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February 27, 2016  — 2 min read
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February 27, 2016  — 2 min read
World Backup Day Reminder at the Barbershop
Gary Dietz, from Acronis here again. Lots of exciting stuff coming up in the next 30 days at Acronis to celebrate World Backup Day. But before I tell you about them, I want to show you something I saw at my small-town New Hampshire barber shop a few weeks back. I took this image on my smartphone. Only the shop name and phone number has been blurred:
February 26, 2016  — 3 min read
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February 26, 2016  — 3 min read
5 Reasons to Replace FTP File Sharing Now
Sharing and receiving files, data, and documents is an essential part of doing business. In fact, it’s such a present, everyday need that many businesses turn to the most convenient and affordable option they can find – often that means using free File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers. Although FTP is widely available and fairly easy to use, it comes with noteworthy drawbacks. FTP technology dates back to the 1970s and in today’s digital and mobile world, can’t be relied upon to handle sensitive data and file sharing.
February 23, 2016  — 2 min read
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February 23, 2016  — 2 min read
How Not to Pay to Ransomware! The Biggest Mistake of the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
If you’ve seen the news lately, maybe you read that a Los Angeles hospital paid a ransom of nearly $17,000 in bitcoins to hackers because “paying was in the best interest of the hospital and most efficient way to solve the problem,” according to the medical center’s chief executive, Allen Stefanek.
January 19, 2016  — 3 min read
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January 19, 2016  — 3 min read
How I Got a New Job By Backing Up My Computer
My name is Gary Dietz. I’m the new Product Marketing Manager for  Acronis True Image - best backup software.  The following story is true and the names have not been changed to protect the innocent. (Although, as you’ll see, data was in fact protected.)
January 07, 2016  — 3 min read
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January 07, 2016  — 3 min read
How to Secure BYOD Data on Today's University and College Campuses
According to InfoWatch’s Global Data Leakage Report, there were 10 percent more data leaks in the first half of 2015 than in the same period of 2014. Ninety percent of these data leaks were personal data with more than 262 million records compromised, including personal identification and payment information.
December 24, 2015  — 3 min read
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December 24, 2015  — 3 min read
Sit Back & Enjoy! Top 5 Acronis Webinars from 2015
For many of us, the year flies by. Every December, we find ourselves constantly running around, finishing up the year and getting ready for the holiday season. Hopefully, you'll get some time to slow down as we close out the year.
December 09, 2015  — 4 min read
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December 09, 2015  — 4 min read
10 Questions to Ask Before Selecting a Backup Software Provider
Businesses are relying more and more on data that resides on their smartphones, computers, NAS, and servers. This is because we are moving towards a 100% digital world, with business processes and customer engagement becoming increasingly digital every day.
November 30, 2015  — 2 min read
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November 30, 2015  — 2 min read
Don’t Let Legacy Data Protection Technologies Leave You Vulnerable!
Your company’s data center has all the latest technologies in place – shiny new servers, a cutting-edge network and the latest software. You regularly and faithfully update and upgrade your operating systems and applications – and this makes your business more efficient and your users more productive.
November 18, 2015  — 3 min read
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November 18, 2015  — 3 min read
How Do Mergers & Acquisitions of Backup Vendors Affect Your Company's Data Protection?
Your company has a data protection solution and strategy in place. The product does its job and adequately protects your data and your systems. You sleep well at night.
November 10, 2015  — 2 min read
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November 10, 2015  — 2 min read
4 Easy Steps to Keep Your Mac Users Productive
For many marketing and creative professionals, preferred design tools are available exclusively on Macs. As a result, for these team members to deliver your web pages, online publications, print assets, and social media campaigns, they require Macs – no matter how Windows-based the rest of your IT environment is.
November 06, 2015  — 3 min read
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November 06, 2015  — 3 min read
Are Your Employees Using Blacklisted Apps?
You only have to read recent news on cyber-threats and information falling into the hands of hackers or competitors to understand that it’s not a question of IF my company will get attacked, but when?  Adding to these data protection and privacy dilemmas, in Europe this past month there has been a lot of buzz about the dissolution of the Safe Harbor act by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which impacts companies who relied on the act to conduct business safely and protect their data overseas.
November 04, 2015  — 4 min read
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November 04, 2015  — 4 min read
It’s Time to Have That Talk – How to Explain Data Protection to Your Family!
It’s interesting to realize how much money and time we spend to protect our physical assets — our homes, furniture, cars and personal belongings. But many of us don’t invest in protection for our digital assets — photos, videos, important documents, contacts, and more.