Cloud backup
Cloud backup is a popular alternative to traditional data backup and recovery storage media, such as tape and disk. Learn about whether cloud backup is the best data protection method for your enterprise, what to look for in a cloud storage or online data backup service, and cloud backup security best practices.
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17 Dec 2024
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
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13 Dec 2024
Breaking down the cost of cloud computing in 2025
Businesses migrating to the cloud can reap benefits they wouldn't get staying on the premises -- but then there's the pricing. Check out cost structures of the big three providers. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 May 2023
5 major data backup trends to watch
As IT becomes more sophisticated, data backup grows to incorporate, and protect against, the latest advances. Find out which five data backup trends are top of mind for IT teams. Continue Reading
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Answer
08 May 2023
What are best practices for backup cloud repatriation?
To migrate backup data from the cloud back to an on-premises environment, you should follow these steps to ensure your data will be safe and smoothly moved. Continue Reading
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News
04 May 2023
IDrive launches unlimited backups for 365, Workspace
A new cloud SaaS service from IDrive enables SMBs to backup an unlimited amount of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace data for an annual subscription. Continue Reading
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Opinion
26 Apr 2023
No, magic backup people aren't protecting your SaaS data
Are your SaaS-based applications protected? Organizations that rely on the SaaS vendor for backup and recovery face a tough road ahead. Don't skimp on internal backup measures. Continue Reading
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Definition
14 Apr 2023
Amazon S3 bucket
An Amazon S3 bucket is a public cloud storage resource available in Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3), an object storage offering. Continue Reading
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12 Apr 2023
Cohesity, Microsoft Azure bring OpenAI to backup software
Analysts believe the potential exists for generative AI in data backups, but new features shouldn't distract from core competencies and customer demands. Continue Reading
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Definition
11 Apr 2023
backup as a service (BaaS)
Backup as a service (BaaS) is an approach to backing up data that involves purchasing backup and recovery services from an online data backup provider. Continue Reading
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29 Mar 2023
SIOS looks to boost SAP HANA automated replication
New capabilities for LifeKeeper for Linux enables additional nodes for multitarget replication for high availability of SAP HANA databases both on premises and in the cloud. Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2023
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
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06 Mar 2023
Latest Asigra platform targets SaaS backup for MSPs
Asigra's forthcoming SaaSBackup platform lets Asigra data protection technology protect SaaS backups. MSPs will be able to sell SDK connections through a new marketplace. Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2023
BackupLabs devises SaaS backup for under-protected apps
A new SaaS backup specialist emerges from stealth to protect data in apps such as Trello, GitHub and GitLab, which CEO Rob Stevenson said have been underserved by larger players. Continue Reading
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24 Feb 2023
CloudCasa plans split from Catalogic as independent company
A growing number of enterprise Kubernetes users presents an opportunity for CloudCasa, currently a division of Catalogic, with business independence as the path forward. Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Feb 2023
Data protection for SaaS-based apps is a work in progress
Organizations with SaaS-based applications are still relying on the providers for data protection, even though the vendors are rarely responsible for SaaS data backups. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Feb 2023
Cloud backup vs. cloud storage: What are the differences?
Comparing cloud backup vs. cloud storage differences can be confusing, and file sync and share further complicates things. Here's what you should know to determine which is best. Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2023
Cohesity's 7.0 update adds protections against rogue admins
New capabilities in 7.0 update to Cohesity Data Cloud harden against human error or malice with split administrator key privileges and granular restorations. Continue Reading
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Definition
06 Feb 2023
What is cloud backup and how does it work?
Cloud backup, also known as online backup or remote backup, is a strategy for sending a copy of a physical or virtual file or database to a secondary, off-site location for preservation in case of equipment failure, site catastrophe or human malfeasance. Continue Reading
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Tip
06 Feb 2023
What are the pros and cons of cloud backup?
