How to Choose the Right Backup Appliance Part III: Backup Location

A backup appliance is an important asset in an organization and choosing the right one is crucial to the success of the business. While costs need to be kept at bay, there are certain factors of backup and recovery that can’t be compromised either. Once you decide on certain components such as backup storage space, type …

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How to Choose the Right Backup Appliance Part II: The Importance of Compliance

While choosing a backup appliance for your organization, analyzing your current infrastructure and reviewing the existing backup systems in the organization come first. Once these are reviewed, you can move on to the other aspects that will help you determine the specifics of the backup system that will suit your organization’s backup as well as business …

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How to Choose the Right Backup Appliance I: Details Matter

Every organization is different and so are its backup requirements. The wide range of backup techniques and appliances available in the market today may complicate the process of choosing a backup procedure, partner or appliance. The key here is to analyze the requirements of your organization and always keep them at the forefront. Once you …

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Key Challenges of Performing Backups from Remote Locations

Managing backups may be routine and straightforward when the entire gamut of operations takes place within a single facility. However, for national corporations and global enterprises with offices across the globe, and each office having disparate systems and procedures, deploying an integrated backup and disaster recovery system to ensure that the company’s digital assets are safe, secure …

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The Importance of Balanced Interaction Between DRPs and Their Clientele

Data recovery service providers (DRPs) are an integral constituent of any business structure today. They are responsible for the data of a business and their importance can never be understated. As a part of this relationship, the interaction between an enterprise and the DRP is an important factor to make sure the system is integrated …

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Choosing the Right Backup Appliances for Multiple Locations

While businesses of all shapes and sizes face the difficulties associated with data management and protection, the ones that have multiple locations are the ones that suffer the most if something goes wrong with a centralized system. However, the issues start before a disaster actually hits. When selecting the right backup solution for their various locations, enterprises may …

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A Data Protection Consultant’s Role in Putting Together a Business Continuity Plan

A data protection consultant is often more than a service provider that sells advice. With the expertise and market knowledge that a consultant gathers over the years, they develop an understanding and intuition to be able to really provide sound guidance on what’s right for different organizations. This is what we have been able to …

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Your 3-Point Checklist to Choosing the Right Disaster Recovery Partner

Losing your data can happen easier than you think if your data isn’t protected or recovered properly. Keeping this in mind, disaster recovery should be a top priority for C-level execs and a primary consideration when thinking about the health of your business. To ensure the protection and recovery of your data, finding the right disaster recovery …

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Five Practical Considerations When Choosing a Backup and Disaster Recovery System

Most enterprises understand the theory to have backup and disaster recovery systems in place. Theoretical knowledge, however, is one thing and the actual requirements are quite another. Many organizations that invest in backup and disaster recovery systems still find themselves in a bind when crunch time comes and their system fails, rendering their investment in their current …

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The Risks of Remote Employees Not Being Part of Your Backup Plans

Most of the time, people can’t consider all of the  ways data can be lost, so they simply don’t think about it! This is especially problematic for a company where data should be protected with employees  working in different places. Out of sight, out of mind. When thinking about data backup plans, it is a great exercise to consider multiple loss …

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