Small businesses are often forgotten when people talk about companies being more resilient. That’s a big mistake. While big businesses likely have the resources to recover from a disaster, for small businesses that’s often not the case. In fact, according to FEMA, 40 percent of small businesses never reopen after a disaster, and 90% fail… Read more »
Read the ArticleLet’s say you’re hit with ransomware. You’re concerned, but you feel comfortable knowing that you’ve been taking local backups. You’re confident you can restore a clean backup taken before the infection and get the affected systems back online. No worries. But you start to panic when you realize you made a mistake. As you set… Read more »
Read the ArticleThis is the fourth of four posts where we take a close look into the elements that have put DRaaS solutions at the top of most businesses’ lists for data protection. Failback is the Follow-On to Failover While failover is the process of switching to a backup source, failback is the process of restoring your… Read more »
Read the ArticleThis is the third of four posts where we take a close look into the elements that have put DRaaS solutions at the top of most businesses’ lists for data protection. Failover: The Core Driver for Business Continuity Failover is a backup operational mode that switches to a standby database, server, or network if your… Read more »
Read the ArticleThis is the second of four posts where we take a close look into the elements that have put DRaaS solutions at the top of most businesses’ lists for data protection. Replication: Distributed Backups Maximize Data Protection Keeping it simple, data replication is the process of updating copies of your data in multiple places at… Read more »
Read the ArticleThis is the first of four posts where we will take a close look into the elements that have put DRaaS solutions at the top of most businesses’ lists for data protection. While the stakes may be higher if you’re a global enterprise, every business gets hurt when downtime strikes. At the top end,… Read more »
Read the ArticleApplication development and deployment has gone through some major changes with the rise of container-orchestration tools like Kubernetes. These tools let developers focus on building software and delivering value, make it easier to move applications to the cloud, reduce variables, and make it easy to reuse code. But one challenge that comes with containers is… Read more »
Read the ArticleIn early February, ransomware brought Central Piedmont Community College, a 50,000 student college in North Carolina, to a standstill. The attacks disabled systems ranging from phone and email all the way to productivity apps and online learning tools. Although the college resumed classes a few days after the initial attack, it’s unclear whether data in… Read more »
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