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Storage Backup and Disaster Recovery Services

• Assured DP partners with Rubrik, Equinix in DraaS twist

  Assured DP is putting its own stamp on the disaster recovery-as-a-service market, creating a DRaaS offering through a partnership with Rubrik and Equinix. Continue Reading

• 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

• 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

• Associa revamps data storage management for virtual server environment

  Headlines: Community management association firm switches to Pillar Data SAN, thin provisioning and QoS to cope with storage challenges after rapid growth and server virtualization project.Continue Reading

• Syncplicity opens cloud file management software to channel partners

  Cloud-based file management provider Syncplicity unveiled its channel program with discounted pricing for initial orders and renewals, and admin controls.Continue Reading

• Global deduplication implementation varies by product

  Find out about the different types of global deduplication – in software and in hardware -- and why its definition and functionality vary from product to product.Continue Reading

• DR planning a spending priority for SMBs; Virsto upgrades Hyper-V-focused storage management tool

  Headlines: DR and BC planning is the No. 1 spending priority for small businesses, according to a recent Forrester study; plus, Virsto Software updates its Hyper-V storage management tool.Continue Reading

• Gluster NAS platform gains data storage management; EMC adds replication support to DPA 5.5

  Headlines: Gluster Storage Platform adds support for virtual servers and other enterprise features to its "do-it-yourself" clustered NAS software based on open-source code; expanded Data Protection Advisor goes beyond backup reporting with support ...Continue Reading

• Best practices for EMR storage services

  If you're interested in getting in on the burgeoning market around EMR storage services, find out the four areas in which you cannot afford to fall short, for successful EMR storage services.Continue Reading

• Channel Expert Podcast: Implementing a modern backup strategy

  In this two-part Channel Expert Podcast, Executive Editor and backup expert W. Curtis Preston examines the tools that should be used when developing a modern backup strategy for customers – including deduplication, CDP and near-CDP, and ...Continue Reading

• VMware data protection FAQ

  Find out about the options for VMware data protection and how to decide which approach is best for a particular customer. And, learn about other techniques and tools for VMware backup.Continue Reading

• Remote backup services FAQ

  Learn about offering remote backup services, including the challenges and the best options for your customers.Continue Reading

• Best practices for providing managed backup services

  If you're interested in providing managed backup services, make sure you've got the right message and can execute both backup and retrieval well. Learn best practices for providing managed backup services, including sales pitches, customer ...Continue Reading

• Managed backup services: Pros and cons of hosting approaches

  There are two basic approaches to providing managed backup services: reselling services from another provider or, for brave and deep-pocketed providers, building your own NOC. Find out the pros and cons of each approach.Continue Reading

• Providing managed backup services

  Providing managed backup services has some major advantages over traditional backup, but it also has some disadvantages. Find out how it can help you address your customers' biggest backup pain points, as well as what pain points you're likely to ...Continue Reading

• Virtual machine backup best practices

  With virtual machines (VMs) rising in popularity, service providers have the opportunity to provide data protection for these VMs. Learn best practices for virtual machine backup and ensure the proper data protection.Continue Reading

• IBM Tivoli storage manager (TSM) best practices

  Getting the most of IBM Tivoli storage manager is a matter of knowing how the database works and setting it to do the jobs customer's need to have done.Continue Reading

• Data archive best practices

  Data archiving assistance services and technologies you could provide to your customers include technology refreshes, software integration, email management maintenance and more.Continue Reading

• Net management VAR builds out Canadian disaster recovery facilities

  Network-management outsourcer the HyperTec Group is building a 40,000-sq.ft DR facility in Montreal to enhance its existing network management/monitoring service, high-capacity storage and other services. Company execs said Canada is woefully ...Continue Reading

• Developing managed backup services with key questions

  Managed backup services are not easy to offer initially. Resellers have to consider questions of technology, sales strategy and business considerations before managed backup services will be profitable both to you and customers.Continue Reading

• Developing managed backup services

  Resellers in the managed backup services space can either purchase backup software from a third party vendor or develop their own software for data backup. Get some advice about where to start when launching your own managed backup services.Continue Reading