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May 19, 2022 — 5 min read
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May 19, 2022 — 5 min read
Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) for MSPs in a comprehensive cyber protection strategy
In the event of a sudden and unexpected disruption, from a power outage or natural disaster to equipment failure or system crash, the consequences can be catastrophic. This underlines the compelling case for MSPs to offer clients a way to maintain business continuity if the worst should happen. Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) is a solution you can provide to your clients to do just that.
May 17, 2022 — 5 min read
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May 17, 2022 — 5 min read
What is Hybrid Cloud Architecture? How does it work?
Modern business IT demands connections that are faster, more intricate, and constantly available. For managed service providers (MSPs), hybrid cloud architecture offers an easy, efficient, and secure means to meet these client demands – but, for all the benefits you and your clients gain from hybrid cloud storage solutions, many still find the hybrid cloud approach and hybrid cloud management unreasonably complicated.
May 17, 2022 — 5 min read
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May 17, 2022 — 5 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.
May 9, 2022 — 6 min read
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May 9, 2022 — 6 min read
Google Cloud Platform: What it is, how to use it, and how it compares
The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a platform that delivers over 90 information technology services (aka products), which businesses, IT professionals, and developers can leverage to work more efficiently, gain more flexibility, and/or enable a strategic advantage.
May 9, 2022 — 10 min read
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May 9, 2022 — 10 min read
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance considerations for backup and storage
Businesses and public institutions based in the European Union (EU) have doubtless heard by now about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new body of privacy regulations that goes into effect on 25 May 2018.
May 9, 2022 — 5 min read
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May 9, 2022 — 5 min read
Migrating Windows 7 to Windows 10 - Windows 7 end of life
When setting the annual IT budget, a lot of businesses seem to lean on the old adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That would at least explain why Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system – which admittedly has been a reliable workhorse – still owns 35 percent of the market nearly 10 years after its release.
May 9, 2022 — 6 min read
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May 9, 2022 — 6 min read
Data recovery: Its easy to recover data after loss
Why Acronis Backup is the better choice when it comes to data recovery. Data recovery from totally destroyed data carriers is possible through forensic methods, but expensive. A cost-effective alternative is data security locally, remotely and in the cloud with Acronis Backup.
May 5, 2022 — 7 min read
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May 5, 2022 — 7 min read
What is Disaster Recovery? - Acronis
In this article, we will define disaster recovery and discuss why it is important, the types of disaster recovery solutions available, disaster recovery best practices, and how to calculate disaster recovery return on investment (ROI), and why it is important to have a Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Strategy.
May 4, 2022 — 9 min read
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May 4, 2022 — 9 min read
What is computer security? Everything home and home-business users need to know
Most people today know they need to protect their computers from viruses, but they are unaware of other potential threats to their data that can be costly in terms of time and money.
May 3, 2022 — 11 min read
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May 3, 2022 — 11 min read
Acronis Cyber Backup Becomes Part of Acronis Cyber Protect
Recently, Acronis announced the sunsetting of Acronis Cyber Backup and incorporated the features in that solution into one of Acronis’ starship solutions, Acronis Cyber Protect.
April 27, 2022 — 3 min read
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April 27, 2022 — 3 min read
What’s new in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud? – April 2022
The April 2022 release now delivers more capabilities, functionality, UI updates and proven integrations to simplify the way you work and provide better service to your clients.
April 27, 2022 — 5 min read
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April 27, 2022 — 5 min read
Cyber resilience vs cybersecurity
Cybercriminals moved quickly to exploit new vulnerabilities caused by the pandemic. For example, the vast majority of employees suddenly had to work from home; but in most cases, their security best practices were far inferior to the controls in place at the corporate office.
April 13, 2022 — 6 min read
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April 13, 2022 — 6 min read
MSP guide for Windows 11: When should you switch your clients?
This blog post provides guidance to MSPs about when to upgrade clients to Windows 11 and how to overcome the challenges of managing this major migration at scale.