Cybersecurity threats are threats that focus on gaining access to an organization's digital environment. Unfortunately, it is called a threat for a reason. Attackers generally don't want to get inside to do good things to your computers and data. There are many different ways and reasons that attackers want to get into an IT environment, so let's take a closer look.  Read more

With Microsoft Office 365, there is a shared responsibility model. It’s your data — you control it — and it is your responsibility to protect it. So you’ve decided to backup your Office 365 data in the cloud, but there are many clouds to choose from - and not all clouds are created equal. Many of the big name cloud providers that you may be inclined to consider sound good at first but in reality have hidden fees that make for complicated, unpredictable bills and unwelcome surprises of egress and API request fees every month. Wasabi makes cloud storage simple for customers and partners. Read more

Since our inception in 2006, Veeam’s focus has always been on its community and what they need; we started with freemium products and then we shipped our first full solution in 2008. Since then, the company has focused on breaking boundaries - #1 virtual backup, leader in Availability, pioneering Cloud Data Management and today, the most trusted provider of Backup solutions that deliver Modern Data Protection. Whatever we do, we want to be the best and we are delivering on that promise. From humble beginnings, we have grown exponentially. Read more

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 is subject to throttling rules placed on SharePoint sites. These rules limit traffic speed for any item downloaded per user from any SharePoint site or OneDrive for Business on Microsoft servers. These throttling rules generally go unnoticed in day-to-day use of the cloud product but can drastically limit backup recovery point objectives. Veeam has a solution to this problem in the way of Auxiliary backup accounts. Read more

Did you know that more than 90% of all successful hacks and data breaches start with a phishing scam? Do you even know what phishing is and how to protect your company from being victimized?

Phishing scams are attempts by cybercriminals to trick users into performing some type of action like clicking on a link, entering credentials, opening an attachment or even making changes to a company’s process. These scams are most commonly delivered as malicious emails but can also take other forms. They can result in ransomware, installation of malicious software (viruses, Trojans, worms), stolen credentials, theft of money, data loss or even identity theft. Phishers exploit common human traits, like trusting people you know, to trick you into doing something that you normally wouldn’t.

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Since Nutanix's announcement of Nutanix Mine with Veeam and subsequent release early last year, we've been hard at work strengthening the additional points of intersection between Veeam and Nutanix. Let's take a look at some of our recent achievements and explore how, in conjunction with Nutanix Mine with Veeam, a complete story for your data's lifecycle comes together. Read more

In the contemporary era of agile development, "as a service" solutions and advanced management techniques, you may be wondering if there are still failures in software projects.

Unfortunately, the answer is yes.

The world of software solutions is littered with failed projects: from large multinationals to small companies, many companies have experienced the effects of unsatisfactory software implementation.

No company is immune.

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With more and more businesses relying on public clouds to run their IT infrastructure, it’s becoming more of a challenge managing these environments. When we look at AWS for example, a best practice is to use AWS accounts to segregate workloads and create security boundaries. Read more

Veeam Backup & Replication v11 introduces the Hardened Repository as a secure place where backups can be stored immutably for a configured amount of time. With the Hardened Repository, Veeam created a WORM (write once, read many) storage option for Veeam backups. And the best part, this new role can be deployed on ANY general-purpose Linux server, without locking you down to the special proprietary hardware. Read more

Previously, we discussed how to use Microsoft Intune to install Veeam Agent for Mac. Now we will continue this series with how to configure Veeam Agent for Mac via Microsoft Intune. Read more