Cloud Backup for Enterprise

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Armada Cloud - Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery

Cloud backup and disaster recovery for enterprise - comprehensive data protection for all applications, endpoints, and servers from a single interface.

It can be challenging to find or build a single solution to protect virtual environments, physical servers, user endpoints, and cloud applications while staying within budget, meeting RTOs and RPOs, and not exceeding your IT team’s knowledge and time limitations. As a result, many organizations rely on a piecemeal solution incorporating several disparate backup and recovery systems or exasperate an already stretched technology team by reinventing the wheel with an inhouse solution. Armada Cloud’s Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Platform is designed to resolve these issues with a simple model: a turnkey onsite data protection appliance, backed by our proven platform, providing comprehensive protection through a single dashboard for a single monthly or annual fee. Simple, secure peace of mind. Cloud backup for enterprise is more than a software download - Armada Cloud is your data protection partner.

www.armadacloud.com - Take a look and protect your data by implementing a cloud backup solution today. 

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Data Protection Update: HIPAA Compliant Data Protection

7 Key Advantages of Cloud Backup for Healthcare

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Don’t be an April Fool! Check your backups and restores today!

It’s World Backup Day; what better day to make sure your data is adequately protected?

Here’s a short checklist to make sure you’re covered: http://www.armadacloud.com/world-backup-day/ 

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Supporting IT Solutions: The Human Element

Users don't read. That's a guiding principle behind modern software design, written or unwritten; user behavior has been studied exhaustively to develop intuitive GUIs.

The importance of human-powered technical support for IT solutions - at what point do customers suffer from the reliance on intuitive design and automated support systems?

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Asigra Delivers Powerful Cloud Backup Solution with Oracle® ZFS Storage Appliances

Asigra Inc., a leading cloud backup, recovery and restore software provider since 1986, today announced that it is delivering Asigra Cloud Backup™, an agentless, multi-tenant NIST FIPS 140-2 certified data-protection software solution, with Oracle® ZFS Storage Appliance. For managed service providers (MSPs) and enterprises seeking a higher financial return on their backup infrastructure investments, Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance provides a cost effective solution that delivers exceptional features and performance.

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“As the storage world moves from its hardware-focused roots to the current semantic love affair with all things software-defined, Oracle is one of a small group of vendors placing the emphasis for storage on applications, database, and data,” said Mark Peters, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. “It’s called Oracle ZFS Engineered Storage. The Oracle ZFS product line offers exceptionally high performance, and is well tuned to today’s market needs in terms of providing a very attractive total cost of ownership (TCO). This storage option for data protection offers service providers a competitive advantage when deployed as the core of their backup infrastructure.”

The Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance is ideal for MSPs who have clients that require more than 100 terabytes of storage capacity. The solution can lower capital and operational costs while improving performance when compared to traditional storage solutions. MSPs who offer cloud backup services today, but want to provide a more comprehensive data protection solution to expand their total addressable market, will find that the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance delivers excellent value. Existing Asigra partners who require a hardware refresh as their backup vaults exceed 100 terabytes can realize the benefits of this cost-effective and high-performance solution.

“Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance provides us with an advanced storage architecture that is far superior to a build-your-own storage solution,” said Reid Warrick, chief technology officer for Armada Cloud. “With Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-2 system deployed, Asigra’s Cloud Backup application performance increased eight times compared to what we experienced with our previous hardware platform. We also realized very high uptime, availability and scalability up to one petabyte with a single system, while reducing overall storage costs by more than 30 percent.”

For more, read the entire press release here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/01/prweb13182292.htm

For more on Asigra: http://www.asigra.com/solutions/oracle-zfs-storage-appliances-msps 

For more on Oracle: https://www.oracle.com/storage/nas/index.html

To try a solution for yourself that includes Asigra software, Oracle hardware, and proactive, qualified support from Armada Cloud: http://www.armadacloud.com/30-day-free-trial/ 

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Each month, Business Solutions reports news on business in the channel. This month in managed services, backup and recovery, and networking news,...

Each month, Business Solutions reports news on business in the channel. This month in managed services, backup and recovery, and networking news, LogicNow introduces data analytics and machine learning, AffinityLive adds asset tracking to its PSA software, Continuum and Vorex announce platform integration, ESET updates its security for Microsoft Exchange Server, Check Point unveils a new threat protection solution, Ingram Micro launches three financing programs, and Carbonite brings remote deployment and management to SMBs.

Read the article here: http://www.bsminfo.com/doc/managed-services-backup-and-recovery-networking-news-0001 

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How to Choose a HIPAA Compliant Data Backup Service

From an article by  Ahmed Mori:

“It seems like you need to choose so many things these days – Meaningful Use certified EHRs, a capable practice management system, and even what computers you want your practice using.

Now, most of us associate data backup with a hard drive, or maybe even some flash external storage. But remember, you’re dealing with sensitive personal health information, and you want to be sure you don’t lose your data in the event of an emergency.

Perhaps it’s time to turn to a data backup service, you know, since HIPAA deemed secure data backup not optional. See below for some assistance.

