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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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Top 5 Security Trends for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Another angle is to target the victim’s backups. Advice moving forward This article highlights modern security trends for CIOs that weren’t on anybody’s radar as little as five years ago. The most familiar strategy–encrypting files on servers and then demanding a ransom for the decryption key–is but one approach among many.

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Top 10 storage and backup stories of 2017

Computer Weekly

In Computer Weekly’s top 10 storage stories of 2017, we tracked key trends such as the continued rise of hyper-converged infrastructure, the emergence of NVMe flash and object storage

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Data protection giant Veeam moves HQ to Seattle region, tops $1.5B in annual recurring revenue

GeekWire

Gartner cited “cautions” including what it described as Veeam’s slow response to key market trends, and overall complexity of managing its technology. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) The company’s growth underscores the growing focus on data protection and backup amid the rise of ransomware and other cyber threats.

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Data Protection Fundamentals Recovery Points (Backup, Snapshots, Versions)

Storage IO Blog

Enabling Recovery Points (Backup, Snapshots, Versions) Companion to Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials – Cloud, Converged, Virtual Fundamental Server Storage I/O Tradecraft ( CRC Press 2017) By Greg Schulz – www.storageioblog.com November 26, 2017 This is Part 4 of a multi-part series on Data Protection fundamental tools topics (..)

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Data Protection Recovery Life Post World Backup Day Pre GDPR

Storage IO Blog

Data Protection Recovery Life Post World Backup Day Pre GDPR It’s time for Data Protection Recovery Life Post World Backup Day Pre GDPR Start Date. The annual March 31 world backup day focus has come and gone once again.

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Four questions for a casino InfoSec director

CIO Business Intelligence

online, offline) or uptime; however, the most important metrics today are those that indicate abnormal trends or indications of compromise. Today’s networks are often evaluated for baseline trends and performance, typical traffic patterns and flows, and similar metrics defining “normal” behavior.