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19 June 2025  — 16 min read
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19 June 2025  — 16 min read
How to choose the best project management software
Discover the top project management software options designed to enhance your workflow efficiency. Find the perfect fit for your team's needs today!
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12 June 2025  — 3 min read
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12 June 2025  — 3 min read
Québec-based MSP grew client-to-technician ratio by 200% after making this switch
This single decision enabled Fleetinfo to improve client-to-technician ratio by 200%, reduce time spent patching by 90% and increase the number of clients using patch management services by 50%.
06 June 2025  — 3 min read
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06 June 2025  — 3 min read
Hypervisor mobility: the practical escape hatch engineers need in 2025
Classic disaster recovery asked you to keep a warm VMware site on standby, burning host licenses and power while it waited for a crisis. Hypervisor mobility erases that waste.
05 June 2025  — 5 min read
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05 June 2025  — 5 min read
Decoding India's DPDP Act: Your guide to protecting personal data
India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, is landmark legislation that aims to protect personal data and regulate its processing, including collection, storage, usage, sharing, disclosure, erasure, etc.
06 May 2025  — 3 min read
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06 May 2025  — 3 min read
Why native RMM and security integration is essential for MSP 3.0 evolution
Native integration between RMM and security empowers MSPs to deliver stronger protection, more efficiently, without needing to reinvent their business models.
27 March 2025  — 9 min read
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27 March 2025  — 9 min read
The ultimate guide to the best disk cloning software in 2025
Looking for the best cloning software? Explore the vast options available and learn about the top factors to consider for optimal cloning software selection
23 April 2025  — 4 min read
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23 April 2025  — 4 min read
Introducing Acronis Email Archiving for Microsoft 365
Acronis Email Archiving for Microsoft 365 is designed to enable managed service providers (MSPs) to efficiently expand service portfolios to include in-demand email archiving for Microsoft 365.
17 February 2025  — 9 min read
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17 February 2025  — 9 min read
How to do a full Windows system restore step-by-step
windows system restore not working? Learn how to perform a full Windows system restore step by step. Recover lost files, fix system issues, and restore your PC to a previous state.
12 March 2025  — 4 min read
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12 March 2025  — 4 min read
Automating vulnerability assessments and patch management
One of the most popular and effective tactics for breaching a business is exploiting software vulnerabilities, either in operating systems or in third-party applications. To cast the widest net, cybercriminals target widely used applications, and they do so relentlessly.
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Shadow Vector targets Colombian users via privilege escalation and court-themed SVG decoys
18 June 2025  — 21 min read
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18 June 2025  — 21 min read
Shadow Vector targets Colombian users via privilege escalation and court-themed SVG decoys
The Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) identified an ongoing malware campaign named Shadow Vector that is actively targeting users in Colombia through malicious SVG files masquerading as urgent court notifications.
08 April 2025  — 3 min read
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08 April 2025  — 3 min read
Acronis Cyberthreats Update, April 2025
The Acronis Cyberthreats Update covers current cyberthreat activity and trends, as observed by the Acronis Threat Research Unit.
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16 May 2023  — 19 min read
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16 May 2023  — 19 min read
How to Back up a Hard Drive and Restore Your Computer?
There’s an old saying in IT that goes something like this: “You never realize how important backups are until you need one and don’t have one.”
16 May 2023  — 9 min read
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16 May 2023  — 9 min read
How to create a Full System Image Backup in Under 10 Minutes?
With file-level backups, you backup and restore files such as Word documents, spreadsheets, presentations, photographs, videos, and audio files. Many users think that just backing up these kinds of files is all they need. While file-level backups work if you are restoring a small number of files, it is a time-consuming task to restore an entire PC or Mac.
16 May 2023  — 11 min read
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16 May 2023  — 11 min read
What is a Managed Service Provider (MSP)?
Managed service providers (MSP) are businesses that offer multiple, managed, information technology (IT) services to other businesses. MSPs today largely deliver their services remotely, over a network, although they may maintain other revenue streams that require onsite support.
16 May 2023  — 6 min read
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16 May 2023  — 6 min read
What is the difference between RPO and RTO?
What is the difference between RPO and RTO? Although both recovery objectives are similar in measurement metrics, their focus differs according to application and data priority
15 May 2023  — 6 min read
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15 May 2023  — 6 min read
Essential components for robust ransomware protection in the modern age
SMBs are facing new, more sophisticated attacks on business continuity and critical data as ransomware continues to surge. No one can hire enough quality cybersecurity and IT operations talent and the adversarial ChatGPT is here, enabling cybercriminals to write perfect phishing emails. But managed service providers can help by developing anti-ransomware services using an MSP-optimized cyber protection platform.
15 May 2023  — 4 min read
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15 May 2023  — 4 min read
Can your SMB clients afford ransomware protection?
There was a time when SMBs were not a priority target for cybercriminals. But today, with cybercriminals using AI, ML and automation, the move to remote work and the growth of endpoints, cybercriminals are targeting SMBs either directly or through supply-chain attacks. Sadly, SMBs have neither the budget nor staff to handle cybersecurity inhouse. But MSPs can help by offering SMBs data protection services that are affordable.
15 May 2023  — 26 min read
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15 May 2023  — 26 min read
How to Recover Unsaved/Deleted Word Document?
There are few experiences as universally familiar as losing a Word document. Everyone from high schoolers with Catcher in the Rye book reports to business executives with quarterly earnings knows the panic of their work disappearing when it’s just a few crossed-t’s away from being completed.
15 May 2023  — 12 min read
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15 May 2023  — 12 min read
Best MSP Backup Solution: A Reference Guide
Your managed service provider (MSP) business thrives by expanding the breadth and depth of services you offer to your business customers. These expansions represent an opportunity both to entice new prospects and to deepen your relationship with existing customers. And few MSP services are in more demand today than online backup services.
12 May 2023  — 2 min read
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12 May 2023  — 2 min read
Protect your Microsoft and Google data against ransomware and other modern cyberthreats: A must-see webinar
Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace are some of the world’s most popular productivity suites — which makes them prime targets for cybercriminals. And despite being major players in the tech industry, neither company offers sufficient security for business-critical data. If you’re fully relying on their protection, you’re one cyberattack away from disaster.
11 May 2023  — 5 min read
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11 May 2023  — 5 min read
How to protect your business’s Microsoft 365 data?
As small to midmarket businesses increasingly rely on Microsoft 365 to digitize their operations, the responsibility of protecting that data falls on their IT operations (ITOps) professionals. These employees must take action to protect their business against cyberthreats or any incidents leading to data loss. One best practice in this regard is the use of dedicated M365 third-party backup tools.
11 May 2023  — 6 min read
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11 May 2023  — 6 min read
Third-party backup services are critical for Microsoft 365
In the event of a ransomware attack, Microsoft can bulk-restore your mailbox going back two weeks, but you will lose all work in the interim and cannot restore individual resources lost due to accidental deletion. It is therefore essential that businesses consider implementing a third-party M365 backup tool to provide additional data protection layers and to back up data to secure off-site locations.
10 May 2023  — 3 min read
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10 May 2023  — 3 min read
Best practices for verifying and validating your backups
Many IT teams and companies think they’re successfully backing up their data and applications, only to have unpleasant surprises in the case of a malware attack, outage or other event. To overcome these challenges, you need to make sure you’re verifying that your backups are working exactly how you think they should.