Know which type of cloud backup you want to use and the advantages and disadvantages that come with cloud backups before you trust your data to a third-party provider. Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2023
HYCU R-Cloud expands data protection for SaaS
The new R-Cloud connects SaaS data silos to HYCU's data protection capabilities for an under protected part of the IT infrastructure. Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2023
Multi-tenancy, faster recovery headline Arcserve UDP 9.0
Arcserve's Unified Data Protection 9.0 adds better recovery for Microsoft SQL and Oracle databases and a multi-tenancy console, and paves the way for future cloud integrations. Continue Reading
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19 Jan 2023
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
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
Data backup failure: Top 5 causes and tips for prevention
What can you do to prevent data backup failure? Learn how using the 3-2-1 rule, turning to cloud backup and following other practical steps can help protect your data. Continue Reading
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Definition
16 Dec 2022
Cloud-to-Cloud Backup (C2C Backup)
C2C backup (cloud-to-cloud backup) is the practice of copying data stored on one cloud service to another cloud service. The backup stored on the second cloud service serves the same purpose as an off-site backup. Continue Reading
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30 Nov 2022
AWS expands backup, disaster recovery services
AWS adds new features and capabilities to its backup and disaster recovery services as third-party vendors look to secure hybrid and multi-cloud customers. Continue Reading
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Definition
23 Nov 2022
image-based backup
Image-based backup creates a copy of an operating system and all the data associated with it, including the system state and application configurations. Continue Reading
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01 Nov 2022
Veritas Alta brings enterprise backup management to cloud
Veritas Alta looks to bring the full suite of Veritas Technologies backup products into the cloud with SaaS purchasing options and a new suite of management tools. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Sep 2022
How to get the most out of cloud database backups
When backing up databases, the cloud can provide a secure, easily scalable target. However, don't forget important features like immutability and encryption when getting started. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Sep 2022
NAS vs. cloud storage: Which is better for your business?
On-site NAS and cloud-based NAS are the two main file storage options. Organizations need to weigh the benefits and drawbacks of each to make the best choice. Continue Reading
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15 Sep 2022
Transparency, disclosure key to fighting ransomware
Current and former CISA members say the best methods for curbing ransomware attacks are organizations reporting attacks and assisting in investigations. Continue Reading
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19 Jul 2022
Calamu Protect defends data through sharding, encryption
Calamu Protect 1.2 expands data protection capabilities for its data harbor through multi-tenancy features and support for protecting Microsoft 365 data. Continue Reading
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21 Jun 2022
New Retrospect Backup storage, ransomware services aid SMBs
A new cloud storage soon available for Retrospect Backup customers through a partnership with Wasabi headlines the feature list in its latest software release. Continue Reading
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02 Jun 2022
Clumio selling cheaper AWS protection with SecureVault Lite
The new Clumio SecureVault Lite provides backup and protection of Amazon EC2 and EBS data at a lower price point, but offers fewer granular recovery features. Continue Reading
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26 May 2022
N2WS expands AWS backup service with OnTap and HANA targets
N2WS adds to its AWS backup capabilities in the latest 4.1 update with support for NetApp OnTap and SAP HANA workloads, along with a handful of new features. Continue Reading
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19 May 2022
Rubrik expands protection for Microsoft 365 backups
Microsoft 365 users can tap Rubrik to secure their backups in an air-gapped vault with multi-user authentication for security, but experts warn a more proactive approach is needed. Continue Reading
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17 May 2022
Catalogic updates CloudCasa for Azure Kubernetes Service
Catalogic's CloudCasa software now includes backups for Azure Kubernetes Service along with other enterprise functionality such as role-based access control and multi-tenancy. Continue Reading
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12 May 2022
Zerto 9.5 update adds Linux support and multi-cloud storage
Zerto's biannual update to its disaster recovery and data backup platform expands data protection features into Linux environments and adds features for Azure and GCP users. Continue Reading
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11 May 2022
Cohesity protects user data with FortKnox vault service
FortKnox offers a managed, air-gapped data vault service in AWS to help protect data from ransomware and other digital disasters. Continue Reading
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19 Apr 2022
Aparavi update focuses on managing, eliminating PII
