In a recent survey conducted by Vanson Bourne[1], a staggering 83% of organizations agree that the hybrid multi-cloud approach stands as the preferred backup strategy. Considering this dramatic surge in digital transformation, the management and protection of data have assumed unprecedented importance. As organizations increasingly incorporate hyperscale cloud environments such as AWS and Azure, there is strong demand for dependable and efficient Managed Backup as a Service (BaaS) solutions. For Managed Service Providers (MSPs), adeptly navigating this evolving landscape necessitates remaining informed and adaptable to emerging trends and challenges. Read more

In today’s cost-conscious world, enterprises are continually evaluating and adopting new preferred infrastructure vendors, whether it be driven by total cost of ownership, features or overall flexibility. Despite being critical in today’s datacenters, hypervisors themselves are not exempt from this either.  One of the key influences when evaluating the foundational pillars of your IT environment comes down to the ecosystem. Will the solution you land on fill your requirements? Are there limitations to be aware of? And of course, do you have a solid strategy to securely and reliably protect that data? Read more

How resilient is your company? Most businesses aren’t as resilient as they think. Historically, backup and recovery processes for IT and cloud environments are: • Composed of manual processes to replicate and protect workloads and data, • Kept in a written business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR) plan, and • Implemented by a person or team. Read more

Is your organization one of the 85% that suffered a ransomware attack in the last year? Ransomware attacks are increasing in both frequency and intensity. Read more

Welcome to the final segment of our three-part blog series where we evaluate how Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 aligns with Gartner's recommendations for Microsoft 365 data protection and Microsoft’s Shared Responsibility Model. Read more

Cloud computing has become ubiquitous and has reached the point where nearly half of all workloads run in the cloud. Currently, most organizations operate a combination of on-premise and cloud workloads, known as a hybrid cloud. Typically, they keep key services within their data centers and use the cloud for customer-facing services, software applications and flexible data storage. The hybrid cloud model is ideal because it is not always possible, or even wise, to move everything to the cloud for reasons like cost, performance and compliance. Read more

In the dynamic world of data security, certifications are the cornerstone of trust, assuring a product's resilience against potential threats. Read more

The fact that organizations need to backup their Microsoft 365 deployments has been well established. Microsoft is based on a shared responsibility model in which Microsoft is responsible for protecting the underlying infrastructure, and subscribers are responsible for protecting their own data. This means that if you use Microsoft 365, you have to back up your own data.  In their Services Agreement, Microsoft makes it very clear on the delineation around customer data, “We don’t claim ownership of Your Content. Your Content remains Your Content, and you are responsible for it.” Read more

Welcome back to the second part of our three-part blog series, where we continue to revisit what leading IT analyst firm, Gartner, suggests for protecting Microsoft 365. In the first post, we looked at what Gartner identified as risks associated with Microsoft 365. Read more

You may have seen the big news from Cisco and Nutanix, who recently announced a global partnership to simplify business actions within the hybrid and multi-cloud. Read more