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2018 Update: Ransomware is Still Quietly Growing

Posted by Nidhi Savla on Tue, Dec 11, 2018 @ 01:27 PM

In 2017, ransomware dominated the news. Malware like WannaCry and NotPetya sparked global outages. Based on its diminished position in the media, you’d be forgiven for thinking that ransomware represented a lesser threat this year.

 

While there have been fewer world-shaking attacks, however, ransomware has actually grown steadily more popular, with Sonicwall reporting a 108% increase in ransomware over 2017 levels. Here are a few hallmarks of ransomware growth in 2018.

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Topics: online backup dubai, IT Back Up, online backup uae, online disaster recovery uae, Veeam cloud uae, cloud draas, siem, siem audit

Eight questions to ask for Effective Backup and Disaster Recovery

Posted by Nidhi Savla on Sun, Dec 03, 2017 @ 10:59 AM

Whether you’re looking for a new backup and disaster recovery service provider or you’ve had the same one for ages, there are several questions you should keep in mind to ensure you have the most effective backup and disaster recovery plan.

 

1. Are you backing up the right files?

Obviously, you need to be sure that your backup and disaster recovery plan covers the most important files for your business. But think beyond just work product and database files: what about system configurations, metadata, application licenses, hidden files and calendar events? Backups of these “edge cases” will be essential to restoring your system from scratch if and when the time comes.

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Topics: IT Back Up, Disaster Recovery, online disaster recovery uae, disaster recovery as a service uae

10 Ways To Ensure Your Data Security in 2017

Posted by Nidhi Savla on Sun, Jan 08, 2017 @ 10:47 AM

Information security handles the protection of digital privacy of critical data of businesses, organizations, and individuals. It includes various preventive methods for restricting unauthorized access to databases, systems, machines, and networks.

Security measures include but are not restricted to data backups, encryption, DLP planning, digital rights management, and more. This article discusses ten things that you need to be doing in 2017 to ensure your data is secure.

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Topics: online backup dubai, IT Back Up, online disaster recovery uae, draas uae, it security, baas, data protection

Disaster Recovery, Computer & Data Backup in Dubai & UAE

Posted by Dominic Docherty on Sun, Aug 19, 2012 @ 10:25 AM

When it comes to choosing your new backup solution, the choice can be bewildering. Do you go old school, and choose to backup with tape? Or perhaps you should take advantage of the latest technology, and adopt cloud backup.

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Topics: IT Back Up, Disaster Recovery, VMware

Backup Virtualization Software with Veeam for UAE Businesses

Posted by Dominic Docherty on Thu, Aug 16, 2012 @ 10:05 AM

Legacy software backup solutions are not designed with the virtual environment in mind. Enterprise level servers running VMWare, Hyper-V or Cisco virtual solutions need a better, faster, cheaper way to perform routine backups and prevent data loss. If you're a business owner, you may be skeptical that all three (better, faster and cheaper) can co-exist, but it's possible with virtual backup solutions. Wondering how?

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Topics: IT Back Up, Virtualization, Veeam

5 Benefits to the BIOS IT Office Suite

Posted by Dominic Docherty on Fri, Aug 10, 2012 @ 10:00 AM

Small business owners with fewer than 100 employees and larger firms with branch offices often come to us looking for IT solutions to address their ever-changing technology needs.

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Topics: IT Configuration, IT Back Up, Best System Integrator UAE

3 Reasons BIOS Likes Veeam Backup in a Virtual Environment

Posted by Dominic Docherty on Thu, Aug 02, 2012 @ 07:40 AM

Veeam is a backup program specifically for virtual environments.

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Topics: IT Back Up, Virtualization, Veeam

Trends in Virtualization

Posted by Dominic Docherty on Tue, Jun 26, 2012 @ 04:44 PM

Server virtualization holds tremendous potential for consolidation. With advanced features such as automatic fail over, dynamic relocation, load balancing and consolidated back-up pushing many organizations to embrace and use virtualization technologies. It is becoming the standard way to deploy new enterprise applications, including some of the most business-critical applications.

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Topics: Storage Solutions, Server, IT Back Up, Virtualization

The New Datacenter Backup Paradigm

Posted by Dominic Docherty on Tue, Jun 26, 2012 @ 04:34 PM

As a company, we endeavor to provide best of breed solutions for our customers. We spend a great deal of time engaging with vendors and exploring new products and how these can best serve our customer base.

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Topics: Storage Solutions, IT Back Up, Data Center

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