One of, if not the most, challenging aspects of cloud cost optimization and data is achieving your desired outcome without being shocked by your bill at the end of the month. Balancing the needs of your business and your proverbial checkbook is not an easy thing. Read more

In life, we must make informed choices and decisions about the services and products we consume and rely on recommendations and thorough research. In these cases, we often look to those we consider to be experts in their respective areas. Gartner is one of the top technology research firms that’s dedicated to delivering actionable objective observations to the industry. Read more

Data is the lifeline of every organization. From customer data to employee data, sales data to service data — when properly utilized all this data can provide rich information to help organizations prosper and grow. And let’s not forget what is likely the most important type of data — the metadata, which is data about data or the internal structure of data inside CRM. Metadata is the structure of your CRM which helps enable users to understand the story that all the other data is trying to tell. Read more

Microsoft Teams has become a linchpin for communication and collaboration in modern organizations. However, this reliance also brings a heightened risk of data loss, which could result in operational disruptions, productivity losses, or legal issues. Read more

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been fascinated by I.T. From early 8bit home computers to modern PCs, I’ve always loved working with technology. By my teenage years, I’d become the go-to I.T. support expert for my friends and family – helping them fix their computers and back up their invaluable photos and documents. Read more

If you’ve bought into or heard the idea of hybrid cloud merely being a precursor to a full cloud approach, you can move on from that thought. Thousands of organizations are using hybrid cloud as their permanent cloud solution. In fact, almost 50% of all workloads are now hosted on the public cloud. Read more

Veeam has been busy preparing for our V2 release of Veeam Backup for Salesforce. Our customers spoke and we listened, adding the most requested capabilities to our latest release. It is just as important to back up your Salesforce data as it is to backup the data form any other parts of your technology stack, but many organizations think it is backed up in the cloud (it is not) or it is not necessary (speak to a sales team that did not have access to their data for a week and they will btell a different story. Read more

Ransomware attacks don’t just encrypt data. They compromise trust, stall operations, and threaten business continuity. In today’s threat landscape, the difference between days of downtime and fast, confident recovery often comes down to how well-prepared your recovery strategy is. With cyber extortion growing faster than ever in 2025, organizations need more than just backups, they need tested, orchestrated, and secure recovery plans. Read more

As of August 2023, the ransomware threat landscape has rapidly evolved, with an increased frequency and industry-spanning impact that proven devastating to critical infrastructure. Attackers have enhanced extortion tactics and professionalized attack groups, drastically increasing the percentage of affected organizations. This year alone, 86% of organizations reported having suffered a cyberattack — a jump up from the 76% reported the year prior. Read more

The Kasten K10 by Veeam Data Management Platform has a strong integration with OpenShift on many aspects. Among them are security of the containers, authentication, multi-tenancy/RBAC, and support for different storage providers. Read more