About a year ago, I published a blog sharing Veeam resources you need to be aware of. It was my hope that this would become an on-going series where I would highlight new resources that become available. Well, I am thrilled to be sharing with you “Part 2” of Veeam resources you need to be aware of. Read more

My family and I have recently started a weekly dinner and a movie routine, where we base the dinner menu around the characters or premise of the movie. For us, we’re counting down to an upcoming family trip, but I’m hoping to keep up this fun routine even after our trip. The excitement of the kids picking an envelope as we all watch with excitement to see which movie we will be watching that week — and the same anticipation from mom and dad to see what type of food they will need to prepare in the coming days. Oh, the fun of family traditions… but now to the security part of this story.  Read more

The other day, I was watching a local junior high school soccer match. One team was advancing down the field as the forward was calling out to his teammates where to go and who to cover. The other team was all crowded together just trying to get the ball. One team was focused on their strategy, while the other team was focused on one short term goal — get the ball. It probably isn’t hard to guess which team came out the victor in that game. The team focused on their short-term goal lost focus on their fundamentals — they didn’t think about what they would do if they got the ball or if their short-term goal wasn’t met and ... Read more

Being a managed service provider offering Backup up as a Service (BaaS) for AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud can be daunting. You may end up trying to decipher the best solution just by combing through marketplace ads and descriptions. Deciding what’s needed and what’s not needed is crucial to ensure that you provide a cost-effective and efficient backup system that’s not only good for your customer but (let’s be honest) good for you as well. Read more

The countdown is on! Google Cloud Next is only seven days away! If you haven’t already registered, why haven’t you? Here’s five reasons why you should attend Google Cloud Next 2022. Read more

We’ll dive into a disaster scenario in which a Veeam repository server cannot be recovered, but the block storage, used for storing the backups, is still intact and consistent. As an example, a classic situation would be a physical server with hardware that is defective, but the disc shelves or fibre-channel sub-storage system is not affected by the hardware failure. Read more

Television and movies would have us believe cybercriminals have to execute complex plans that involve rappelling from rooftops and avoiding lasers to break into our networks. In reality, it only takes a well-crafted email and a distracted person to start a chain of events that can cost millions of dollars to repair. While that seems like a simple problem to solve, multiple layers of security controls needed to fail for the ransomware attack to succeed.  Read more

As the leading Kubernetes backup and recovery solution, Kasten K10 by Veeam provides the granular identity and access management controls required to secure your K10 environment and easily provide users with the access their roles require. Read more

Phishing scams are attempts by cybercriminals to trick users into performing some type of action like clicking on a link, entering credentials, opening an attachment or even making changes to a company’s process. These scams are most commonly delivered as malicious emails but can also take other forms. They can result in ransomware, installation of malicious software (viruses, Trojans, worms), stolen credentials, theft of money, data loss or even identity theft. Phishers exploit common human traits, like trusting people you know, to trick you into doing something that you normally wouldn’t. Read more

Updating anything in an environment can be a very stressful process and is easily the least favorite task of any IT team. This is in large part due to the unknowns that can happen while updating any products or components. No one wants to modify something that is currently working, bringing on the mentality of “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it”. This common rule can be a double edge sword that leaves your environment open to security vulnerabilities and dated product features. Considering this problem, I think Grace Hopper said it best, “The most dangerous phrase in the language is, ‘we’ve always done it this way’”. This post serves as a guide for the reasons why you should update ... Read more