--- title: Latest stories from Acronis Editorial Team description: Stay up to date with the latest cybersecurity and cyber protection news, research, vulnerabilities, threats and computer attacks. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/page/68/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) [Authors](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/) Acronis Editorial Team ![Image 1: Acronis Editorial Team](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/d85707ae91461544212d39836dc32b42.png) Acronis Editorial Team Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), and enterprise IT departments. # Latest stories from Acronis Editorial Team [23 March 2017 — 8 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 2: A Series of Unfortunate Backup Events](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) VMware: "To Quiesce or not to Quiesce?" Back Up Your Virtual Machine the Right Way! Many articles have been written about making virtual machine snapshots, but most of them are too conceptual and high level. This post discusses the practical side of making virtual machine (VM) snapshots on a VMware vSphere® platform for use as backups. We will answer the questions: What is a quiesced snapshot? Why use it? What problems can be encountered when you quiesce?](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/vmware-quiesce-or-not-quiesce/) [22 March 2017 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 3: An All Too Human Error Recovered From With Acronis True Image](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) An All Too Human Error Recovered From With Acronis True Image An interview with William (Bill) van de Water, an Acronis True Image customer, about personal data backup and recovery.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/all-too-human-error-recovered-acronis-true-image/) [15 March 2017 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 4: VMware Host Backup. Do You Need It?](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) Top 5 Tips for Good SharePoint Backup Microsoft SharePoint is a popular online collaboration tool used by many companies around the world. Since its introduction in 2001, the product has captured a large share of the market. Just like your email, databases, ERP and CRM systems, SharePoint is now a business application that you must include in your data protection strategy in order to ensure maximum business continuity. However, SharePoint’s scalability and multiple deployment options can make backups challenging.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/top-5-tips-good-sharepoint-backup/) [07 March 2017 — 15 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 5: Should I backup before installing Windows 10? | Acronis](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/4edaf9c4a9924c47f34e5d6c01ac9a83.png) Should I backup before installing Windows 10? | Acronis Microsoft recently announced that development of the latest Windows 10 Update (dubbed the Windows 10 Creators Update) has entered the final “bug bashing” testing phase. That means it will likely hit the streets as soon as April 2017. There are many lessons to be learned from the original Windows 10 launch, so read on to find out how to protect your critical data and ensure a smooth Windows 10 update experience.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/upgrading-windows-10-backup-everything-you-do/) [24 February 2017 — 5 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 6: Eric O’Neill: Most of Ransomware Attacks Affect Home Users](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/a96a8eeca15ee795c5833fdfc0bebe12.png) Eric O’Neill: Most of Ransomware Attacks Affect Home Users Frank Jablonski, Acronis Vice President of Global Product Marketing, talks about cyber security with Eric O’Neill, an accomplished public speaker and security expert, who lectures internationally about espionage, cyber security, fraud, and hacking.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/eric-oneill-most-ransomware-attacks-affect-home-users/) [23 February 2017 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 7: VMware Host Backup. Do You Need It?](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) VMware Host Backup. Do You Need It? How much time do you think you need to rebuild a VMware ESXi host? If you think it’s fast and easy, think again. When a system crashes bringing down your entire business operations, every second matters. Why spend hours restoring a virtual host server when you can easily recover it with Acronis Backup 12?](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/vmware-host-backup-do-you-need-it/) [07 February 2017 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 8: Acronis Backup 12 Now Protects Microsoft 365 and VMware vSphere 6.5](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/74dd033305077b8ad219667201379601.png) Acronis Backup 12 Now Protects Microsoft 365 and VMware vSphere 6.5 We are excited to announce the addition of Microsoft Office 365 backup functionality and support for VMware vSphere 6.5 to the world’s fastest and most complete small business backup solution, Acronis Backup 12. It’s the update you’ve been waiting for! Find out how it can help you protect your valuable data.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-backup-12-now-protects-microsoft-office-365-and-vmware-vsphere-65/) [02 February 2017 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 9: A Series of Unfortunate Backup Events](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) A Series of Unfortunate Backup Events Gitlab.com is a very popular Software as Service (SaaS) platform for software developers. Recently, they suffered a series of unfortunate events due to incomplete backup practices that resulted in customer data loss and service down time. They are back up and running now (minus some essential client data) and there are a few important lessons we can learn from their backup approach and resulting experience.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/series-unfortunate-backup-events/) [24 January 2017 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 10: How to Restore a Server in Less Than 15 Seconds](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) 5 Reasons to Back Up Your Employees’ PCs IT Infrastructure in your small business is becoming complex. Before you only had servers and generic desktops to deal with, but the world has changed. Now you have virtualization, cloud VMs in IaaS clouds, data in SaaS clouds, and even mobile devices to worry about.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/5-reasons-back-your-employees-pcs/) [17 January 2017 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 11: How to Restore a Server in Less Than 15 Seconds](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) Leveraging Hyper-V 2016 Resilient Change Tracking for Backup Resilient Change Tracking (RCT) technology simplifies and speeds up the backup and recovery of Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V VMs. Best of all, it is transparent and does not require any additional configuration or management.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/leveraging-hyper-v-2016-resilient-change-tracking-backup/) [11 January 2017 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 12: 2017 – A Year of Protecting Your Small Business Data](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/a12ab1eb3e9d8ac70357374ca6d11880.png) 2017 – A Year of Protecting Your Small Business Data Happy New Year! Your small business is entering the New Year with good growth plans. You plan to open a new shop, outlet, double production capacity and hire new help. You have customers lined up, partners ready to help, and suppliers ready to support you. Stay safe and protect all your data – servers, personal computers, tablets, smartphones, and cloud accounts. This may look like a daunting task, but it’s easy with a great solution like Acronis Backup 12.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/2017-year-protecting-your-small-business-data/) [22 December 2016 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 13: How to Restore a Server in Less Than 15 Seconds](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) How to Restore a Server in Less Than 15 Seconds Sounds unreal? Read on. I’ll demonstrate how I can reach a recovery time objective (RTO) of less than 15 seconds on my desktop. For you, it may be less, or may be more — for obvious reasons it depends on the size of the backup that you're restoring, network speed, and the power of your machines. Before we start, let me share a bit of history.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/how-restore-server-less-15-seconds/) [1](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/page/1/)...[66](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/page/66/) [67](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/page/67/) [68](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/page/68/) [69](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/page/69/) [70](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/page/70/)...[92](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/page/92/)