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• Acquisitions defined enterprise backup market in 2024

  From massive acquisitions to an IPO, major enterprise backup vendors spent much of 2024 consolidating the market.  Continue Reading

• Project Silica takes archive data through the looking glass

  As data grows, so does the need to store it. Microsoft's Project Silica is offering an archive alternative to tape with the promise of permanence.  Continue Reading

• Top data protection software platforms of 2025 for business

  Data privacy laws, sophisticated cyberattacks and generative AI's infiltration make it imperative to invest in multifunctional data protection software, but what tools are tops?  Continue Reading

• 7 data backup strategies and best practices you need to know

  This comprehensive guide explains backup basics, the issues affecting risk and the seven critical backup strategies you need to keep data safe.  Continue Reading

• Types of backup explained: Full, incremental, differential, etc.

  There are several different types of backup. Here's how to choose the best way to safeguard your data and recover appropriately in the event of an incident.  Continue Reading

• Agent vs. agentless backup: Which is the best option?

  In the debate between agent-based and agentless backups, agentless tends to win out. However, factors such as environment and hypervisor capabilities can impact that decision.  Continue Reading

• 7 principles of the GDPR explained

  The GDPR's seven data protection principles on the lawful processing of data are directly influencing the way businesses collect, store, erase and monetize personal information.  Continue Reading

• AI and GDPR: How is AI being regulated?

  Amid data privacy issues spawned by proliferating AI and generative AI applications, GDPR provisions need some updating to provide businesses with more specific AI guidelines.  Continue Reading

• 6 business benefits of data protection and GDPR compliance

  Complying with GDPR and avoiding severe fines is a primary goal of businesses, but the data governing principles and security tools to achieve compliance yield systemic benefits.  Continue Reading

• 11 core elements of a successful data protection strategy

  Your organization's data protection strategy might not include all 11 core elements and associated activities, but the important thing is to have a comprehensive strategy in place.  Continue Reading

• New media could bring fresh competition to tape archive market

  Tape has had the archive media market cornered for years, but newcomers including those working in DNA and glass could change that just as demand is set to increase.  Continue Reading

• 10 enterprise cloud backup services to consider in 2024

  Cloud backup is a huge category of the data protection market today. With so many providers to choose from, businesses must prioritize the features they need.  Continue Reading

• Cloud backup and disaster recovery evolve toward maturity

  Christophe Bertrand, of TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group, discusses survey results on data protection initiatives in the cloud and challenges for organizations.  Continue Reading

• 7 data archiving best practices for backup admins

  Among retention policies, regulatory compliance and limited storage budgets, knowing what data to keep is critical. Follow these seven best practices for a solid archiving strategy.  Continue Reading

• New SaaS hacks highlight need for backup data protection

  Enterprise IT and vendors alike need to prioritize strong backup data protection policies and procedures in the wake of numerous high-profile SaaS hacks and ransomware shakedowns.  Continue Reading

• SaaS backup vendors diversify approach as adoption grows

  Backup vendors are expanding coverage and introducing new methods to back up SaaS data as IT departments contend with ever-growing adoption and user demands.  Continue Reading

• Cloud backup vs. traditional backup: Advantages, disadvantages

  Cloud backup vs. traditional backup is an important discussion. Although the cloud backup market is soaring, traditional backup players also have much to offer your organization.  Continue Reading

• The top backup and disaster recovery services of 2021

  Products of the Year winners in the backup and disaster recovery services category wowed judges with their innovation, ransomware protection and scalability.  Continue Reading

• Data backup in 2021 emphasized data protection and privacy

  As organizations adopt new working models worldwide, data backup has changed too. Review options for data protection to ensure backups are optimized for security and privacy.  Continue Reading

• Rubrik delivers faster backup for Sunrise Express

  Sunrise Express switched from running Veritas Backup Exec and tape-based backup to cloud-based backup through Rubrik, where it achieved faster backup and recovery times.  Continue Reading

