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May 20, 2025  — 22 min read
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May 20, 2025  — 22 min read
From banks to battalions: SideWinder’s attacks on South Asia’s public sector
Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) uncovered a new SideWinder APT campaign targeting high-level government institutions in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
March 31, 2020  — 4 min read
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March 31, 2020  — 4 min read
What is an SDN switch?
In the traditional IT environment, a network switch (also called switching hub or bridging hub) is defined as a piece of hardware that utilizes packet switching to receive, process and forward data between devices within a computer network. Today, with the global rise of server virtualization, traditional network switches are being gradually replaced with software-defined network controllers (SDN switches) that rely on the code as opposed to network bridges and hardware.
March 31, 2020  — 17 min read
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March 31, 2020  — 17 min read
What is Hyper-V: The authoritative guide
Whether you’re just beginning to look into virtualization platform options for your company, or you’re a new Hyper-V user trying to get up to speed, it can be a challenge to find all the information you need in one place. That’s why we created this guide — to give you an all-in-one resource you can bookmark and refer back to as often as you need to, so you can get up and running on Hyper-V more smoothly.
March 31, 2020  — 3 min read
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March 31, 2020  — 3 min read
Hyper-V checkpoints: Why, when and how to use them
Before making changes in Hyper-V, whether it involves software configuration changes or a new software update, it's a good idea to first create a Hyper-V checkpoint.
March 31, 2020  — 5 min read
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March 31, 2020  — 5 min read
Seven tips for Hyper-V monitoring that you'll wish you'd read sooner
Learn how to better manage your Hyper-V environment and improve performance. In this article, we’ll walk through how to optimally configure your VMs and servers. Then, we’ll provide a number of tips for Hyper-V monitoring.
March 31, 2020  — 5 min read
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March 31, 2020  — 5 min read
Hyper V vs VMware vSphere: Which solution Is right for you?
When it comes to IT planning and budgeting, you want to make sure you are getting the best return on your investment. With this in mind, we created this Hyper V vs VMware vSphere comparison to help you determine which hypervisor is right for you and your environment.
March 30, 2020  — 5 min read
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March 30, 2020  — 5 min read
The Results are In: Cyber Protection Week 2020 Survey
This World Cyber Protection Week, we expanded our annual data protection survey to cover more of the digital challenges and concerns that face modern IT users – whether they’re at home, at work, or relying on a service provider that protects a portfolio of clients. This year’s results paint a clear picture: People and organizations are acutely aware of the risks on the horizon but they are much less certain about how to easily, efficiently, and securely prepare for and overcome them. Let’s dive into the findings of our 2020 survey.
March 30, 2020  — 4 min read
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March 30, 2020  — 4 min read
Views from the Beta: Case Studies Reveal Real-User Opinions of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud recently moved out of private beta and into public beta, making it available to any service provider or cloud distributor who is interested. This is the final step before the general availability (GA) of the product, slated for next month.
March 30, 2020  — 3 min read
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March 30, 2020  — 3 min read
Celebrating the Final World Backup Day
For nearly 10 years, Acronis has been a proud evangelist of World Backup Day ... but today, backup is no longer enough. While backup remains a key component to complete data, application, and system protection, traditional backup solutions aren’t keeping pace with challenges that face the modern digital world. It’s time to evolve the way we protect the data and devices we rely on. That’s why we’re raising the bar this World Backup Day: welcome to the first-ever World Cyber Protection Week.
March 27, 2020  — 4 min read
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March 27, 2020  — 4 min read
Acronis Warns: Coronavirus Will Increase Cyberattacks Against Healthcare Targets
Criminal activity spikes during times of crises as cybercriminals try to take advantage of the situation. Unfortunately, today’s situation is no exception: most concerning is the vulnerability of healthcare facilities such as hospitals, where the systems that care for patients and lab work are often linked. Acronis believes we have a responsibility to the public, so we need to warn everyone: we foresee a further increase in ransomware attacks targeting private and government hospital systems in the coming weeks.
March 26, 2020  — 3 min read
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March 26, 2020  — 3 min read
COVID-19’s Impact on the Channel: A Chat with Larry Walsh
The global COVID-19 pandemic has changed us: shaking us to our core as a nation and as individuals as we experience something that’s never happened in modern history. People are scared, people are uncertain, and we don’t know what’s going to come next. That’s why, when speaking to Larry Walsh, CEO of 2112 Group today about the research they did regarding the pandemic’s impact on the channel, it was refreshing to hear a message of hope amid the constant stream of negativity coming at us – seemingly from every direction.
March 19, 2020  — 3 min read
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March 19, 2020  — 3 min read
COVID-19 Response: Enabling Secure Work-from-home Operations
The reality of the COVID-19 pandemic has become all too real for individuals and organizations; it’s become clear that the only way to contain the virus and keep the healthcare system from becoming overloaded is to reduce close personal interactions. The need for people to work from home when possible has become critical for businesses that may have never considered the option before. As a cyber protection company, we believe strongly in protecting data, applications, and systems at all times – even when employees are working from home. As a result, the executive team at Acronis has decided to make our secure, enterprise-grade file sync and share technology available for free to partners so that organizations can remain both productive and secure during this challenging period.
March 19, 2020  — 2 min read
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March 19, 2020  — 2 min read
Acronis Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic
As the novel coronavirus/COVID-19 continues to spread and impact individuals, organizations, and communities across the globe, we want to share how Acronis is responding to the pandemic. While our work as a cyber protection company is focused on keeping data, applications, and systems protected, in the face of this crisis, Acronis is committed to ensuring our employees, partners and their families are protected too, while we provide the same high level of support to our partners and customers.