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07 December 2016  — 3 min read
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07 December 2016  — 3 min read
Top Five Qualities of a Good Backup Solution for Windows Server 2016
The time has come, and you are ready to migrate to Windows Server 2016. As part of your migration process, you will back up your old server, and then perform an upgrade according to Microsoft recommendations. Good plan, no doubt – but there is one question – will your backup solution cope with your plan? Does it actually support the new Windows Server? Unfortunately, a number of backup solution vendors are lagging behind when it comes to supporting the latest versions of operating systems. If your company has an enterprise agreement with Microsoft, you may be under increased pressure to upgrade as soon as possible, especially if Microsoft is planning to apply the Modern Lifecycle Policy to the Windows Server product line that you use.
30 November 2016  — 4 min read
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30 November 2016  — 4 min read
5 Myths of Oracle Database Backup
Oracle Database is one of the most popular business database servers. In fact, it topped the database popularity charts for a few years in a row, according to DB-Engines.com. Millions of companies store their most critical data – ERP, CRM, finance databases – in Oracle Database servers and systems.
24 November 2016  — 3 min read
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24 November 2016  — 3 min read
A Recipe for Thanksgiving Data Protection
Happy Thanksgiving Americans!  And happy start of holiday seasons to all around the world!  Remember, when all of those new computers and digital photo and video devices you are giving and getting for gifts mix with holiday travel, you are going to need some protection.  Protection for your data and protection for your devices.  Here are nine things to keep in mind:
23 November 2016  — 2 min read
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23 November 2016  — 2 min read
Acronis Backup 12 Closer Look — Mac Backup
Having spent more than quarter of a century in IT I have to admit that I am not a Mac user. Like many others, I have other Apple products, but I never used a Mac for a long period of time. My fingers are wired to use a 104-key PC keyboard, not the 78/109 keys of a Mac. I don’t have an idea what the “Command” key is, or what it does. For sure, I am not alone. It’s no surprise that many other IT departments try to avoid doing anything on a Mac. They even go as far as “We do not support Macs” statement I’ve heard so often in many companies.
16 November 2016  — 3 min read
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16 November 2016  — 3 min read
Acronis Backup 12 Closer Look — Microsoft Exchange Server Backup
Email has changed the business world forever. Just to think that only 25 years ago there was no email may be a surprise for some. Nowadays your company’s communication relies mostly on email especially if you have remote workforce and multiple offices. Most companies normally use email to communicate with customers, suppliers, partners, media — practically everyone.
01 November 2016  — 1 min read
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01 November 2016  — 1 min read
How Do You Create the World’s Fastest Backup?
According to the latest findings by an independent testing lab, Acronis Backup 12 is up to two times faster than the leading competitor, as well as the other well-known vendor. So how does one vendor create a solution that is so much faster than others in creating backups and performing recoveries? It’s a simple three-ingredient recipe. Step 1: Technologies and Innovations First, you need to invent a good amount of high-quality technologies – like live disk imaging backup, recovery to dissimilar hardware, Acronis Instant Restore™, and so on. Don’t forget to apply for and get 100+ data protection technology patents. Remember the quality – innovative data protection know-how can be extremely complex, yet have to be delivered to customers via an easy-to-use interface.
27 October 2016  — 1 min read
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27 October 2016  — 1 min read
Disaster at the Devil's Tower
“Never update your system on Friday, 13th or on Halloween”. I knew the rule, I remembered it – but decided to ignore. I went ahead and began updating a few systems on October 31. I started the procedure late and with the last-minute requests and unruly users, my day has got away. I knew the update would go late into the night.
19 October 2016  — 3 min read
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19 October 2016  — 3 min read
Back Up Your Carousel of Nostalgia: Don Draper Would Approve
My dad had the coolest Nikkormat film camera and lenses. He shot vacations and family events almost exclusively on 35mm color slides. He taught me about f-stops and depth of field and Super 8 movies. Our basement darkroom reeked of stop bath and always had black-and-white prints hanging to dry. We even had a separate circuit for the red safelight.
14 October 2016  — 3 min read
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14 October 2016  — 3 min read
Building a Private Cloud for Backup Storage
Managed backup and data storage is a hot business in today’s highly-connected data-heavy environment. According to the Spiceworks State of IT 2016 spending report, managed backup and storage services is one of the top business investments, brandishing up to 13% of total budget allocation. Acronis Backup Cloud is designed for resellers and service providers to address this opportunity directly, with a hybrid cloud backup service that protects your customers’ data wherever it may reside.
11 October 2016  — 2 min read
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11 October 2016  — 2 min read
Hyper-V Story of Bill, Ted, and Matthew
Our story began many months ago, in a small, but very techy town on the eastern coast of Florida. The small office building couple of blocks from the beach was home to two young, small, but promising companies – let’s call them Bee Business Solutions and Tee Technologies. Both companies had an IT team of one – Bill handled Bee’s systems, and Ted worked in Tee. Needless to say, they were best buddies. Almost at the same time, they realized that their companies have run out of server capacity, as they needed to run more data workloads. But they didn’t have the budget to buy more servers. So, they decided to use Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology on old servers instead.
05 October 2016  — 4 min read
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05 October 2016  — 4 min read
Extreme Data Recovery: Author Runs into a Fiery House to Save Unpublished Novel
Two weeks ago we heard reports of an author who risked his life sneaking past the firefighters into a burning house to save his laptop. It had the only copy of his latest novel. “When I heard my house was on fire,” Gideon Hodge said, “I ran up to the perimeter set by the firefighters, then walked calmly until I saw an opening that no one was watching. That was when I bolted for it!”
04 October 2016  — 2 min read
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04 October 2016  — 2 min read
Hidden Costs Of Backup: Front-End Capacity
We are all too familiar with the concept of hidden costs. You work with suppliers and/or vendors, and it looks like their published pricing matches your expectations. That is until you get their quote (or worse, the invoice), and you see a very different figure. What happened? There were fees, charges or the licensing models that you have not taken into account. It could happen in every aspect of your life and work, and backup solutions are no different. Let’s talk about potential hidden costs you need to be aware of.