By Matt Tyrer It’s World Backup Day this Saturday! (cue applause and evil laughter) It is the day where we recognize and celebrate the awesomeness that is backup. Backup + Awesome in the same sentence? You bet your bitcoin they are. If you’ve ever dropped your laptop, lost a phone, deleted a file (or heck, “saved it […]
By Matt Tyrer World Backup Day (March 31) is the occasion to recall all the times you messed up (admit it) and someone saved your hide. Those “someones” are a special group of folks known as backup admins, and today is the day to go and give them all a hug (or a day off!). Backup […]
By Mary Ellen Cavanagh With World Backup Day on March 31, those of us in the data protection industry have been compelled to implore people to not be April fools by not backing up their data every year. Perhaps I’m the fool for thinking, after 25-plus years in this industry, that everyone already knows to […]
By Patrick McGrath There’s been a lot of talk in the office about the use of social data – with the illusion of privacy – being used downstream for questionable purposes. While much of the public outrage is fresh, it has been widely known for years that marketers, including those supporting political campaigns, have been […]
By Penny Gralewski You’ve modernized to a multi-cloud environment, but does your data protection software have the flexibility to support multiple clouds? If your current data migration setup involves multiple consoles, separate data deduplication and limited support for today’s popular private and public clouds, you may not be maximizing your multi-cloud investments. There can be […]
By Commvault In the second part of this three-part series, we will take a look at how to establish the foundations for a consistent approach to data across the organisation and a data-driven culture. As with the first post, which addressed data skills and literacy, we’ve provided a true or false set of questions you can ask […]
By Jesse Eichhorn The post-EHR era was on full display (in augmented, virtual and actual reality!) in Las Vegas, as more than 45,000 healthcare IT professionals convened to share, learn and dream at HIMSS18. An informal poll by Healthcare IT News prior to the conference revealed what attendees were most looking forward to at the […]
By Kalyani Kallakuri The well-known adage you are only as good as your last… “backup” is a good start on a data protection strategy but still falls far short of a comprehensive plan. A survey of more than 300 IT professionals conducted by Barkly’s found that nearly all respondents were actively backing up their data. Eighty-one percent were confident […]
By Commvault In this three-part series, we are going to ask five questions that strike me as most important in the quest for data excellence. These were formed after some interesting discussions with our in-house data professionals. We will start with data skills and data literacy. In the second post we’ll take a look at […]
By Lance Shaw The business demands on your data center infrastructure have never been higher. Across multiple clouds, numerous applications and your on-premises data center, you must be able to ensure that data is always available, no matter the scenario. Where downtime might once have been understandable, now it is simply unacceptable. You must find […]
By Chris Powell It’s been six weeks since I returned from the South Pole after completing the South Pole Energy Challenge (SPEC) with Robert Swan and the Last Degree team. Re-entry has been meteoric, at best – and getting back in the game has been as much of a challenge as trekking across Antarctica’s tundra (which should […]
By Mary Ellen Cavanagh Companies today are looking to digitally transform their businesses so they can address their ever-changing landscape and stay competitive, and relevant, in their markets. They want to reduce costs while driving efficiency and productivity. Moving to the cloud is part of their digital transformation strategy. Because of their offerings around predictive […]
By Krischel Crawley March 8 is International Women’s Day, a day instituted by the United Nations to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It also showcases commitment to women’s equality, launch initiatives and to raise awareness of gender parity gains. In recent years, the high-tech industry has made significant efforts to improve […]
By Mark Bridges We’ve enjoyed a long partnership with HPE, and I’m excited to announce that Commvault is included in the HPE Complete program. HPE Complete is a worldwide resell program that enables the purchase of “best-in-class,” third-party solutions, such as Commvault software – from HPE via a single HPE purchase order. It’s backed by HPE Complete […]
By Gary Lim In 2017, we have witnessed several cyberattacks that have caused global disruptions to regular business operations, financial loss and potential harm to organizations’ reputations. These incidents, along with the evolution of cyber threats today, highlight the need for businesses to consider security to protect their most valuable asset – data. To create […]