--- title: Latest stories from Rebecca Schimmoeller 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/rebecca-schimmoeller/page/2/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-11 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) [Authors](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/) Rebecca Schimmoeller ![Image 1: Rebecca Schimmoeller](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/4ebd2c6ab90855a20d45286557169382.png) Rebecca Schimmoeller # Latest stories from Rebecca Schimmoeller [06 May 2019 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 2: Acronis Now Offers Backup for G Suite and Cryptomining Protection for Businesses](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/30ed349a67c19cf8c26685d868f90f47.png) Acronis Now Offers Backup for G Suite and Cryptomining Protection for Businesses With two newly released updates, Acronis takes its cyber protection capabilities for businesses to an exciting new level, allowing IT pros and business managers to focus on other priorities and rest even easier knowing their data is safe. The latest updates add integrated G Suite protection to Acronis’ existing backup and recovery services for more than 20+ platforms, plus built-in protection against cryptojacking, one of the fastest-growing malware threats. Let’s take a closer look at how Acronis strengthened its cyber protection capabilities for businesses that take advantage of Acronis’ cloud offerings, Acronis Backup Service and Acronis Backup Cloud.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-now-offers-backup-g-suite-and-cryptomining-protection-businesses/) [01 May 2019 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 3: Cloud Protection That’s Above and Beyond: Exploring Acronis’ Key Technologies and Certifications](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/701297a7531d17743bf6f7c5f50e97c8.png) 7 Tips to Make Windows Updates Error-Proof Instead of Error-Prone In case you missed it, Microsoft issued a warning last Friday to alert users that they might experience issues with the upcoming May 2019 Update for Windows 10 (version 1903) – and the issues are difficult to avoid. The good news is that Microsoft’s proactive communications means you can take precautions to protect your data before you initiate the update. Use these seven tips to manage any changes ahead, whether it’s a standard Win 10 update, if your one of the 35% of companies upgrading from Win 7, or you’re coping with any future system update.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/7-tips-make-windows-updates-error-proof-instead-error-prone/) [20 March 2019 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 4: 3 Common Ways Microsoft 365 May Cost You Money](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) Celebrating Advanced Tech and the Differentiation Paradox at CloudFest 2019 There’s no doubt businesses increasingly view the cloud as an agile, efficient way to manage their IT needs: 58 percent are moving toward a hybrid IT environment and another 18 percent are looking to move completely to the cloud (per 451 Research). This means that managed service providers (MSPs) need the right tools to stay in the game – and ahead of the competition – to facilitate this process for customers and capture some of the projected $186.4 billion cloud computing market. Next week at CloudFest 2019, Acronis will join 7,000 global cloud, hosting, and service provider industry pros to share IT solutions that enable MSPs to solve pressing, complex customer problems. Here’s a preview of what will be top-of-mind at Acronis’ CloudFest booth #F04.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/celebrating-advanced-tech-and-differentiation-paradox-cloudfest-2019/) [06 March 2019 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 5: Essential Marketing Tips IT Service Providers Can’t Live Without in 2019](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/74dd033305077b8ad219667201379601.png) Acronis Introduces a Secure Infrastructure Solution for Edge Workloads With the introduction of Acronis Software Defined Infrastructure 2.5 (formerly Acronis Storage) and the Acronis SDI Appliance, Acronis builds on its 15-year history as a trusted cyber protection partner (today storing over 200PB of user’s data in Acronis-operated data centers) to meet the needs of customers with varying and evolving needs. That is, given increased computing and data storage on edge devices today, both a universal and scalable software-defined infrastructure (SDI) solution is necessary to meets the rising demand for secure edge solutions. Now MSPs and enterprises have access to Acronis’ solution, which not only enhances HCI with security but also delivers the number one choice for edge and edge-like workloads.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-introduces-secure-infrastructure-solution-edge-workloads/) [19 February 2019 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 6: 3 Common Ways Microsoft 365 May Cost You Money](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) 3 Common Ways Microsoft 365 May Cost You Money Microsoft Office 365 has more than 155 million monthly active users, which means Microsoft’s uptime is critical to millions of businesses worldwide. Yet during the last several months, Microsoft has been struggling to ensure that users don’t experience interruption. The latest outage occurred this past Monday, February 18, crippling Microsoft Teams users for several hours.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/3-common-ways-office-365-may-cost-you-money/) [23 January 2019 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 7: Essential Marketing Tips IT Service Providers Can’t Live Without in 2019](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/74dd033305077b8ad219667201379601.png) Essential Marketing Tips IT Service Providers Can’t Live Without in 2019 We recently asked our cloud partners what was on their 2019 wish list for support – what they needed most to realize new success. The overwhelming reply: Help in knowing how to better market their services. As a result, we created a comprehensive Acronis MSP Marketing Guide to help service providers boost their business with greater ease. Here’s a quick preview of what it covers.