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February 08, 2013  — 2 min read
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February 08, 2013  — 2 min read
Is There Ever a “Right” Time for an Outage?
Like many of you, I regularly read the tech press. And one thing that always interests me is outages. Being a Fellow here at Acronis, I am especially interested in outages that could have either easily been avoided or remediated rapidly. Most people in the tech industry were aware of the recent Amazon outage. But I was much more interested in the 18-minute Google Mail outage that happened two weeks before Christmas. To make a long story short, Google rolled out a routine load balancer update. There are fail safes and monitors, but stuff happens and the sequence was: 0845PT apply the patch, 0906 see the problem, 0913 revert the update, 0916 all back to normal.
February 05, 2013  — 1 min read
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February 05, 2013  — 1 min read
Hybrid Backup Strategy Versus Cloud-Only: Why Dual Destination is Better for Your Business
When I think about backing up data, I don’t think about the features of a particular product. Instead, I think about the problem I am trying to solve and the right solution to do the job. When thinking about backups and eliminating a single point of failure, or creating a ‘Plan B’ disaster recovery location, the cloud comes to mind as the solution.
January 31, 2013  — 3 min read
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January 31, 2013  — 3 min read
Five Changes in Backup and Recovery You'll See Happen this Year
Thanks to all the beautiful minds, a revolution in IT happens about once in every decade, leading to a major shift in nearly every area, including backup and recovery. Old and once mighty kings go away and dinosaurs die as they can no longer adapt to new conditions. We’re lucky to live in a time when so many breakthrough changes are happening at once: from explosive growth of Internet bandwidth and storage capacities, to global adoption of mobile devices, virtualization and cloud. In 2013 we will finally start to see huge effects of this mix.
January 22, 2013  — 1 min read
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January 22, 2013  — 1 min read
Acronis and Redmond Magazine Survey: Tape Unreliable, Cloud Backup on the Rise
Gone are the days when tape backups kept IT sleeping soundly. In a new survey from Acronis, conducted by Redmond Magazine, 75 percent of organizations experienced tape failure in the last year – an unacceptable rate, calling out the dangers of a single point of failure. One form of backup, whether physical or virtual, isn’t enough to guarantee uptime and business continuity. That explains why 59 percent of survey respondents are looking for ways to eliminate this single point of failure, with many looking to off-site cloud solutions for more secure data protection.
January 04, 2013  — 1 min read
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January 04, 2013  — 1 min read
Learn the State of the Channel for 2013 in Next Week’s Live Webinar
Kick-start the New Year with Acronis! Join our team of thought leaders and executives for the State of the Channel webinar to gain exclusive, first-hand insight into our vision and strategy – and new opportunities – for the coming year.
December 28, 2012  — 2 min read
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December 28, 2012  — 2 min read
2013: The Year IT Becomes as Invisible as the Internet
How often do you hear someone say, “I’m on the Internet”? Probably not as often in recent years, as the Internet has evolved to become such an essential part of our daily lives that we take it for granted.  In other words, the Internet has become invisible (or unnoticeable)… and before long, IT services will become just as invisible.  Our SVP of Strategy and CMO Scott Crenshaw recently discussed the future of ‘invisible’ IT in both Data Center Knowledge and VMblog, noting that the exciting reality and full business value of trends like the cloud, big data and BYOD will finally emerge in 2013. In the New Year, invisible IT will offer users unprecedented data access through more scalable, reliable and cost-efficient IT services.
December 21, 2012  — 1 min read
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December 21, 2012  — 1 min read
The Post-Holiday BYOD Party Could Cause an IT Cliff – So be Ready!
Next week, as the record numbers of iPads purchased this holiday season are finally unwrapped, millions will be pondering the countless ways to use their shiny new devices. They may pause to think about the iPad’s workplace advantages, but IT managers have already been thinking about (and fretting over) the huge flood of personal devices logging onto corporate networks and accessing sensitive company data on January 2nd. The prospect of a “BYOD IT Cliff” has never been greater.
December 14, 2012  — 1 min read
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December 14, 2012  — 1 min read
2012 – Another Great Year for Acronis’ Channel
This past year has been one of the most successful in Acronis’ history – and much of that success would not have been possible without our strong channel partner program. In 2012, our partner community grew significantly – from January to October alone, we added 735 new partners, and, from the first half to the second half of the year, we saw a 40 percent increase in partner deal registrations!
December 07, 2012  — 2 min read
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December 07, 2012  — 2 min read
Emerging IT Trends at this Week’s Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas
At the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas this week ,Acronis’ CMO Scott Crenshaw was among the great technology minds attending (and tweeting!) on the future of the IT landscape. The hashtag #GartnerDC was created to allow attendees to share their thoughts, engage in conversations and discuss industry trends – and let those of us not as fortunate to be in attendance follow along. Some of the trending topics stemming from this week’s show included issues surrounding Big Data, data storage and, of course, the cloud.
October 11, 2012  — 1 min read
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October 11, 2012  — 1 min read
Make the Most of Your IT Budget in Q4
Welcome to the fourth quarter, the time when most IT departments are working hard to tie up loose ends and complete projects before the end of the fiscal year. Economic conditions have caused organizations to do more with less. They are tasked with protecting a growing amount of mission-critical data, often with a shrinking budget.
August 10, 2012  — 1 min read
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August 10, 2012  — 1 min read
Never Underestimate Your Resource & Skillset Requirements
The final post in this series of five hidden DR hazards involves underestimating your resource and skillset requirements. When creating a do-it-yourself disaster recovery solution, you must consider your team’s personal priorities and also their ability to access your remote site.
July 30, 2012  — 1 min read
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July 30, 2012  — 1 min read
Failed Testing: Another Hidden Hazard of DIY DR
Building a disaster recovery site can be an exciting project for ambitious IT teams. It involves a great deal of planning and results in a high degree of satisfaction once the environment is complete, the budget is justified and the equipment is procured and configured. Overall it is a gratifying experience– until it’s time to test the solution.