…
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Unstructured Data Backup and GDPR
Because of its sheer size, both in capacity and number of files, protecting unstructured data is a top concern for many organizations. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as the growing concern over data privacy worldwide…
Not all Cloud NAS are the Same – Understanding Cloud NAS Architectures
Unprecedented data growth, increased demands for performance and new use cases like analytics and IoT are pushing Network Attached Storage (NAS) to the breaking point. Organizations are looking to cloud storage to help them solve the problem and stop the…
What is a Recovery Capabilities Assessment?
Disaster recovery planning (DRP) is a long and arduous process. The process of creating and even updating a disaster recovery plan is the primary reason that most plans, if they exist, are woefully out of date. In the event of…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Commvault, Deduplication, dr, DRP, GDPR, Hybrid, RAID, Ransomware, Replication, Scale-Out
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Making Cloud Backup Work for Enterprises
Cloud backup is an ideal complement to an enterprise’s existing backup strategy. The problem is most cloud backup solutions seek to replace the solution already in place. Enterprises don’t want to throw away years of investment in training and processes…
Tagged with: Baas, Cloud, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, Encryption, KeepItSafe, Migration, Ransomware, Replication, SaaS, Veeam
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Designing a Cloud Strategy for the Real World – SoftNAS Briefing Note
The path to Hybrid IT is messy. The on-premises data footprint continues to grow at an alarming rate. On-premises applications also continue to sprawl, and the number of critical workloads only increases. Moving an application to the cloud often requires…
Flash to Flash to Cloud – Solving the Data Protection Problem
The primary objective of a data protection strategy is to protect data frequently and consistently. The ever growing size of data, the diversity of systems that store that data and the high expectations of the creators and consumers of that…
Webinar: Ransomware Checklist – Are You Ready For Ransomware’s Next Wave?
Believe it or not, it has been a year since WannaCry crippled organizations around the world, and since that time ransomware attacks have only accelerated. The ransomware “industry” is now a $5 billion market and is projected to grow to…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Encryption, Endpoint, Infrascale, Migration, Ransomware, Recovery
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SlideShare: Three Reasons Storage Security is Failing and How to Fix It
An organization’s data is constantly under attack. Whether it’s through ransomware attacks, cyber-threats or employee misguidedness, all expose organizational data and put it at risk. Encryption and access control are the keys to securing data and cyber resiliency, but most…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Security, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, RackTop, Software Defined
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ChalkTalk Video: Preparing for Disaster
The pace of data center change is also changing disaster recovery. What once was a planned for and a well-documented process is now more of an ad-hoc fire drill. When disaster strikes, IT scrambles to recover everything as fast as…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Commvault, Deduplication, dr, GDPR, Hybrid, RAID, Ransomware, Replication, Scale-Out
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