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• Black swan event: Preparing for a dual ransomware attack

  While a black swan incident shut down Code Spaces, IT service providers and their customers can avoid a similar outcome, if they devise a comprehensive data protection plan. Continue Reading

• The financial vertical: Big investments yield big prospects for MSPs

  Financial vertical specialization is a potentially rewarding pursuit for managed services providers willing to make the investment. Continue Reading

• IT services providers: Quiz yourself on tech and channel trends

  This month's channel news quiz runs the gamut from mergers and acquisitions to managed security services. Take the test to catch up on current events. Continue Reading

• Datto partner network gets Office 365 backup

  Datto partners can tap Office 365 backup, enterprise file sync and share, and other products launched at the company's annual partner conference. Continue Reading

• Cloud backup providers must build trust

  Channel executives say trust is the key to selling managed cloud backup services, which often means reselling a service from an established vendor. Continue Reading

• Backup providers must educate clients on cloud-to-cloud services

  SaaS providers typically don't offer clients a full backup service, but partners can step in with a cloud-to-cloud backup service that fills that gap.Continue Reading

• Modernizing the 3-2-1 backup strategy for SMB customers

  The old 3-2-1 backup strategy is a good rule of thumb for protection of your SMB customers' data. We take a look at what the strategy looks like in the current state of technology.Continue Reading

• Ransomware first person: Dealing with the Cryptolocker virus

  Hear how one IT services professional resolved a Cryptolocker infection for a customer and why the virus is evidence customers need managed services.Continue Reading

• Arrow, Artisan debut NetApp cloud data protection service

  Arrow ECS and IaaS provider Artisan launch a NetApp cloud backup service for partners that want to transition NetApp customers to the cloud.Continue Reading

• Symantec hopes to quiet Backup Exec 2012 upgrade complaints; more news

  News briefs: Customers unhappy with Backup Exec 2012 upgrade say they look forward to the restoration of the popular Job Monitor from previous versions; plus, more news.Continue Reading

• Symantec enhances Backup Exec.cloud with management console, RMM tools

  Symantec adds a management console for Backup Exec.cloud, integration with RMM tools from Kaseya and LabTech Software, and pay-as-you-go pricing plan.Continue Reading

• EMC conference opens with VMAX, Data Domain upgrades

  Headlines: On the opening day of EMC World 2012, the storage vendor launched upgrades throughout its storage platform portfolio, led by a new VMAX array.Continue Reading

• EMC chases mainframe tape market with Disk Library upgrade

  Headlines: EMC, looking to convert mainframe tape users to disk, ugrades its Disk Library for mainframes (DLm) platform.Continue Reading

• For disaster readiness, DR monitoring and backup reporting tools give customers confidence

  With customers poised to spend more money on disaster readiness this year, learn how DR monitoring and backup reporting tools can augment their disaster recovery plans.Continue Reading

• Management buy-in, DR standards still major challenges; plus, storage jobs outlook

  Headlines: At DRJ's Spring World 2011 conference, attendees cite disaster recovery standards and management buy-in as the toughest challenges facing disaster recovery specialists today.Continue Reading