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Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of February 16: Updates from Sophos, Veeam, Hitachi Vantara, and More

Solutions Review

Cobalt Iron Receives Patent on Data Locality-Based Brokering of Cloud Computing Cobalt Iron Inc., a leading provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced that it has earned another new patent, this time on its technology for data locality-based brokering of cloud computing operations.

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Does the cloud, alone, meet 3-2-1?

OffsiteDataSync

The cloud has a lot going for it as a backup and disaster recovery (DR) target. In fact, some in the backup community say that storing backups in the cloud, alone, is enough to meet the 3-2-1 rule (three copies of the data in two different media with one offsite). The use of cloud services in backup is growing.

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The Cloud: You’re Using It Wrong

NexusTek

“The Cloud” has been all the rage since former Google CEO Eric Schmidt discussed the concept at an industry conference in 2006. Cloud computing helps individuals, companies, and government services safely store the ever-increasing amounts of data that are output every second. billion by 2025. Telecommunications. Get the bot.

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The Four Phases of Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

In today’s post we’ll look at why organizations still need to be adept at IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) and describe the four phases of restoring IT services after an outage. Phase 1: Preparation Technically, preparation is not a phase of disaster recovery since it happens before the outage. Estimate how long the outage will last.

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What IT services should businesses outsource?

Online Computers

Examples of IaaS include Amazon Web Services , Google Cloud Platform , and IBM Cloud. Read also : What are the differences between the various types of cloud computing services you offer? Some cyberthreats can make company data inaccessible by locking it away using encryption.

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Protecting Data Beyond the Firewall in SaaS

OffsiteDataSync

With so much of the workforce remote during the pandemic, organizations ramped up their transition to the cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS). Use point solutions where available: Backup solutions are available for many of the most common SaaS services. And for SMBs, SaaS has been a particularly important initiative.

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The 16 Best Data Protection Software Companies for 2022

Solutions Review

Data protection is a broad field, encompassing backup and disaster recovery, data storage, business continuity, cybersecurity, endpoint management, data privacy, and data loss prevention. Acronis offers backup, disaster recovery, and secure file sync and share solutions. Note: Companies are listed in alphabetical order.