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Backup lessons learned from 10 major cloud outages

Network World

I’ve always called for independent backups of everything. Whether it’s in your data center, an IaaS vendor like AWS, or a SaaS vendor like Microsoft 365, it needs independent backup. Fifteen years of cloud data-loss incidents gives a pretty good idea of how bad a cloud outage can be.

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Indonesian government data centers face audit after ransomware attack reveals lack of backups

TechSpot

On June 20, Indonesia's Temporary National Data Center (PDNS), which is operated by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, was compromised by a variant of the LockBit 3.0 Like most modern ransomware, Brain Cipher exfiltrates sensitive data and encrypts it, also known as double extortion. Read Entire Article

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Data center design in the age of AI: Integrating AI with legacy Infrastructure

CIO Business Intelligence

In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), how can enterprises evaluate whether their existing data center design can fully employ the modern requirements needed to run AI? Evaluating data center design and legacy infrastructure. The art of the data center retrofit. Digital Realty alone supports around 2.4

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Backup lessons from a cloud-storage disaster

Network World

European’s largest cloud provider, OVHcloud, suffered a catastrophic fire last month that destroyed one of its data centers and smoke-damaged a neighboring one. Those who did not lost data that will never come back.

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Green tech: Microsoft uses hydrogen fuel cells as data center power backups

Tech Republic Data Center

Recent data center hydrogen fuel cell tests take another step toward these goals. Microsoft has announced long-term commitments to reduce its carbon footprint.

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Troubleshooting Backup Routines

Tech Republic Data Center

Backup routines are the lifeblood of information technology. Protecting an organization’s data is a computer professional’s highest priority.

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Data backup request form

Tech Republic Data Center

Data without an associated backup is only as reliable as the system upon which it is stored — and every system has a finite life span or may be susceptible to malware or hacking efforts. This form from TechRepublic Premium provides a simple method for end users to submit data backup requests. Backup basics: There.

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