Similar to most families in the Northern Hemisphere, besides being Cybersecurity Awareness Month, October is also a time of year where scary movies and pumpkin patches take centerstage. For us, we recently took our kids to pick pumpkins still on the vine, suffer through a very bumpy hayride and line up against the eight foot ruler to see “How Tall this Fall” our kids were. All of these activities were free (besides paying for the pumpkins themselves).   Read more

When people hear the words backup and recovery, they often think they’re interchangeable. In reality, they’re two sides of the same coin: one protects your data before disaster strikes, and the other gets it back after. Understanding the difference is more than a matter of definitions; it’s a cornerstone of building a resilient IT strategy. Read more

About a year ago, I published a blog sharing Veeam resources you need to be aware of. It was my hope that this would become an on-going series where I would highlight new resources that become available. Well, I am thrilled to be sharing with you “Part 2” of Veeam resources you need to be aware of. Read more

My family and I have recently started a weekly dinner and a movie routine, where we base the dinner menu around the characters or premise of the movie. For us, we’re counting down to an upcoming family trip, but I’m hoping to keep up this fun routine even after our trip. The excitement of the kids picking an envelope as we all watch with excitement to see which movie we will be watching that week — and the same anticipation from mom and dad to see what type of food they will need to prepare in the coming days. Oh, the fun of family traditions… but now to the security part of this story.  Read more

The other day, I was watching a local junior high school soccer match. One team was advancing down the field as the forward was calling out to his teammates where to go and who to cover. The other team was all crowded together just trying to get the ball. One team was focused on their strategy, while the other team was focused on one short term goal — get the ball. It probably isn’t hard to guess which team came out the victor in that game. The team focused on their short-term goal lost focus on their fundamentals — they didn’t think about what they would do if they got the ball or if their short-term goal wasn’t met and ... Read more

The countdown is on! Google Cloud Next is only seven days away! If you haven’t already registered, why haven’t you? Here’s five reasons why you should attend Google Cloud Next 2022. Read more

Television and movies would have us believe cybercriminals have to execute complex plans that involve rappelling from rooftops and avoiding lasers to break into our networks. In reality, it only takes a well-crafted email and a distracted person to start a chain of events that can cost millions of dollars to repair. While that seems like a simple problem to solve, multiple layers of security controls needed to fail for the ransomware attack to succeed.  Read more

We get great pride from the continued support of our loyal customers, one of our greatest assets — together with our employees and our ecosystem of partners. The North Star of every Veeamer — both employees and partners — is to make our customers’ life more efficient with excellent products and great support. The customers feel that they are at the core of our strategy, they take notice and find every opportunity to reward us with their clear and resounding message: we deliver the best solution in the data protection market. Read more

According to the Veeam 2022 Data Protection Trends Report, 76% of companies admitted to being attacked by ransomware in 2021. If we broaden the question and asked how many companies experienced a cyberattack, the number would be closer to 100%. Some of the main reasons ransomware has been so successful include the low cost of entry and high return on investment for the attackers.  Read more

A lot has changed since our last VMworld update. Firstly, Broadcom has acquired VMware, and secondly VMworld is no longer called VMworld, (now VMware Explore). One thing, though, remains the same: the need for simple, flexible, reliable and powerful data protection. Read more