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Rethinking Your Data Governance Strategy for Compliance

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Krista Macomber

In today’s era of regulations, the role of archive and long-term retention data is changing dramatically. No longer can data simply be shipped off to a “cheap and deep” repository with the hope that it will never need to be…

Tagged with: Analytics, CCPA, Cloud, Data modernization, Data Privacy, Data Protection, GDPR, Hitachi, IoT, Replication, Virtual Storage, Virtualization
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How to Prepare for Site-Wide Disasters

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Krista Macomber

It used to be that natural disasters, such as major hurricanes, were arguably the worst thing that could happen to the enterprise from an IT continuity perspective. Practically speaking, nothing else could really result in a site-wide data center failure.…

Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Attack, dr, DRaaS, Migration, Object Storage, Ransomware, Replication, RPO, RTO, SLA, StorageCraft
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How to Facilitate Rapid Recovery

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Krista Macomber

It’s no secret that rapid recovery is a non-negotiable business requirement today. Very few applications can stand even moments of downtime, never mind hours. However, getting there requires multiple steps that are not always immediately clear. The first step to…

Tagged with: Cloud, Deduplication, DRaaS, Migration, Object Storage, Ransomware, Replication, Scale-Out, SLA, StorageCraft, VM, VMware
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Multi-Cloud versus the Five Requirements of Data – Datrium Briefing Note

Posted on June 20, 2019 by George Crump

Organizations need to meet five core requirements of the data they store; encryption, mobility, performance, retention and disaster recovery. To deliver these elements, IT is often forced to use five or more products just for on-premises data, let alone the…

Tagged with: Cloud, Datrium, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, Encryption, Flash, HCI, Hyperconverged, Replication, Retention
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Key Security Features to Evaluate in Your Cloud Provider

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Cloud storage services have evolved significantly in terms of their ability to provide data security, as well as their ability to comply with data privacy regulations such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer…

Tagged with: Carbonite, CCPA, Cloud, Data Privacy, dr, EFSS, Encryption, Endpoint, EU, GDPR, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, Replication, RPO, RTO
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MeetTheCEO: Cloud Daddy’s Spencer Kupferman

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Krista Macomber

As businesses migrate more of their data and applications to the cloud, a more comprehensive and mature disaster recovery implementation is required. Cloud service providers have built a base layer of data protection capabilities that focus primarily on enabling recovery…

Tagged with: AWS, Backup, Cloud, Cloud Daddy, Cyber Attack, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, Malware, Replication, Retention, Snapshot
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Hitachi Vantara Updates its Content Platform

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Going Beyond Archive with Denser, More Intelligent Object Storage Object storage has long been viewed as an archive and long-term retention platform. But in the age of data-driven business intelligence, more frequent and more sophisticated cyberattacks, and data privacy regulations,…

Webinar: Ransomware, Rapid Restoration and Disasters – Recovering from Backup’s Three Biggest Challenges!

Posted on June 6, 2019 by George Crump

Organizations need to make sure their backup infrastructure can meet the recovery objectives of today’s biggest challenges: ransomware, rapid restoration and disasters. Businesses expect their IT teams to recover faster than ever and they need business performance to be the…

Tagged with: Cloud, Deduplication, DRaaS, Object Storage, Ransomware, Replication, Scale-Out, StorageCraft, VMware
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Converged Data Protection – The Components Matter

Posted on June 4, 2019 by George Crump

Converged or hyperconverged data protection typically delivers a solution to the customer as a single SKU, but that SKU is made up of several components. Each component within the converged architecture is critical to the overall success of the solution.…

Tagged with: Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, DRaaS, Hyper-V, NFS, Object Storage, Ransomware, Replication, Scale-Out, SMB, StorageCraft, VMware
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Is Enterprise File Sync and Share the Same as Data Protection?

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Enterprise file sync and share (EFSS) services enable files that are stored either in an on-premises storage array or a cloud service, to be shared among multiple users and accessed by remote endpoint devices or desktops. Enterprise-grade EFSS services designed…