Requirements for HIPAA Compliant Backup Providers It’s time to be a little blunt. Many will read and not fully understand HIPAA. But a genuine attempt at cracking the code doesn’t excuse you from not complying. Plus, when put simply, the requirements aren’t half bad.

As far as data backups are concerned, there are three required elements, or safeguards, under HIPAA that are necessary for a compliant backup provider.

It is important to note that even if you go into recovery mode, it is required these safeguards hold up.”

Those requirements can be found in the original article: http://www.poweryourpractice.com/medical-technology-trends/choose-hipaa-compliant-data-backup-service/

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Dell's buying EMC for $67 billion in the biggest tech deal ever

Dell has agreed to buy EMC Corporation for a deal worth $67 billion. While EMC isn't a household name, some of its products and subsidiaries are. In addition to...

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CRN salutes the under-the-radar players that make sure solution provider partnerships thrive and channel business gets done.

Staniland has been instrumental in advancing Asigra's channel business since she took on her role five years ago. Staniland and her team are responsible for developing strategic marketing programs to increase sales opportunities and enhance relationships between Asigra and its global partners.

Congratulations, Tracy!

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5 Rules Of Disaster Survival For Businesses

It’s still hurricane season - make sure your disaster recovery plan is up to snuff.

Scott Hamilton:

“In every region, in every industry, commercial enterprises are vulnerable to unpredictable disasters. Business owners who have saved their organizations after a catastrophe know recovery depends fundamentally on compassion and communication. In those first few moments of tragic aftermath, it is a human connection that helps a business overcome a flood, fire, hurricane or other calamity.

In recent years, there has been no shortage of disasters disrupting business. Sandy ravaged the East Coast in 2012, impacting an estimated 1.5 million businesses employing some 9.3 million people in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The Colorado floods of 2013 shuttered businesses and disrupted commercial transportation for months, even after the waters receded. During the tornado outbreak of April 2014, no fewer than 84 tornadoes touched down in central and southern states within a four-day period.

Being out of operation for two weeks or more can spell the demise of a small business. But in the devastating wake of Hurricane Katrina, I personally learned invaluable survival lessons while overseeing a small-business recovery program on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Here are my first-response recommendations.”

Read the entire article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/centurylink/2015/08/26/5-rules-of-disaster-survival-for-businesses

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Backup Tapes Does Not an Archive Make

“If you’re like most organizations you’ve amassed significant stockpiles of legacy backup tapes in your offsite storage vaults. These tapes serve no purpose once they cycle out of DR but you keep them anyway, continuing to pay your storage provider month after month.

When legal comes calling, asking for email from an ex-employee, or files from a product that was launched in 2006, you respond that this data is no longer on the network or, if it is, you have no way to find it. Legal being legal pushes you to find it because it is the cornerstone of a major corporate litigation event. So you go to the only archive you know that has a copy, your legacy backup tapes.

So are backup tapes an archive?”

Entire article here: http://www.datacenterjournal.com/backup-tapes-archive

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Survey: Partners Can Guide Firms to Cloud Disaster Recovery

Disaster recovery (DR) as practiced by most firms is “broken," giving channel partners an opportunity to introduce automated options to replace outdated operating models.

That’s according to a survey of 343 IT executives responsible for DR by CloudVelox. Some 58 percent of respondents said they test their DR just once per year or less, while an additional 33 percent of respondents said they test infrequently or never.

One in four respondents said they experience failure or delay more than half the time when they test their secondary data centers. A minor data center outage could become a serious headache, and a major disaster could prove catastrophic.

Read the entire article here: http://www.channelpartnersonline.com/news/2015/09/survey-shows-partners-can-guide-firms-to-cloud-di.aspx

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Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) Explained

What is RMM?

Remote monitoring and management (RMM), also known as network management or remote service software, is a type of software designed to help managed IT service providers (MSPs) remotely and proactively monitor client endpoints, networks and computers.

To deploy RMM, a small software footprint often called an “agent” is installed on client workstations, servers, mobile devices, and other endpoints. These agents then feed information about machine health and status back to the MSP. This gives the MSP insight into client networks, provides the ability to keep machines maintained and up-to-date, and proactively stay ahead of issues and resolve them remotely – without the need to go out to a client’s office.

When one of these agents detects a problem on the machine it’s monitoring, an alert (or “ticket”) is created and sent to the MSP, prompting them to take whatever action is needed to resolve the problem. These tickets are often classified based on severity, problem type, etc., helping the MSP prioritize and identify critical vs. non-critical issues. In best case scenarios, MSPs are able to identify and solve issues before the client even realizes there’s a problem.

RMM technology gives IT service providers the ability to manage more clients than traditional break/fix IT providers, and to do so more efficiently. Through RMM, technicians can remotely install software and updates, administer patches, and more – and this can often all be done from a single, unified dashboard. Technicians can administer tasks simultaneously to many computers at once, and no longer have to travel from office to office to handle routine maintenance.

