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Part of the vendor’s “cyber resilience” strategy, the new feature guards against accidental and malicious deletion of backups by automatically syncing images from local appliances to Datto’s cloud, according to CISO Ryan Weeks (pictured).
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The new product, which will provide disaster recovery for Azure-based workloads, fits within a larger “cyber resilience” strategy that also includes security offerings like the software Datto officially bought this week, according to CEO Tim Weller (pictured).
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Version 8.0 of the vendor’s Unified Data Protection solution adds integration with Sophos Intercept X to the product’s on-premises software edition, and lets users backup Nutanix Files, Nutanix Objects, and Oracle databases.
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With employees working remotely at higher rates, business data is increasingly at risk. While remote work and productivity rates are high, the same can’t be said about the security of cloud data that remote workers generate. Get statistics and more is this whitepaper on the data security challenges and gaps IT administrators still have to face.
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And they’re mostly good news for a change! Work-from-home upgrades, cloud opportunities, and 5G network rollouts are all on the way next year, according to Carbonite, Cradlepoint, Datto, Navisite, Nerdio, TBI, and Todyl.
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During its OpenText World conference this week, the parent company of Carbonite and Webroot said that an integrated mix of security and BDR is the only way to address this year’s expanded attack surface and treacherous threat landscape.
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SMBs have limited time and IT resources, and a lot on their plates – especially when it comes to cybersecurity. Unfortunately, SMBs have become the biggest target for ransomware attacks, and they need to face the harsh truth that ransomware can wreak havoc with data, budget and reputation. Yet many SMBs are not aware of the risk they face.
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With both Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 approaching their end of support (EOS) dates. For most businesses, the risks of running outdated applications narrows the decision down to two choices: upgrading on-premises or re-hosting in the cloud. Either way, large quantities of data will have to be migrated from one system to another.
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An industry first, according to Webroot, the new feature is designed to safeguard DNS traffic from snooping and manipulation, and is especially relevant at a time when millions of work-from-home employees are relying on poorly secured home networks.
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The stories of ransomware attacks have unfortunately become more common, especially among municipalities. But, when the Town of Colonie, in the greater Albany, NY region, became the latest to fall prey to a ransomware attempt, the outcome was different than many others thanks to protection from Carbonite. Find out how Colonie avoided the outcome of so many other ransomware victims in this case study.
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