• Druva CEO talks COVID-19 cloud rush, data protection, roadmap

  Druva CEO Jaspreet Singh discusses the challenges posed by the recent uptick in cloud adoption, the company's product plans for Kubernetes on AWS and its backup security measures.  Continue Reading

• Data protection experts weigh in on SaaS backup confusion

  Recent research from ESG shines a light on a potentially troublesome misunderstanding about SaaS data backup and protection.  Continue Reading

• Edge data protection tips and tricks

  Edge computing is on the rise, and more IT teams are looking for ways to protect decentralized data. Our experts look at some ways to protect and store data generated at the edge.  Continue Reading

• Cloud-native backup benefits and use cases explained

  Affordable and scalable data protection is only a cloud away. Learn why cloud-native services are emerging as essential data backup and recovery technology for many organizations.  Continue Reading

• Businesses still lax about SaaS backup

  An ESG survey finds customers can't reliably recover Office 365 and Salesforce data, despite the criticality of these SaaS applications and the availability of third-party tools.  Continue Reading

• Decode the backup-as-a-service market

  The rapidly growing BaaS market has gained steam in the past year. See why organizations are adopting BaaS and which providers they use.  Continue Reading

• What's on 2021's data protection conference calendar

  Curious about data protection conferences in the coming months? This roundup details dates and topic areas for 2021 events covering backup and disaster recovery.  Continue Reading

• The top backup and disaster recovery services of 2020

  Products of the Year judges were impressed with the innovation of backup and DR services winners. Container backup and compliance are among the key market needs.  Continue Reading

• HVAC/R distributor meets SLAs with Cohesity backup

  Master Group replaced its legacy infrastructure with Cisco HyperFlex protected by Cohesity backup. This led to faster backups and restores, and an excuse to throw out tape.  Continue Reading

• 6 data backup service providers to watch

  Evaluate how offerings from six prominent BaaS providers differ when it comes to considerations such as pricing, scope of coverage and the amount of data they can back up.  Continue Reading

• Indiana hospital hops on cloud data protection with Clumio

  Rush Memorial Hospital switched from on-premises backup and disaster recovery to cloud data protection through Clumio, significantly reducing its costs and backup management burden.  Continue Reading

• Defend against ransomware with these 5 data backup products

  Consider backup and recovery tools that incorporate ransomware protection to help defend against cyberthreats.  Continue Reading

• Dell data protection products portfolio keeps evolving

  Follow the rebranding and renaming transitions of the multitude of Dell data protection products acquired and cultivated over the past 30 years.  Continue Reading

• Backupify vs. Spanning: Data protection beyond SaaS backup

  Learn how comprehensive cloud-based data protection and recovery services from Backupify and Spanning Cloud Apps compare, as well as which unique features set them apart.  Continue Reading

• 6 Kubernetes backup tools to address container app protection

  Organizations that need to ensure they have a Kubernetes data protection strategy in place should examine how products from these six vendors could help address their needs.  Continue Reading

• Igneous Systems' new CEO talks about cloud and COVID-19

  Igneous CEO Dean Darwin said COVID-19 and increased cloud adoption have increased the demand for unstructured data management. He sees a chance for Igneous to fill that demand.  Continue Reading

• 14 leading data backup software tools of 2020

  The enterprise backup software market consists of traditional vendors and newer technology companies that offer appliances and other cloud-native data protection products.  Continue Reading

• Why tape-based backup is making a comeback

  New technologies make venerable tape storage tech a smart choice for off-site backups and data archiving. Explore pros and cons, as well as how the pandemic affects tape use.  Continue Reading

• 3 backup-as-a-service benefits for remote workers

  When employees are dispersed, data backups need to move off site, too. Here's why organizations should consider using backup as a service in these tumultuous times.  Continue Reading

• 7 remote data backup terms for protection during a pandemic

  In this glossary, you'll find important background information on remote backup. It's crucial to think about everything from network connections to backup devices and sites.  Continue Reading

