The shared responsibility model is one of the most important features of effective cloud security and your organization’s overall security posture. This applies whether you use a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, such as Microsoft 365, or an all-encompassing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) model. There are always responsibilities shared between you and the cloud service provider. Read more

In an era marked by relentless cyber threats, the paramount question echoing in the minds of small business owners is this: Why is cybersecurity important for small businesses? As the shadow of cyberattacks looms larger, it has become clear that cybersecurity is not merely a choice but an absolute necessity. 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

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

Before Veeam Backup & Replication v11, the product used SQL Server to create and store its configuration database. It has always been possible to use SQL Server Express to store a Veeam Backup & Replication, however, this version of SQL Server had some critical limitations. Read more

 Veeam ONE is Veeam's prized monitoring and reporting software for Veeam Backup & Replication, and it gives users insight into both their infrastructure components and job metrics. The release of Veeam ONE v12 and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7 also comes with the ability to monitor your Microsoft 365 backup environment as well. The best part is that this comes at no additional licensing cost since the monitoring of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 inside Veeam ONE is completely free. This  Veeam ONE integration gives you insight into your backups, proxies, repositories and so much more all in a single view, and it’s all accessible through several convenient vehicles. Read on to learn more about all of these new, ... Read more

CONGRATULATIONS! You have successfully installed Veeam Backup for Salesforce, and you are ready to provide access to your backup and / or Salesforce teams. But how do I accomplish this? Where do I star Read more

It’s no secret that strong data security is one of the most critical requirements in today’s world. With networks constantly being targeted and assaulted through automated attacks, phishing expeditions or malicious insiders, your backups need to be secured. Without a trusted and secured backup, recovery becomes significantly more complicated, if not impossible. Fortunately, features like immutable backups can help strengthen your recovery plans. Read more

When the first version of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 was released in 2016, no one realized how fast Microsoft 365 would grow and how our daily communication and work life would change. New features and software were added to the Microsoft 365 package. Read more

Modern data protection challenges demand an assessment of recovery strategies and the maintenance of compliance with those strategies. This could be for regulatory reasons or simply to offer assurance that the business can bounce back quickly in the event of an outage.  If we want to meet recovery objectives in the face of modern challenges such as ransomware, then recovery at scale and in parallel becomes a critical component. Recovering individual VM’s, files or application items is all well and good for ‘everyday’ disasters (like recovering that critical email) but when infrastructure becomes unavailable the impact can be felt broadly.    Read more