Today, Zerto launched what the company is calling Zerto Data Protection (ZDP). The company is saying that they hope their ZDP feature will allow them to compete with other backup solutions on cost. Roy Golding and Ziv Kedem founded Zerto in 2009. Zerto, the company, released their first product in 2011 and is best known

Veeam announced that it has acquired the data backup, disaster recovery and mobility platform for Kubernetes, Kasten. Kasten has been in the container/Kubernetes space for almost three years. Kasten was acquired through cash and stock and the deal is said to be roughly $150 million dollars in value.

Today, Commvault announced the availability of Metallic Cloud Storage Service. The new storage service will act as a fully integrated cloud storage target for Commvault Backup and Recovery software and HyperScale X appliance. According to Commvault, using the cloud as a backup target can help increase protection against ransomware and provide additional airgapping and security

Today at VMworld 2020, VMware, Inc. announced its VMware Future-Ready Workforce solutions. These new solutions are designed to provide exceptional workforce experiences, end-to-end Zero Trust security controls, and simplified management. The new solutions include a combination of what VMware is calling the industry-leading Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Digital Workspace and Endpoint Security capabilities. IT

Today, Commvault announced additions to its Intelligent Data Management Portfolio. Commvault says that Commvault Disaster Recovery, Commvault Backup & Recovery, and Commvault Complete Data Protection are all now in general availability (GA). When Commvault announced this release last July, we noted that Commvault already offers very similar-sounding services.

This week, Rick Vanover from Veeam visite4d the StorageReview lab in Cincinnati for a live stream to talk ransomware. We can’t go more than a few days with hearing about another breach or attempted breach. And this isn’t just a problem that targets large organizations like Tesla and Garmin. Small professional offices are just as

Today, BackupAssist released BackupAssist ER. The new technology is an automated, disk to disk to cloud backup for Windows Servers. Notably, BackupAssist ER is standalone, purchase-to-own software with a one-time price, not the ongoing expense of a disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) option. The current CEO of BackupAssist, Linus Chang, founded the company in

Today QNAP Systems, Inc. released a license-free VMware and Hyper-V backup solution, Hyper Data Protector. This solution allows for unlimited backups of VMware and Hyper-V backup to a QNAP NAS. This gives businesses of varying sizes a cost-effective and reliable disaster recovery plan to ensure 24/7 service operations.

Pure Storage has announced a strategic partnership with Cohesity that will bring Pure FlashRecover to market. This jointly-engineered solution is specifically designed to meet the most demanding business continuity requirements while enabling new opportunities for data-driven organizations. The new partnership between Pure Storage and Cohesity was mainly due to their customer’s need for an integrated