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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.
December 25, 2013  — 3 min read
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December 25, 2013  — 3 min read
3 Tips to Utilize the Best Shopping Day (and save some cash)
What is the best day to acquire those key tech tools this holiday season? Most would say, ‘well, Christmas because Santa knows exactly what I want.’ Not quite, it would be Boxing Day! For those of you in non-Commonwealth connected countries, Boxing Day is a shopper’s dream holiday that comes on December 26.
December 23, 2013  — 2 min read
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December 23, 2013  — 2 min read
4 Steps Back Up Your Holiday Memories (Before It’s Too Late)
The holiday season is upon us once again! It’s a time for family and friends to gather, exchange presents and laughs and make lasting memories. But it’s easy to forget, as you’re snapping photos and making videos, that all of those precious moments could disappear in a flash. Slipping on ice and dropping your phone onto the pavement, sipping hot cocoa on your laptop, or accidentally placing your digital camera into a bowl of eggnog could lead to disastrous results. But never fear! To help you keep all of those cherished memories safe for years to come, here are a few tips from Acronis:
December 23, 2013  — 2 min read
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December 23, 2013  — 2 min read
The Top 5 Ways to Keep Your Data Safe
Every year we create more data than the year before. If you can believe it, 90 percent of the data in the world today was created in the last two years alone. IBM has estimated that our current daily creation rate is 2.5 quintillion bytes of data. IDC projects that the digital universe will reach 40 zettabytes (ZB) by 2020, which is 50 times larger than the digital universe at the beginning of 2010.
December 20, 2013  — 3 min read
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December 20, 2013  — 3 min read
4 Steps to Secure the Devices Your Employees Get for Christmas
During the holidays, many people receive tech gifts like laptops, tablets and smartphones. And many of them will want to bring these devices along with them to work in the new year.
December 20, 2013  — 2 min read
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December 20, 2013  — 2 min read
4 Funny, Self-Aware Tech Videos to Entertain You This Holiday
YouTube is always good for a few laughs. From Rebecca Black to Charlie Bit Me to the world's clumsiest cats, YouTube videos offer something for every sense of humor. It's no surprise that the tech world likes to get in on the hilarity.
December 19, 2013  — 4 min read
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December 19, 2013  — 4 min read
A 5-Step Holiday Backup Bootcamp
The holidays can be a perfect time to catch up on tasks you’ve been putting off for a while. For many of us, that includes backing up our data. Of course, this can be a very daunting process in today’s age of nonstop data creation and nearly unlimited storage options.
December 16, 2013  — 1 min read
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December 16, 2013  — 1 min read
4 Predictions for the Cloud Storage Market in 2014
The cloud market exploded in 2013, and there are no signs of this momentum slowing down. IDC predicts that the cloud will drive $100 billion worth of spending in 2014, up 25% over 2013. The growth comes from more and more companies buying into the idea that storing large amounts of data in the cloud will save time and money, and also mitigate the increasing difficulty of managing large volumes of data in physical servers.
December 12, 2013  — 2 min read
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December 12, 2013  — 2 min read
Difficult Made Simple: Single-Pass Backup
We often find ourselves lost in translation when it comes to the current trendy computing world full of innovations and breakthrough technologies. We use new words and terminology that make computing life even more difficult than it truly is.
December 12, 2013  — 3 min read
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December 12, 2013  — 3 min read
The IT Admin’s Top 4 Holiday Wishes
‘Tis the season, and IT professionals everywhere are starting to think about the year in review and look ahead to 2014. As work environments continue to become increasingly social and distributed, the role of IT gets more complex -- and more important -- every year. Now more than ever, it’s critical for businesses of all sizes to protect their increasing amounts of data. In fact, 2.5 billion gigabytes of new data are created every day; 90 percent of the world’s data was created in the last two years alone. Forrester predicts that Big Data will be a major driver of IT spending in 2014, growing faster than any other technology category. In light of that, here’s what IT folks have on their holiday wishlists this year:
December 06, 2013  — 2 min read
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December 06, 2013  — 2 min read
Four Tips for a Sound Disaster Recovery Plan
Organizations create, manage, and rely upon data more today than ever before. This dependency makes round-the-clock data protection vital to ensure your business doesn’t miss a beat, no matter what — power outage, device theft, or human error.
December 04, 2013  — 3 min read
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December 04, 2013  — 3 min read
Four of the World’s Most Innovative Corporate Labs
Businesses have been building incubators and innovation-focused research labs for a long time, but tech companies have taken it to a whole new level in the last few years. Some of them are “skunkworks” labs, operating in secret and attempting wild ideas that may or may not work. (Think Amazon’s delivery drones.) Others are less secretive, but still designed to move quickly and seek creative solutions for problems that impact companies and consumers in big ways. Below are four examples of corporate labs doing interesting work today.
November 29, 2013  — 3 min read
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November 29, 2013  — 3 min read
The Pros of Pajama-Pant Shopping
It’s here. the moment we’ve all been waiting for. No not that second of elation as the in-laws finally pull out of your driveway. Nor the serene happiness you feel once your mother and her sisters cease their high-pitched yacking.