What have companies and institutions like NASA, Sky PIC, Texas University, SWISSCOM, Bank Austria and many others in common? They are all customers of Bacula Systems, known for their backup product called Bacula Enterprise Edition. Bacula is the first product I have reviewed that has one significant advantage over any other product/vendor. That feature is […]

When I am writing about the backup, I often mention legacy backup. While legacy backup is known to many, there are still people who are not aware of the term and the downside of using it, especially if it is still in production. People are so amazing. For example, one of the fascinating things about […]

Nakivo will soon release fourth point release of the version 7.4 of their product called Nakivo Backup and Replication product. Nakivo has a special place in my heart, the way the develop product, features which they keep adding and fair price make any IT Manager happy. Nakivo Backup and Replication 7.4 release brings some of […]

Altaro is a backup vendor who became famous as was one of the first Hyper-V backup supporters. Not only that, it’s Hyper-V support exclusive. The product was so good that even Microsoft start using it. Some other known companies using at are Seiko, Peugeot, Harvard Unversity, Xerox, University of Miami, University of Delaware and many […]

Amazon AWS is a popular choice for many companies worldwide. While there are many companies using cloud exclusively for their operation, hybrid use is also a popular choice. People still assume that backup is included in the package. Sadly backup is not part of the package. What about AWS security? It is as secure as […]

I so love being in IT at the present time. What a difference in tools and technology compared to 10 years ago. One of the major changes happened in Backup technology. We have witnessed the fall of one of the major vendors that relied on old technology. One of the changes is also the quality […]

Nakivo has been very active with development and has been adding features quickly to the product. If you don’t remember, Nakivo launched their product with HTML5 interface. It was one of the first if not the first one. At least when look at the more prominent products. At that, HTML5 interface was a revolution at […]

When you think about the backup of the company, the same company you are paid to protect with your knowledge, it’s easy to tick off the backup as complete. Why? If the backup is implemented and it works, this could be enough for some people. But if we ask backup administrators, how much data do […]

Flash VM Boot is one of the features that reduced stress on backup administrators tremendously. What used to be a daunting process is now a simple process which enables administrators to recover their virtual machine quickly and easily. Ransomware, which is one of the most feared threats currently, can be dealt with ease with Nakivo […]

I am quite sure that Vembu BDR is not very known among IT Professionals, but from what I see, it is quickly gaining traction in the backup world. The product is already packed full of features, it supports VMware, Hyper-V, Physical Servers, and Physical Workstations, unlike some other products which are virtual only. What is […]