• Small business cloud backup includes range of services

  Cloud backup is a good option for small businesses, especially for a remote work environment. Choices range from file syncing to a more comprehensive feature set.  Continue Reading

• Container backup tips and trends for proper protection

  You may need better backup for your container data. Take a look at top news and best practices for container protection, as that data could be critical.  Continue Reading

• Commvault vs. Veeam: Comparing data protection tools

  Learn how Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery and Veeam Availability Suite features and functionality compare as well as what sets these data protection tools apart.  Continue Reading

• Cloud key to top 2019 data backup and disaster recovery products

  Commvault, Cohesity and Actifio make the podium in our Products of the Year competition for backup and DR. Cloud Daddy wins the new Judges' Choice award.  Continue Reading

• Year's best practices for backup feature ransomware, SaaS

  Backup best practices range from making sure your backups are safe from ransomware to being able to move on in the face of a failure. Take advantage of the advice and products.  Continue Reading

• Vendors detail cloud-based backup past, present, future

  As part of TechTarget's 20th anniversary, we're looking at some of the top trends and technologies over those years. Here, vendors that offer cloud backup discuss this newer trend.  Continue Reading

• SaaS backup services deliver data protection for SaaS apps

  Providers of SaaS apps offer only basic data recovery protection. Learn which SaaS backup services and cloud-to-cloud data protection products fill this void.  Continue Reading

• Select enterprise data backup software to fit data protection needs

  While some backup and recovery software applies to the entire enterprise, other products address environment-specific data protection, virtualization and the public cloud.  Continue Reading

• 5 considerations before buying data center backup software

  Backup and recovery software should support various OSes and environments such as VMware, as well as applications running in public cloud IaaS and SaaS platforms.  Continue Reading

• Enterprise backup software provides data protection foundation

  Learn how backup and recovery software has evolved and what features it offers IT enterprises that need to protect cloud and virtual environments and other data sources.  Continue Reading

• Experts detail cloud backup market evolution, where it's headed

  As part of TechTarget's 20th anniversary, we're taking a look at some of the top trends and technologies in IT over those years. Here, experts discuss the newer cloud backup trend.  Continue Reading

• How tape backup systems improve data protection

  Have you analyzed your data protection lately? Tape backup could be a savior if you get hit with a ransomware attack or other malware. Learn more about five tape-related terms.  Continue Reading

• Protect backups from ransomware and other security risks

  Backups can return your enterprises to a known good state. So it's essential to secure them by aligning your backup and security strategies for better protection and recovery.  Continue Reading

• What is the difference between cloud backup and off-site backup?

  With confusion as to how to best approach the cloud and other off-site backups, it's easy to choose the wrong approach. What option provides the best data protection?  Continue Reading

• GDPR and backup: What have we learned in one year?

  A customer's deletion request continues to be a sticking point regarding backup and GDPR compliance. Learn guidance about this issue and others, following GDPR's first birthday.  Continue Reading

• Ransomware protection tips include offline storage, user education

  Ransomware resilience continues to be important because the problem isn't going away. Explore these backup and education tips to help stay out in front of the issue.  Continue Reading

• SaaS data protection blues cured with cloud-to-cloud backup

  Your cloud-based data isn't as safe as you would think. Learn why and find out what you need to know to select the best cloud-based backup service for your SaaS applications.  Continue Reading

• Using snapshot backups for your data backup system

  The quick and simple nature of snapshot backup systems can be a big win for your data protection platform. However, there are elements of snapshots that aren't great for backup.  Continue Reading

• Jon Toigo, data storage analyst and author remembered

  Editors and colleagues pay tribute to the respected data storage analyst, pundit and author, who was a longtime Storage magazine columnist and TechTarget contributor and speaker.  Continue Reading

• Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved 14

  Veteran data protection vendor Asigra beat out new and older competition with its Cloud Backup Evolved product, highlighted by its ability to shield backups from ransomware.  Continue Reading