Aparavi Platform's new capabilities include automation tools to isolate personally identifiable information and other sensitive unstructured data. Continue Reading
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12 Apr 2022
Clumio adds DynamoDB to backup-as-a-service portfolio
The number of AWS databases protected by Clumio grows with the addition of Amazon DynamoDB, providing air-gapped backups and more granular restorations for users. Continue Reading
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06 Apr 2022
StorageCraft DRaaS outage highlights layered protection need
As a result of the StorageCraft outage, some of the vendor's DRaaS users lost the ability to fail over. Having a local backup is one method of protection against cloud outages. Continue Reading
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31 Mar 2022
Rewind adds Atlassian Jira backups to supported services
Rewind's Backups for Jira expands its portfolio of supported SaaS platforms with Jira Software Cloud. New Rewind technology will add new SaaS requests faster. Continue Reading
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24 Feb 2022
OwnBackup SaaS data protection expansion includes ServiceNow
Following major funding rounds and acquisitions, SaaS data protection vendor OwnBackup has made its move into new territory. Further SaaS support is on the horizon. Continue Reading
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23 Feb 2022
Veritas NetBackup 10 promises multi-cloud data automation
The latest release of Veritas NetBackup refocuses its data protection and management capabilities on Kubernetes containers, SaaS tools and more frequent updates. Continue Reading
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15 Feb 2022
Retrospect Backup adds anomaly detection, Azure immutability
In its latest software update, Retrospect Backup updates with more precise capabilities, including cyber-attack visibility features and enhancements for Azure Blob storage. Continue Reading
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14 Feb 2022
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
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08 Feb 2022
CloudCasa offers bring-your-own storage for Kubernetes backup
The latest update for Catalogic's CloudCasa Kubernetes backup service offers new features to improve cloud security and enables users to bring their own choice of storage. Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2022
At Asigra, father-son team replaced by newly hired execs
After running the private company for more than 30 years, David and Eran Farajun will turn day-to-day leadership of Asigra over to a newly hired team of executives. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Dec 2021
Box backup tips, options and considerations
Backing up Box data? Look at your organization's retention policies, compliance requirements and complementary tools to form a solid Box backup strategy. Continue Reading
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08 Dec 2021
HYCU Protégé adds AWS protection for outages, cyber attacks
When cloud providers like AWS go down, business apps go down with them. Data protection tools from Cohesity, Rubrik, Veeam and now HYCU Protégé for AWS prevent downtime. Continue Reading
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News
03 Dec 2021
AWS Snowball Edge adds offline tape migration capabilities
With AWS Snowball Edge, users can now migrate tape libraries to the cloud, even doing so offline to save on bandwidth. Continue Reading
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10 Nov 2021
Clumio extends protection to SQL Server on Amazon EC2
Clumio Protect now covers Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon EC2, enabling customers to protect SQL Server data in the cloud instead of manual scripts or on-premises backup. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2021
Backblaze files IPO to grow brand, data center presence
Cloud storage and backup vendor Backblaze enters the public market with an IPO filing. New capital will expand marketing campaigns, technology investments and vendor partnerships. Continue Reading
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28 Oct 2021
Commvault Metallic launches backup security dashboard
Commvault's Metallic Security IQ provides visibility into potential security vulnerabilities in Metallic environments and calculates a security posture score for admins to beat. Continue Reading
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19 Oct 2021
Backup vendors aid ransomware recovery with data vaults
Veritas and Cohesity introduced offerings that enable customers to put their data in air-gapped, vendor-managed storage vaults, providing an extra layer of ransomware defense. Continue Reading
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15 Oct 2021
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
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13 Oct 2021
Veeam Backup for Salesforce seeks to protect user data
Veeam's Backup for Salesforce enters a market that has become busier in the last couple of years. Its features include comparison of data and metadata. Continue Reading
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07 Oct 2021
How to back up your data and keep your files safe
It's important to know what data you should back up, how often you should do it, where you should store the backed-up data and how to get it there. Here are the three basic backup methods to consider. Continue Reading
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30 Sep 2021
Clumio extends backup as a service to Amazon S3
Clumio Protect for Amazon S3 provides point-in-time recovery and anti-ransomware features to a storage environment that is increasingly becoming mission-critical. Continue Reading
