Why now for Quest?
For 25 years the CRN Awards has been a respected, sought-after acknowledgement of superior channel achievements, especially in the UK . Judging from feedback given by previous winners, receiving the a...
Business Continuity Plan: Think like a business leader
As technology has helped simplify so much of our work and personal lives, the IT systems supporting that technology have only become more and more complex. In addition, the risk of IT disaster has inc...
Data replication to the Microsoft Azure cloud — New tech brief
Nobody ever got fired for replicating backup data to the cloud. In fact, data replication is a pretty good idea. First, it’s an important part of any disaster recovery strategy. Second, it’s relativel...
Move Beyond Basic Recovery
Does your disaster recovery plan focus on recovery? That’s a great starting point, but many experts say recovery should actually be a last resort. The ideal would be to take steps to avoid catastrophe...
The top threats to business continuity are not what you think
Many people think developing a disaster recovery plan is all about calamitous events such as fires and earthquakes, where physical property is damaged and people’s lives are at risk. But actually, fro...
Downtime Costs How Much?
Here’s a broken record: Increasing IT complexity is making your job more and more challenging. While new technologies, added devices and virtualized systems are making leaps and bounds in terms of the...
Simplifying Enterprise Backup and Recovery
Anyone who’s responsible for system, application and data protection and recovery in a large, diverse IT environment knows how challenging it can be. Protecting enterprise data in a complex IT environ...
Transformative Backup and Recovery
Everyone’s talking about digital transformation. It’s the key to business success these days, whether you are a ride-hailing service or a trucking company. But what does “digital transformation” even ...
NetVault Backup 12 is here and NetVault has never looked so good!
Yes Folks, NetVault Backup is back, and it is better than ever. With NetVault Backup 12.0 finally hitting the proverbial shelves, you can be sure you are getting a state-of-the-art Enterprise Backup S...
Change Tracking in Complex Virtual Environments
It’s true — small actions can lead to big headaches. For example, some of the simplest changes can have a ripple effect throughout your virtual infrastructure. And often, IT managers have no clue — un...
Predictive Business Continuity, Part 2: Wake Up! March 31 is World Backup Day.
When you live in South Florida and you see a photo like this one in your weather forecast, you remember why those of us who work in data protection have proclaimed March 31 World Backup Day. Most of t...
Episode 5: The Co-Loc Strikes Back
It is a dark time for IT pros. With corruption, data loss and ransomware attacking networks across the galaxy, disaster recovery (DR) is more important than ever. Fortunately, a group of freedom fight...