• Zerto IT Resilience Platform 6.0

  Zerto's rebranded IT Resilience Platform provides many cloud choices for recovery, as well as automation and orchestration. Its innovation impressed our judges.  Continue Reading

• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.2

  IBM's Spectrum Protect Plus focuses on virtual data protection. Judges praised its VMware backup, instant recovery and potential for being part of overall data management strategy.  Continue Reading

• Unitrends Recovery Series Gen 8 backup appliances

  Unitrends has updated its Recovery Series backup appliance to Gen 8, with added features like machine learning-based ransomware protection and automatic recovery testing.  Continue Reading

• Cohesity DataPlatform

  Cohesity's converged data management product gets updated with machine-driven capacity planning and case management alongside a centralized, simplified dashboard.  Continue Reading

• Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance

  Asigra's integrated backup appliance combines its Cloud Backup Evolved V14 antiransomware software with iXsystems' TrueNAS hardware featuring the OpenZFS file system.  Continue Reading

• Converged secondary storage changes (almost) everything

  Converged secondary storage brings important benefits but also crucial choices. Learn the advantages and what you must do, and what questions to ask, in order to reap them.  Continue Reading

• Top 2018 tips for data backup plans include GDPR, Office 365

  Without data backup planning, you won't have a strong recovery. As threats and data volumes continue to grow, it's important to keep up on the latest backup trends.  Continue Reading

• A NetBackup appliances deep dive for your data center

  Veritas' NetBackup appliance series includes a virtual edition, cloud-focused hardware and enterprise protection. Consider capacity and network backup infrastructure when choosing the best hardware fit.  Continue Reading

• A data protection system plus management creates value, risk

  As new data protection products enable more frequent backups, they are also veering into production elements. Be careful, though, with how you use these management capabilities.  Continue Reading

• Backup snapshots and replication supplement standard backup

  Traditional backup or data snapshot and replication technologies alone don't meet the data protection and DR needs of modern enterprises. Combine them all together and they do.  Continue Reading

• Advantages of secondary storage include efficiency, simplicity

  As your data storage environment increases in size, use the benefits of secondary storage to increase backup efficiencies, and implement quick and easy restores.  Continue Reading

• Data backup systems supplement wares with management features

  With data so important to companies, backup vendors are seeking to provide a better window into its overall lifecycle, including such elements as compliance and analytics.  Continue Reading

• Container backup follows data persistence to these ephemeral apps

  The advent of data persistence in containers necessitates having data backup in containers. Here's how this is being done and which vendors are leading the way.  Continue Reading

• The evolution of backing up to tape and where it stands

  Tape backup continues to have a cost advantage over disk, and there are still some use cases where the medium makes sense and will do so for the foreseeable future.  Continue Reading

• Select a data backup appliance with robust functionality

  Many leading appliance-based data backup systems include functions such as backup, archiving, disaster recovery and replication, and they can be used for test/development and analytics.  Continue Reading

• Exploring the leading appliance-based data backup systems

  Learn how leading integrated backup appliance systems address key considerations, including capacity and performance, and what operational benefits they offer.  Continue Reading

• What data backup technologies may look like in 2028

  The data backup and recovery technologies of the future will have not only a cloud focus, but a multi-cloud focus. Compliance will also be a key element.  Continue Reading

• Criteria for vetting appliance-based data backup systems

  Knowing the right questions to ask when vetting data backup appliance vendors can help ensure you select the product that will provide the most comprehensive data protection.  Continue Reading

• How ransomware variants are neutralizing data backups

  The latest iterations of ransomware aim to undercut backups as an effective method for recovering from attacks. Learn how to overcome this vulnerability.  Continue Reading

• Data backup appliance offers simplicity and efficiency

  Learn how an integrated backup appliance can help sites with scalability issues or no dedicated backup team streamline the design and implementation of their backup architecture.  Continue Reading

• GDPR personal data requirements mark key business actions

  Implementing GDPR is not a choice for organizations holding EU citizens' data. These organizations must know their data, identify individuals involved and review data management.  Continue Reading

• Quorum OnQ 4.0

  Quorum added one-click recovery to the latest version of OnQ, as well as deduplication at the source and destination targets. OnQ appliances scale to 400 TB of raw storage.  Continue Reading

• Are you ready to comply with GDPR requirements?

