--- title: Acronis Blog 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/categories/it-channel-insights/page/66/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- # Acronis Blog [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) IT channel insights # Most recent on IT channel insights [![Image 1: From AI vision to MSP action: The journey continues this October](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/65821c3bd72f935cd680e584fe43de66.png) 23 September 2026 — 4 min read From AI vision to MSP action: The journey continues this October The first event answered why AI matters and the second event demonstrated what's possible. Acronis Accelerate: Time to Act brings those ideas to life through a practical, workflow-driven experience that follows a future day in the life of an MSP.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/from-ai-vision-to-msp-action-the-journey-continues-this-october/) [29 August 2014 — 1 min read ![Image 2: What to Do When Your Cloud Service is Disrupted](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) Does the Entire Internet Need a Backup? A company’s data — from the customer database and billing system to less obvious data like application code, custom scripts and social media activity — is critical. But what about the underlying Internet architecture that powers modern businesses?](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/does-entire-internet-need-backup/) [28 August 2014 — 2 min read ![Image 3: Data Protection Officer: A New Standard Title in IT?](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) How IT Managers Find Talent and Avoid Resume Liars When it comes to applying for jobs, many people are guilty of embellishing their resumes, but a new survey shows that information technology job seekers are especially likely to fluff up their skills. IT hiring managers reported catching more instances of lying than the national average (63 percent versus 58 percent) in a study from CareerBuilder and Harris Poll.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/how-it-managers-find-talent-and-avoid-resume-liars/) [22 August 2014 — 2 min read ![Image 4: What to Look For Next Week at VMworld](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) What to Look For Next Week at VMworld Next week marks the start of VMworld 2014, what's sure to be a whirlwind look at the latest and greatest in cloud and virtualization software. IT pros in attendance can expect to learn where the virtualization leader is headed and its vision for virtually managed data centers, among other topics. Here are some wishlist news that the InfoWorld team hopes to see:](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/what-look-next-week-vmworld/) [21 August 2014 — 3 min read ![Image 5: IT Teams Must Learn New Skills to Manage Mobility](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) Safeguarding Data During Virtual Migration According to a recent SpiceWorks report, three-quarters of businesses surveyed already use virtual machines. But for those yet to make the leap, what are the virtualization issues to look out for? And as all IT pros know, the landscape is constantly shifting and new solutions come up all the time. As IT infrastructure becomes increasingly divided among physical, virtual and cloud solutions, how can IT managers ensure their systems are working optimally and data is protected across multiple platforms?](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/safeguarding-data-during-virtual-migration/) [20 August 2014 — 3 min read ![Image 6: In a BYOx Environment, IT’s Focus Shifts From Devices to Data](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) What to Consider for Hypervisor Backup: The Configuration and the Data As more companies invest in virtual machines, IT pros are presented with the need to integrate these virtualization environments into the data protection plan. The trouble is that while the data is usually backed up, often the hypervisor configuration is forgotten.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/what-consider-hypervisor-backup-configuration-and-data/) [15 August 2014 — 1 min read ![Image 7: Data Protection Officer: A New Standard Title in IT?](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) Data Protection Officer: A New Standard Title in IT? If new EU data protection legislation becomes law as expected, companies that do business in Europe will soon need to recruit for a new senior-level IT job: Data Protection Officer.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/data-protection-officer-new-standard-title-it/) [14 August 2014 — 2 min read ![Image 8: IT Teams Must Learn New Skills to Manage Mobility](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) Automate – Simplify your Life. Watch a 4-minute Automation Demo. Automate, automate, automate. According to Forrester Research (The State of Business Technology Resiliency, Q2 2014), “The complexity we face today in technology is beyond what humans can manage”.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/automate-simplify-your-life-watch-4-minute-automation-demo/) [13 August 2014 — 2 min read ![Image 9: IT Teams Must Learn New Skills to Manage Mobility](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) What The U.S. Consulate Database Crash Teaches Companies About Data Protection Most travelers trying to get U.S. travel papers processed during the past couple of weeks know about the U.S. consulate database crash that impacted 200,000 or more visa-seekers worldwide. The culprit, a simple software patch, caused the U.S. State Department’s central passport and visa system to crash on July 19. While the data was backed up, the system was not, causing visa processing to grind to a halt during the slow recovery process.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/what-us-consulate-database-crash-teaches-companies-about-data-protection/) [12 August 2014 — 1 min read ![Image 10: In a BYOx Environment, IT’s Focus Shifts From Devices to Data](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) In a BYOx Environment, IT’s Focus Shifts From Devices to Data Data protection, though never simple, used to be a lot easier for IT pros when that data was locked behind a firewall or backed up on tape. But the exponential growth in the amount of data that businesses generate in cloud, virtual, mobile and other environments has made the task harder for IT. According to research from IDC and Acronis, larger data volumes and increased complexity are the two biggest data protection challenges facing SMB IT departments.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/byox-environment-its-focus-shifts-devices-data/) [08 August 2014 — 2 min read ![Image 11: What to Do When Your Cloud Service is Disrupted](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) What to Do When Your Cloud Service is Disrupted Every IT pro knows the soul-crushing feeling following the simple statement, “We apologize for the service disruption..." When cloud services that your organization relies on go down, chaos can ensue. Take for instance the Adobe Creative Cloud outage in May that took down the interactive edition of the UK-based newspaper, the Daily Mail. For one of Britain's most popular newspapers, failure is not an option.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/what-do-when-your-cloud-service-disrupted/) [06 August 2014 — 1 min read ![Image 12: IT Pros: Verify that Data Protection Plans Are Working Properly](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/74dd033305077b8ad219667201379601.png) IT Pros: Verify that Data Protection Plans Are Working Properly A logical first step to ensure company data is safe and secure is for IT leaders to create a data protection plan. It’s becoming more difficult to develop that plan as the definition of data that businesses must protect expands, though planning is still an important initial step.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/it-pros-verify-data-protection-plans-are-working-properly/) [04 August 2014 — 1 min read ![Image 13: IT Teams Must Learn New Skills to Manage Mobility](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) IT Teams Must Learn New Skills to Manage Mobility Data protection is a challenge for many IT teams to handle these days because companies have more devices, operating systems and plans than they can keep up with. The majority of IT gurus specialize in handling PCs and servers, but new technologies like tablets, smartphones and even smartwatches require a new set of IT skills to ensure enterprise data is secure and understandable.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/it-teams-must-learn-new-skills-manage-mobility/) [1](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/categories/it-channel-insights/page/1/)...[64](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/categories/it-channel-insights/page/64/) [65](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/categories/it-channel-insights/page/65/) [66](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/categories/it-channel-insights/page/66/) [67](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/categories/it-channel-insights/page/67/) [68](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/categories/it-channel-insights/page/68/)...[85](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/categories/it-channel-insights/page/85/)