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/essential-marketing-tips-it-service-providers-cant-live-without-2019/) [12 December 2018 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 8: Acronis Cyber Cloud 7.8 Enhances Cyber Protection with 80+ New Features and Improvements](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) Acronis-Microsoft Cloud Partnership Helps Supersize Service Provider Profitability It’s never been easier for businesses to take advantage of the data security and other benefits the cloud delivers. Indeed, today the security, cost-effectiveness and easy scalability of the cloud compels companies to seek out and leverage solutions – which is driving tremendous growth in data center usage. In fact, the seventh annual Cisco Global Cloud Index report projects that by 2021, 94 percent of workloads and compute instances will be processed by cloud data centers and 73 percent of those instances will be in public cloud data centers. When it comes to cloud storage, the landscape is nuanced. Companies have different requirements – from how much businesses need, to where data is stored, and beyond – which makes a one-size-fits-all option quite challenging. To meet varying needs, business growth requires data-storage choice. The good news is that delivering such choice means business opportunities for IT service providers, provided they have the right partnership in place.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-microsoft-cloud-partnership-helps-supersize-service-provider-profitability/) [06 December 2018 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 9: Variety is the New Gold Standard with Acronis-Google Storage Option](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) Variety is the New Gold Standard with Acronis-Google Storage Option It’s never been easier for businesses to take advantage of the data security and other benefits the cloud delivers. Indeed, today the security, cost-effectiveness and easy scalability of the cloud compels companies to seek out and leverage solutions – which is driving tremendous growth in data center usage.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/variety-new-gold-standard-acronis-google-storage-option/) [06 November 2018 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 10: Acronis Cyber Cloud 7.8 Enhances Cyber Protection with 80+ New Features and Improvements](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) Acronis Cyber Cloud 7.8 Enhances Cyber Protection with 80+ New Features and Improvements When they first set out to build Acronis Data Cloud our engineers asked themselves: What if MSPs could work with a single data protection platform that’s easy to use, efficient and secure, which evolves with technological advances and threats to data safety alike?](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-cyber-cloud-78-enhances-cyber-protection-80-new-features-and-improvements/) [25 July 2018 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 11: Cloud Protection That’s Above and Beyond: Exploring Acronis’ Key Technologies and Certifications](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/701297a7531d17743bf6f7c5f50e97c8.png) Weather Any Storm with Acronis Backup – Latest Updates Released https://www.acronis.com/en-us/cyber-protection/With recent Updates 3 and 3.1, Acronis delivers a list of new enhancements that increase efficiency, with the strongest return on investment (ROI) and lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) to date. Of course, ease-of-use and security are still of the utmost importance. Update 3 maintains a high bar on all accounts.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/weather-any-storm-acronis-backup-latest-updates-released/) [09 May 2018 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 12: Cloud Market Trends Say it’s Safe to Jump on the aaS Opportunity Train](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) Cloud Market Trends Say it’s Safe to Jump on the aaS Opportunity Train In the world of information technology, delivering cloud-based services is the next train barreling down the tracks. This ever-expanding, ever-evolving opportunity is moving at a remarkable speed (which is why there are so many aaS acronyms out there). Even with big players like Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce.com and Google in the mix, there’s plenty of opportunity for service providers to jump aboard.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/cloud-market-trends-say-its-safe-jump-aas-opportunity-train/) [27 April 2018 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 13: Cloud Protection That’s Above and Beyond: Exploring Acronis’ Key Technologies and Certifications](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/701297a7531d17743bf6f7c5f50e97c8.png) Cloud Protection That’s Above and Beyond: Exploring Acronis’ Key Technologies and Certifications Perhaps you are looking to avert a disaster, such as avoiding the ransomware attacks that are expected to hit businesses every 14 seconds by 2019. Or you may be trying to comply with new requirements like the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect in May. Whatever the reason, determining the security offered by a cloud service provider has to be a priority for businesses. Certain technologies and certifications are essential for ensuring your data is safe in the cloud.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/cloud-protection-thats-above-and-beyond-exploring-acronis-key-technologies-and-certifications/) [1](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/rebecca-schimmoeller/page/1/) [2](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/rebecca-schimmoeller/page/2/) [3](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/rebecca-schimmoeller/page/3/)