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28 Sep 2021
Catalogic CloudCasa charges for Kubernetes backup storage
Catalogic introduced paid subscription tiers for customers using its CloudCasa Kubernetes backup-as-a-service platform to store persistent volume backups. Continue Reading
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23 Sep 2021
New Salesforce native backup may not be enterprise ready
Salesforce unveiled a new way to natively back up and recover data within the platform, but it doesn't compare to the enterprise-grade features backup vendors offer. Continue Reading
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23 Sep 2021
Qumulo consolidates data protection features into Recover Q
Qumulo Core's snapshotting, replication, recovery and access control have been packed into Recover Q to give customers a one-stop shop for anti-ransomware capabilities. Continue Reading
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21 Sep 2021
Druva hastens ransomware recovery with curated snapshots
Druva's new Curated Recovery feature creates a recovery-ready snapshot containing the latest untampered data from previous snapshots, reducing recovery time. Continue Reading
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16 Sep 2021
Backup startup Rewind raises $65M in Series B funding
Rewind closed a $65 million funding round led by Insight Partners. The investment will be used to grow employee headcount and expand the backup platform to cover more SaaS applications. Continue Reading
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09 Sep 2021
Dell EMC tunes PowerProtect for data protection at scale
Dell EMC updated PowerProtect with faster snapshots, new software to manage multiple appliances and a managed service for recovery to help scale data protection functions. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 Aug 2021
Backup management software roundup: What's on the market?
Organizations in search of a backup management tool may find what they're looking for in one of these products. Check out tools from vendors including Veeam, Veritas and Rubrik. Continue Reading
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News
25 Aug 2021
AWS launches Backup Audit Manager compliance tool
A new AWS Backup feature, the Audit Manager, tracks backup activities to help customers determine if they are meeting business and regulatory compliance requirements. Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Aug 2021
SaaS data protection is a challenging but critical task
Don't fall victim to a SaaS backup gap. Ensure critical data in cloud-based SaaS applications has proper protection, especially with increased cloud use. Continue Reading
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04 Aug 2021
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
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29 Jul 2021
Zerto update adds ransomware defense and simplifies backup
Zerto 9 rolls out immutability for Amazon S3 and rapid VM recovery as anti-ransomware measures, and expands the platform's automation and long-term retention capabilities. Continue Reading
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20 Jul 2021
N2WS introduces Azure backup in 4.0 update
N2WS expands its backup and recovery capabilities beyond AWS with new automated protection for Azure VMs. The vendor plans to build this feature out more fully in future updates. Continue Reading
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20 Jul 2021
Backup vendors target a growing MSP market
MSPs aren't just a way for backup vendors to reach SMB customers, as enterprises are finding good reasons to outsource IT functions to third-party providers. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Jun 2021
NAS backups to cloud: Tips, tricks and market options
Cloud providers now offer NAS compatibility, which gives another option for NAS backup. Know what to expect when exploring NAS backup for cloud options. Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2021
Catalogic CloudCasa makes room for persistent volume backup
Catalogic CloudCasa can now do backups instead of just snapshots, opening the door to better ransomware recoverability and meeting data governance and sovereignty requirements. Continue Reading
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16 Jun 2021
Grax History Stream feeds Salesforce data to analytics tools
Grax History Stream simplifies the process of pulling Salesforce data, converting it to Parquet format, then feeding it to Amazon Redshift or other analytics tools. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jun 2021
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
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15 Jun 2021
Veritas NetBackup sets up ransomware defenses in new update
Veritas NetBackup is combating ransomware with data immutability for AWS S3 environments, anomaly detection, container backup and a next-gen Flex appliance. Continue Reading
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Definition
15 Jun 2021
Amazon Glacier
Amazon Glacier, also known as Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Glacier, is a low-cost cloud storage service for data with longer retrieval times offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Jun 2021
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
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Feature
08 Jun 2021
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
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News
27 May 2021
Clumio Discover gives customers full view of AWS snapshots
With the consolidated and contextualized information that Clumio Discover provides, customers with large, sprawling AWS environments can make better snapshot policy decisions. Continue Reading
