Backup

Ransomware attacks are on the rise and as many cities have recently learned, if you don't have an air-gapped backup, you may not be protected.

Looking to reinstall Windows 10 quickly and easily using the ‘Reset this PC’ feature? This is how you can do that.

Running VMs in the cloud has become a big part of the modernization of IT infrastructure for most businesses. However, even though those VMs that are in the cloud, the backup mechanisms that they use to provide disaster recovery (DR) capabilities are essentially the same as they would use for on-premise VMs. They often use legacy technologies that require a lot of resources and are difficult to scale.

While there’s no doubt that the use of the cloud and containers are rapidly growing, the reality is that server virtualization is and will remain the core technology for running the vast majority of enterprise applications in the foreseeable future.

While the security and redundancy provided with hybrid cloud setups is clearly documented, it's important to keep these risk-factors in mind as you design your new environment.

Disaster recovery (DR) methods for protecting today’s IT infrastructure and data are going through a period of substantial change. Today businesses need to do more than protect against service failures and traditional downtime.

Hybrid cloud availability can be difficult because most businesses are running a mixture of many different technologies that all need to be available in order to support their business-critical applications. Availability in the hybrid cloud needs to begin at the design phase of your application infrastructure.

Even though February was a shorter month, there were still a number of significant Azure announcements that you should know about.

When it comes to picking a cloud vendor, putting all your eggs in one basket might be the easiest option, but it's not a best practice.

This post is sponsored by Druva's Office 365 backup solution. There’s no doubt that Office 365 is the most popular cloud services today. Microsoft launched Office 365 back in June 2011 and it has become a popular choice for the day-to-day work of both businesses and consumers alike. Office 365 is full-featured, easy to access,… Read More

We all have heard about backing up our data to the cloud, but outlining all the benefits shows the true reason you should consider this approach.

As we head into the new year, here are the hybrid cloud trends that we expect to see in 2019.

In this post, Aidan explains the different ways that you can use Azure Backup to restore an Azure virtual machine.

Aidan takes a look back at 2018 and discusses some of the highlights from each month. It is interesting to me how I underrated some announcements which later became significant to Microsoft customers or to me.

Microsoft has released a new version of SharePoint and with it comes a couple new features to help you recover from an outage.