One of the top ways that data “leaks” out of an organization is through the endpoints (laptops, tablets, and smartphones) of departing users. IT should, of course, do what it can to prevent data leakage, but it also should make…
One of the top ways that data “leaks” out of an organization is through the endpoints (laptops, tablets, and smartphones) of departing users. IT should, of course, do what it can to prevent data leakage, but it also should make…
In a world where enterprise mobility and cyber-attacks are simultaneously booming, protecting endpoints has become crucial to business longevity. Laptops are the primary target for malware such as ransomware. Also, these devices are prone to being lost or stolen –…
The ransomware threat continues to grow – and this is indeed significant, as ransomware cost businesses $5 billion during 2017, according to Cisco. Many organizations that have been attacked are paying the ransom demanded, causing the number of attacks to…
In 2017, Ransomware attacks like WannaCry and Locky made headlines as organizations worldwide were infected. Data protection vendors of all types went to work hardening their solutions and advancing them to help customers recover from the threat. However, ransomware attacks…
In a world where IT is scrutinized based on the bottom line, it’s easy to deprioritize disaster recovery. Building out, refreshing and managing a dedicated infrastructure for disaster recovery requires significant capex investment and compounds the already heavy burden of…
Ransomware, when it infiltrates an organization, causes most of its damage to user endpoints (laptops, tablets, and smartphones). Endpoints typically make up more than 60% of impacted data. The problem is those endpoints are often the most exposed because they…
Organizations make significant investments in their infrastructure. As production data continues to grow, the exponential impact on backup storage threatens to deplete IT budgets. The cloud promises to reduce on-premises backup infrastructure but most solutions only use the cloud to…
Amazon, through its VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC) service enables organizations to run VMware in Amazon AWS. Organizations can use the service for disaster recovery or to migrate applications to the cloud. The transfer between on-premises and VMC is seamless…
Lack of Auto-Discovery Lack of auto-discovery is an issue for most backup solutions. As virtual machines and physical hosts are constantly being added to a VMware environment, many backup applications can’t auto-discover them. This means a new VM can go…