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Google Buys Actifio — Who Knew Backups Were So Juicy?

Forrester IT

Last week, Google announced the acquisition of Actifio and plans to integrate Actifio’s technology as a first-party data protection solution akin to Azure Site Recovery. In comparison, AWS’s CloudEndure Disaster Recovery and Azure Site Recovery are more limited in functionality and scope than the capabilities Actifio gives Google.

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Military Tips On Business Resiliency

Cloud Musings

So how should a company build up resilience against a cyberattack?

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Liveblog: Deep Dive on Amazon Elastic File System

Scott Lowe

Naim next goes through some pricing comparisons showing how EFS is much cheaper than DIY storage solutions using EC2 instances and EBS volumes. Both of these options can, according to Osborne, be used not only for migration but also for bursting or backup/disaster recovery.

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