  Compliance with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation isn't optional. Noncompliance could be costly and possibly disastrous. Find out what you need to know.  Continue Reading

• Enterprise file sync-and-share market evolves as adoption expands

  Most EFSS products unify communications, collaboration and content management tasks well beyond the technology's initial file sync-and-share functionality.  Continue Reading

• Cohesity DataPlatform 4

  Cohesity's converged data protection product, DataPlatform, integrates appliances with backup, archiving and data analytics while shrinking secondary storage's data footprint.  Continue Reading

• Rubrik Cloud Data Management (Alta 4.0)

  Rubrik extends the boundaries of secondary storage, updating the latest release of its data management platform to support more hypervisors and Oracle Recovery Manager.  Continue Reading

• Acronis Storage 2

  Acronis' data protection and software-defined storage product features CloudRAID and Notary with blockchain, and is used as a back end for Acronis cloud offerings.  Continue Reading

• Veeam Availability Suite 9.5

  Following podium finishes the last two years, Veeam again wins over judges with its Availability Suite. The 9.5 edition added physical support, integrations and Office 365 backup.  Continue Reading

• Rubrik Datos IO RecoverX 2.0 (formerly Datos IO RecoverX 2.0)

  Rubrik performed well on the innovation front with its Datos IO RecoverX 2.0. Judges praised the software's semantic deduplication and eventually consistent data backup.  Continue Reading

• Data backup tools: Users want to handle more data more easily

  Businesses want data backup that handles more data than ever, but with software and hardware that's easier to implement and manage than what they're already using.  Continue Reading

• The flat backup, or backup-less backup, data protection option

  With snapshot-based backup techniques and copy data management, you can effectively recover lost or damaged data without relying on traditional backup software.  Continue Reading

• Snapshot-based backup snaps back against cyberattacks

  A flat backup approach could help your organization recover easier if it's hit by ransomware. There are snapshot-based options available from system and backup software providers.  Continue Reading

• Secure file sync and share enhanced to maintain data safety

  Cloud, on-premises and hybrid enterprise file sync-and-share services, the EFSS market, deliver corporate security, compliance and peace of mind not present in consumer services.  Continue Reading

• Cloud backup systems are a good bet in ransomware fight

  Because it's important to protect your backups against ransomware, a cloud backup system is a strong option. Critically, cloud backups are off the network.  Continue Reading

• Your top five ransomware backup and recovery questions answered

  Are you worried about ransomware? If not, you might want to reconsider. Proper preparation and a backup strategy are vital to staying afloat once a ransomware attack occurs.  Continue Reading

• Quest Rapid Recovery incremental backup software saves data in a flash

  Quest Software's block-level, incremental backup software provides in-place recovery, integration with Microsoft VSS and tight recovery point and recovery time objectives.  Continue Reading

• Everything you need to know about snapshotting

  Though backups are a core element of a basic data protection strategy, Jason Buffington explains why storage snapshots and replication are must-haves as well.  Continue Reading

• Veritas, Veeam top choices of data backup app users

  Data backup app users are tough critics, but Veritas NetBackup and Veeam Backup & Replication won over users in this year's Quality Awards.  Continue Reading

• Tape archiving tips for a better storage strategy

  Studies show that tape archives are a comparatively cheaper method of long-term data retention. Explore how to use active archive and other storage technologies with a tape system.  Continue Reading

• Tape archive remains the recording medium of choice

  Tape archiving offers low-cost, long-term data protection in a variety of industries, keeping it atop the list of data center backup technologies.  Continue Reading