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Why logistics companies should consider Cloud-based data backup According to a published report, the recent Suez Canal blockage incident caused delays in delivery that resulted in monetary losses estimated at $400 million an hour – an eye-opening statistic that reveals the importance of logistics in the global economy. The logistics industry is complex and dynamic in nature.  …

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Cloud Backup and the Importance of Dual Copy Backing up to cloud storage has gained increased acceptance in recent times.  The pandemic, over the last 12 months in particular, has forced a number of enterprise workloads and use-cases into the cloud – and backup is no exception. Backing up to the cloud provides an offsite …

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Closing the OneDrive for Business Gap Almost every business that uses Microsoft 365 will admit that when they initially adopted the product suite, they expected that OneDrive for Business would fulfil their need for endpoint data protection or backups. OneDrive is a sync solution and not a backup. Superficially, it would seem that they both do the same things i.e. …

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Ensuring Data Privacy When Backing Up Data Per a recent United Nations report, as many as 107 countries have put in place legislation to address privacy of data.  A lot of this legislation has been modeled after the EU’s GDPR and has been brought into force over the last 3 years.  There is a clear focus now …

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Encryption – The Double-edged Sword Way back in the mid-90s my wife worked for Digital Equipment Corp (DEC). Not many of my readers may remember DEC – a computing powerhouse during their heyday. In any case, my wife left DEC in 1998. Almost 8 years later in 2006 – she received a communication from Hewlett …

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Strengthen Endpoint Data Protection for Your Remote Workforce It is clear that remote workforces are here to stay. The pandemic has succeeded in upending several deep-rooted assumptions about work, productivity, and collaboration. While some businesses have allowed employees to work from home indefinitely, several are also allowing employees the flexibility to work from home if …

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8 reasons why you should start backing up your business data Why we need backup? Data is possibly a company’s most important asset. As businesses generate ever-increasing volumes of data it becomes even more important to have a strategy – to not only store such data but also keep it accessible and safe. Threats to …

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Why Your Company Needs Complete Data Backup and Archiving Learn why data backup and archiving are crucial for your company’s lasting success. Find out how these strategies protect your business, ensuring growth in the long term.  Data backup and data archive are two buzzing words in data security.     Backup and archiving are your allies in …

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Best of Breed or One-size-fits-all? Over the years, as I’ve worked with customers and prospects, there is a dichotomy I’ve seen emerge. When purchasing backup solutions, IT decision makers fall in one of two categories: they are either looking for the best solution on the market for the problem they’re trying to solve. or they …

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RTO and RPO considerations when selecting a backup solution RTO and RPO: Understanding the definition and difference   RTO and RPO – I am sure you’ve had those acronyms thrown at you before. If you’re wondering what they mean, or how they impact your choice of backup solution, read on. Both RPO (Recovery Point Objective) …

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Unusual Activity Detection – Identifying and Flagging Security Threats  Ransomware attacks have become rampant and commonplace.  As a data security measure, many enterprises worldwide have relied on cloud-based backups.  However, just backing up data is insufficient to thwart data loss risks posed by evolving cyber threats.  The biggest challenge is to detect an attack early. …

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GDPR and Disaster Recovery: 3-step Guide to GDPR Compliance Beckoning the new era of data privacy, General Data Protection Regulation, the first major reform in data protection regulations in 20 years, will now dictate radical changes to the way digital businesses treat the private information of their subjects. In first, the new rules, as directed by …

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