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The Scariest Words to Hear During a Ransomware Attack
Recently, I had the chance to visit with an IT pro who had experienced a ransomware encryption attack, and he told me about the scariest words he heard during those first several minutes. Upon receiving the ransom demand, the first… Read more
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DR Lessons from the Recent Global IT Outage
Let’s take this opportunity to learn from how organizations were affected by an IT outage that was not a cyberattack through five key lessons: IT Resiliency is a Competitive Advantage As of Tuesday, within the US, most of the airlines… Read more
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World Backup Day PSA: No one cares about (or relies upon) your data more than you do
Happy #WorldBackupDay ! In COVID-times, we often hear about “the New Normal” to remind us that things won’t entirely go back to the way that they were. But for World Backup Day (WBD), I’d like to remind you of an “Old… Read more
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Hierarchy of Needs in Data Protection
In 1943, Maslow’s Pyramid of Needs described a hierarchy within psychology, whereby until you addressed foundational elements such as Food/Water … you can’t feel safe, you can’t find love, you struggle with self-respect, etc. Data protection actually has a similar hierarchy… Read more
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BOOK: Data Protection by the Numbers
One of the coolest projects that I have done so far at Veeam has been to write a small Dummies book on the three languages of Data Protection: Technical = RTO & RPO Operational = SLA’s based on BIA &… Read more
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Why copy data management matters
Why does copy data management matter? Because you need better data protection than you have and you can’t afford to move forward with your current protection based on how the business is scaling. Operationally, production storage is growing at approximately… Read more