In the digital economy, business continuity is inextricably bound to technology. From retail and travel to finance and the public sector, services being moved online and employees working remotely means businesses are more reliant on their digital infrastructure than ever before. While organizations can take steps to protect their digital services from incidents caused by user error, […]
Data Privacy Day 2021: Tech Experts Provide Tips to Stay Safe
Click to learn more about author Jay Ryerse. Since working remotely became the norm last year, organizations have been sharing and storing even more private data online than ever before. While IT teams have been working tirelessly to keep that data secure, cybercriminals have been working just as hard to undo that security. With rising […]
Weighed Down by On-Premises Disaster Recovery Sites? Move to the Cloud
Click to learn more about author Andy Fernandez. In today’s new remote-heavy world, it’s more important than ever that organizations are available 24/7. From healthcare to online retail, potential downtime, with an average cost of $250,000 per hour, can be catastrophic. This leaves IT organizations with the task of meeting “always-on” expectations with, likely, less […]
Cyber Resiliency to Protect Assets Beyond 2020
Click to learn more about author Hal Lonas. Data protection, including backup and disaster recovery, and security in general are topics that have been top-of-mind with media over the past few years. But as we move into a new decade, businesses will need to have an understanding of how all of these technologies work together […]
Disaster Recovery Planning Season is Every Season
Click to learn more about author Matt VanderZwaag. Spring floods, summer tornadoes, winter blizzards – Disaster Recovery (DR) planning for mission-critical IT assets is seldom top-of-mind, until headline-grabbing, “seasonal” disasters occur. Even then many organizations are resistant to investing in DR, gambling that they will never be subject to a disaster. The fact is disasters […]
The Future of Disaster Recovery and IT
Click to learn more about author Chris Colotti. As we enter hurricane season, more than 10% of Puerto Rico is still without power more than six months after Hurricane Maria slammed against its shores. Some might ask how that is even possible in an age with an abundance of technology and resources. Last year’s hurricane season will […]
World Backup Day: Celebrate with Disaster Recovery
Click to learn more about author Matt VanderZwaag. It’s no coincidence that World Backup Day falls the day before April Fool’s Day. The founders of the initiative want to impress upon the public that the loss of data resulting from a failure to back up is nothing to laugh at. From mission-critical business information to personal photos and videos, data has become […]