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The Changing Role of Data Protection in the Modern Data Center

Posted on March 18, 2019 by George Crump

For decades, data centers have tried to use the data protection process to not only provide the organization with rapid recovery capabilities but also long-term data retention. Many organizations go so far as to use the backup process as an…

Tagged with: Archive, CCPA, Cloud, Cyber Attack, Data Privacy, GDPR, Migration, Ransomware, Unstructured data
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Bringing Copy Data Management as a Service to Enterprises – Actifio GO SaaS Briefing Note

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Krista Macomber

There is no doubt that production data is growing, but copy data is growing even faster. More data must be backed up as the stricter compliance landscape creates more comprehensive retention requirements, and copy data is being used to serve…

Tagged with: Actifio, CDM, Cloud, CSP, Data Sprawl, dev/ops, dr, Encryption, Migration, MSP, Ransomware, Replication, SaaS, SLA, TCO, VM
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Lightboard Video: Addressing Data Protection Sprawl with Containers

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Enterprises are dealing with the sprawl of data protection services, which adds cost in the form of redundant and underutilized infrastructure as well as management complexity. George Crump, Lead Analyst for Storage Switzerland, and Roger Stein, solutions marketing manager for…

Tagged with: Cloud, Container, Data Protection, Data Sprawl, Hybrid, Ransomware, Redundancy, SDS, Snapshot, Veritas
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Webinar: How to Create an Infrastructure-less Backup Strategy

Posted on March 13, 2019 by George Crump

Designing architectures to backup primary storage as well as provide rapid recoveries is a challenging task that most IT professionals need to face. It is even more challenging in the face of a rapidly growing data set, increasing demand for…

Tagged with: Actifio, Cloud, Cyber Attack, DaaS, Disaster recovery, Infrastructure, IoT, Migration, Ransomware
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What Should You Do If You Are Using Mozy to Protect Servers?

Posted on March 12, 2019 by George Crump

Mozy customers have a decision to make, now. For now, Carbonite continues to maintain the Mozy cloud but if your organization is using Mozy to protect servers, it is time to move off of Mozy cloud. The good news is…

Tagged with: Backup, Cache, Carbonite, Cloud, dr, DRaaS, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, Ransomware, RPO, RTO
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Lightboard Video: Three Reasons for Mozy Customers to Use Carbonite Server

Posted on March 12, 2019 by George Crump

Organizations that are using Mozy to backup their servers need to transition to Carbonite Server. In doing so, these customers will pick up three key features that bring enterprise-class data protection capabilities to the organization. In this Lightboard Video, George…

Tagged with: Backup, Cache, Carbonite, Cloud, dr, DRaaS, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, Ransomware, RPO, RTO
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Tape is Dead Throw Everything into the Cloud

Posted on March 8, 2019 by George Crump

The cloud is a valuable tool that almost every data center should leverage. It is, however, just that, a tool. The cloud is not the be all end all answer to all of IT’s problems. It can solve many of…

Tagged with: Archive, Cyber Attack, Data Privacy, Disaster recovery, Flash, Malware, NAS, Object Storage, Ransomware, Retention, Tape, Unstructured data
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Does Microsoft Office 365 Need to be Protected?

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Krista Macomber

It is increasingly common for enterprises to offload mission-critical applications such as Microsoft Exchange to cloud service providers; in fact, Microsoft’s software-as-a-service (SaaS)-delivered Office 365 revenue has surpassed its conventional Office revenue since the fourth quarter of 2017, pointing to…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Data Protection, dr, DRaaS, Druva, Endpoint, Infrastructure, Migration, Ransomware, SaaS
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Enhancing the Hybrid Cloud Data Fabric for Mission-Critical Applications – Rubrik Briefing Note

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Businesses are working with a fragmented application landscape today. They are leaning on tried-and-true, traditional mainstays such as Oracle databases as well as on newer, modern workloads such as NoSQL databases and cloud-based productivity suites. The number and variety of…

Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Attack, DBA, Hybrid, Migration, NAS, NoSQL, Ransomware, Rubrik, SLA, Unstructured data
Posted in Briefing Note

Video: Reintroducing Tape to Disaster Recovery

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Previously, Storage Switzerland blogged about the merits of employing a tape storage hierarchy to cut backup storage costs. Tape media can furthermore add value as a tier in the broader disaster recovery strategy, as well. As Lead Analyst George Crump…