--- 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/72/ 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 [09 December 2015 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 2: 10 Questions to Ask Before Selecting a Backup Software Provider](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/30ed349a67c19cf8c26685d868f90f47.png) 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.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/10-questions-ask-selecting-backup-software-provider/) [30 November 2015 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 3: Why iCloud, Google Drive, and Dropbox Can’t Truly Protect Your Data](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) 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.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/dont-let-legacy-data-protection-technologies-leave-you-vulnerable/) [18 November 2015 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 4: How Do Mergers & Acquisitions of Backup Vendors Affect Your Company's Data Protection?](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/701297a7531d17743bf6f7c5f50e97c8.png) 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.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/how-do-mergers-acquisitions-data-protection-vendors-affect-company-data/) [10 November 2015 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 5: Is there an ROI in IT Disaster Recovery?](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) 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.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/4-easy-steps-keep-your-mac-users-productive/) [06 November 2015 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 6: Where to Back Up Now – Locally or in the Cloud?](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) 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.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/are-your-employees-using-blacklisted-apps/) [04 November 2015 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 7: It’s Time to Have That Talk – How to Explain Data Protection to Your Family!](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) 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.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/its-time-have-talk-how-explain-data-protection-your-family/) [29 October 2015 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 8: Tales from the Cryptolocker – An Almost Scary IT Story](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/a96a8eeca15ee795c5833fdfc0bebe12.png) Tales from the Cryptolocker – An Almost Scary IT Story It was a dark and stormy afternoon. IT administrator John was shaking, nervously traversing the dark corridors of his normally familiar office. He’s trembling in the sight of moving shadows, squeaking office doors and abnormally pale, almost ghoulish faces inside dark rooms of various company departments and offices.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/tales-cryptolocker-almost-scary-it-story/) [28 October 2015 — 1 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 9: Why iCloud, Google Drive, and Dropbox Can’t Truly Protect Your Data](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) Why Backing Up Half of Your Hybrid Physical and Virtual Environment is Not Enough! According to a recent Enterprise Strategy Group study, only 8% of organizations have virtualized the majority of servers that could be. Another study from Techaisle shows that only 60% of servers were virtualized in 2014, and while the figure is expected to rise, total virtualization is nowhere in sight. The same study also noted some of the major challenges of virtualization, including costs and management complexity.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/why-backing-half-your-hybrid-physical-and-virtual-environment-not-enough/) [23 October 2015 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 10: Consumer vs. Enterprise File Sync & Share – Know the Difference!](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) Consumer vs. Enterprise File Sync & Share – Know the Difference! Consumer public cloud file sync and share solutions are common today in corporate environments because they are easy for employees to get, easy to use, and enable access to content from any device and share it with colleagues and partners from any location. Sounds pretty good, right? Increase productivity, ensure smoother employee collaboration, and make a positive impact on the bottom line.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/consumer-vs-enterprise-file-sync-share-know-difference/) [15 October 2015 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 11: Is there an ROI in IT Disaster Recovery?](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) Is there an ROI in IT Disaster Recovery? In light of recent U.S. and global catastrophes, disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity are top of mind for more and more IT professionals like you. Even CIOs are asking more questions about business continuity plans and how the IT department will respond in the event of a disaster.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/there-roi-it-disaster-recovery/) [07 October 2015 — 1 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 12: Where to Back Up Now – Locally or in the Cloud?](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) Where to Back Up Now – Locally or in the Cloud? Data is the lifeline of your organization. You, as an IT system administrator, know this perfectly well through the daily trials and tribulations babysitting your IT systems, through the pain and suffering of getting things back up and running when they go down. Because of this you know that backing up everything you manage is essential – and maybe you even learned this hard way.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/where-back-now-locally-or-cloud/) [23 September 2015 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 13: Why iCloud, Google Drive, and Dropbox Can’t Truly Protect Your Data](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) Why iCloud, Google Drive, and Dropbox Can’t Truly Protect Your Data Today, most people understand cloud applications and cloud computing, but some still question the differences between a cloud backup solution, like Acronis, and cloud storage services, such as iCloud, Google Drive, and Dropbox. In some cases, the providers of the latter three products advertise their services as a backup solution. In other cases, consumers believe that anytime they store data in the cloud, it's always protected in the event of loss. 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