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25 May 2021
Retrospect locks down backup data against ransomware
Retrospect Backup 18 focuses on anti-ransomware with the ability to make backups stored in public clouds immutable and an updated management console with security features. Continue Reading
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24 May 2021
Catalogic sells ECX copy data management software to IBM
Catalogic Software has divested its ECX product to long-time storage hardware partner IBM and will now focus on its CloudCasa Kubernetes data protection service. Continue Reading
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17 May 2021
Cohesity BaaS offers Microsoft 365 protection
Cohesity's as-a-service version of DataProtect now supports Microsoft 365, covering what one study found to be a large SaaS application data protection gap. Continue Reading
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29 Apr 2021
HYCU Protégé integrates Kubernetes data protection
Backup and recovery vendor HYCU has added Kubernetes protection, an increasingly popular trend. The first release targets Google Kubernetes Engine users, with more support to come. Continue Reading
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27 Apr 2021
Rewind pins down cloud backup for Trello boards
Rewind's Backups for Trello provides an automated method to restore Trello boards. The vendor continues to target SaaS applications outside of Salesforce and Office 365. Continue Reading
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20 Apr 2021
Zerto targets cloud data protection at ZertoCon 2021
Zerto rolled out three products to protect SaaS, Kubernetes and AWS at its ZertoCon virtual event and gave a preview of new features added to Zerto 9.0. Continue Reading
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06 Apr 2021
Dell EMC adds cloud-based backup to PowerProtect lineup
Dell EMC has expanded its PowerProtect portfolio with the launch of Backup Service, a cloud-based data protection product for SaaS applications, endpoints and hybrid workloads. Continue Reading
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30 Mar 2021
What are the common Microsoft 365 backup challenges?
Microsoft 365 is a widely used service, but its many different applications make backup complicated. Watch out for these common roadblocks. Continue Reading
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30 Mar 2021
HYCU backup closes first funding round, eyes IPO
The HYCU backup and recovery platform gained a boost with a major funding haul. HYCU seeks to stand out in a competitive data protection market. Continue Reading
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16 Mar 2021
Datadobi adds Azure Blob as unstructured data storage target
Datadobi DobiProtect has gained support for Azure Blob, extending its cross-protocol replication capabilities between NAS and cloud object storage beyond S3-compatible targets. Continue Reading
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11 Mar 2021
NetApp Astra goes GA, adds Kubernetes data protection
NetApp Astra, a data management service for Kubernetes workloads, gained snapshotting, application-level backups and cloning and became generally available this week. Continue Reading
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09 Mar 2021
Catalogic builds out CloudCasa with cloud database support
Catalogic has added support for AWS RDS to its CloudCasa Kubernetes backup-as-a-service platform, citing overlap between customers who need container backup and cloud database backup. Continue Reading
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02 Mar 2021
Nexsan launches cloud edition of Assureon immutable vault
Nexsan Assureon can now be deployed on Azure and private clouds, no longer tying its immutable storage and active archive capabilities to Unity appliances. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 Feb 2021
How to create snapshots for Azure VMs and managed disks
Azure snapshots are useful backups for short-lived, easily replaceable VMs that have failed. Follow these step-by-step examples to create Azure snapshots. Continue Reading
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Answer
23 Feb 2021
Build a Microsoft 365 backup policy with these 4 components
Like other major SaaS applications, Microsoft 365 requires proper data backup. Use these four elements to develop a formal Microsoft 365 backup policy. Continue Reading
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News
11 Feb 2021
Rewind backup moves forward with BackHub acquisition
With the acquisition of BackHub, Rewind's SaaS data protection extends to GitHub, helping customers protect their code without having to cobble together backup themselves. Continue Reading
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10 Feb 2021
HYCU backup enters SaaS territory with Office 365 support
HYCU backup and recovery for Microsoft Office 365 marks the vendor's first protection for software as a service, with further expansion expected soon. Continue Reading
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04 Feb 2021
OwnBackup CEO: Funding will support M&A, products, IPO plans
In this Q&A, OwnBackup CEO Sam Gutmann discusses how the company is working towards going public as well as his near-term product and staffing plans. Continue Reading
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25 Jan 2021
Commvault CEO says we won't go back to pre-COVID-19 ways
Commvault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani says cloud adoption and remote collaboration will stay after the pandemic, but in-person events and physical data centers will be scaled back. Continue Reading