Main functions of RMM software:

Gather information about client software, hardware and networks

Supply the MSP with activity reports and data

Create appropriate alerts and tickets when problems arise

Track network and device health

Monitor multiple endpoints and clients simultaneously

Automate scheduled maintenance tasks

Read more, including the history of RMM and challenges, here at the original article: http://www.continuum.net/msp-resources/mspedia/remote-monitoring-management-rmm-explained 

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Mobile Security: BYOD Takes Your Enterprise Data to the Beach

By Jason Hardy - Market Segment Manager, Mobile Security, IBM

When you think about mobile security and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies, do you ever think about all the places your enterprise data is going? This time of year, many of us reward ourselves for all of our hard work with a well-deserved vacation. It’s time to get away from it all and relax! But in this mobile world we live in, “getting away from it all” has taken on new meaning. Now it is probably more accurate to say “getting away and taking it all with me.”

That might sound strange, but with the prevalence of smartphones and other mobile devices — not to mention the way BYOD is integrated into our personal and professional lives — we truly take it all with us to the beach and everywhere else.

The Need for Mobile Security

Read the entire article here.

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Managed Services, Backup And Recovery, And Networking News From July 2015

Each month, Business Solutions reports news on business in the channel. This month in managed services, backup and recovery, and networking news, StorageCraft unveils a new cross-platform BDR, Seagate announces hybrid cloud data protection solutions, Tigerpaw and LabTech announce integration, Red Hat introduces its certified cloud and service provider program, LogicNow releases MAX ServiceDesk 2.2, Sophos acquires Reflexion Networks, Nimble Storage expands it enterprise-grade capabilities, and D&H and XYZ Printing team to bring 3D printing to education.

Read the article here: http://www.bsminfo.com/doc/managed-services-backup-and-recovery-and-networking-news-from-july-0002 

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Asigra Ranked Among the Top Backup Software Solutions in G2Crowd User Review

Asigra Inc., a leading cloud backup, recovery and restore software provider since 1986 today announced that Asigra Cloud Backup was recently featured in a G2Crowd review of backup software solutions. In the comparison, which included solutions from the industry’s leading data protection vendors, Asigra received 4.5 out of 5 stars and was noted for product direction, usability, excellent support, easy setup and simple maintenance.

G2 Crowd is a leading business software review platform, leveraging its 37,000+ user reviews read by 300,000 software buyers each month to help them make better purchasing decisions. By bringing the collective power of trusted peers to the forefront, business buyers have transparency when evaluating B2B software technologies. G2 Crowd reviews include insights from expert peers, everyday users, and aggregated data to score competitive products.

According to one review in the G2Crowd comparison, “Asigra’s agentless backup and recovery solution protects many various platforms and services, which means less complication, less installation, configuration, and management of individual servers. Also, features such as autonomic healing and validation restore ensures data recovered is consistent and accurate, and that data can be successfully recovered. Asigra is very well suited for a mixed environment… physical servers, virtual servers; endpoint devices; mixed platforms/OS, Windows, Linux, Unix, AIX, MacX server, iphones/ipads, and more.”

Read the entire article here: http://telecomreseller.com/2015/08/18/asigra-ranked-among-the-top-backup-software-solutions-in-g2crowd-user-review/

Armada Cloud is an Asigra provider - for more information on how to protect your data, contact them.

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Asigra Outscores Rivals to Win TechTarget’s 2015 Quality Award for Top Enterprise Backup Software

TORONTO – July 9, 2015 - Asigra Inc., a leading cloud backup, recovery and restore software provider since 1986, today announced that TechTarget has awarded it The 2015 Quality Award for enterprise backup. For the second year in a row, Asigra is the choice of storage professionals, who prefer it over offerings from Commvault, EMC, HP, IBM and Symantec.

“As it did last year, Asigra flexed its muscles across all five rating categories, leading the field in each one and rolling up an overall score of 6.66 to easily outdistance number two finisher Commvault (6.09),” wrote Rich Castagna, Vice President of Editorial, TechTarget.

“Symantec’s NetBackup was third with a 5.75 rating, ahead of the closely packed cluster of HP, IBM and EMC -- all separated by only .07 points. Asigra swept the categories last year, too, but actually improved its scores for every category this time around.”

346 respondents provided 774 product evaluations in TechTarget’s 2015 review of enterprise and midrange backup solutions. Not only did Asigra top the enterprise section in all five categories — Salesforce Competence; Initial Product Quality; Product Features; and Reliability — it also received the highest percentage of positive responses (82 percent) to the subjective question: Would You Buy This Product Again?

Asigra Cloud Backup is the industry’s leading cloud-based data recovery software with an installed base of public, private, and hybrid cloud backup deployments worldwide. The software is built for efficient operation and non-disruptively integrates into any IT environment. Asigra’s agentless multi-tenant software architecture provides for simple deployment and hands-free management while providing advanced features that include global de-duplication, automated mass deployment, autonomic healing, and validation restore capabilities.

Read the rest here: http://www.asigra.com/about-asigra/press-releases/asigra-outscores-rivals-win-techtarget-2015-quality-award 

Looking for an Asigra partner? Learn more: http://www.armadacloud.com/cloud-backup/