Ransomware attacks are increasing –here’s how to cover your bases
Picture this: It’s an ordinary morning, you’re logging onto your organisation’s network when… BAM… access denied. Your files have been encrypted. You (and everyone else) are officially locked out. Then comes the ransom demand – tens of millions of dollars if
Why AvePoint gets our thumbs up
Over the years, we’ve worked with a lot of different backup solutions, both on-premises and in the cloud. Of all of these, AvePoint’s Cloud Backup and Restore is probably our most frequently recommended. Here’s why it consistently gets a thumbs up
Backup vs data retention (and why you need both)
Backup and data retention are not new concepts, but over the years the line between their two functions has become increasingly blurred. While you may have got away with using backups for data retention in your organisation’s on-premises past, that’s a lot harder to do in today’s highly regulated environment. Thankfully, cloud technology
Modern archiving: do you need third-party cloud backup?
We touched on a few of the benefits of third-party archive systems in our previous Cloud Insights article, but what about backup solutions? Are these even necessary in a cloud environment, and what do they have to do with your archiving tools?