Blocks & Files, Thursday, July 2nd, 2026
When Backups Aren't Enough: The Case for Real Disaster Recovery
Traditional backups fall short against ransomware, making dedicated disaster recovery essential for continuity.
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It's FOSS, Wednesday, July 1st, 2026
6 Backup Tools for Linux Users of All Kinds
A review of six Linux backup tools matched to different user types, from desktops to server fleets.
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Analytics Insight, Friday, June 19th, 2026
Why Backup Plans Fail When Data Governance Is Treated as Someone Else's Problem
Backup strategies fail when organizations treat data governance as a technical rather than shared business responsibility.
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How-To Geek, Friday, May 15th, 2026
The 3-2-1 Backup Rule Everyone Ignores (And The Easier Way That Works Instead)
A guide explaining why manual backups fail and how to implement automated backup strategies instead.
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StorageSwiss.com, Monday, May 4th, 2026
Closing the Recovery Time Gap: Infrastructure vs Backup Solutions
Only 35% of organizations achieve their expected recovery times because the gap is architectural, not a backup product problem.
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theCUBE research, Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
AI Data Protection Gap: Why Enterprise AI Data Is at Risk
AI is moving faster than most organizations' ability to secure and protect what they're building.
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FutureCIO, Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Backup Strategies That Adapt To Threats, Regulations, And More
As World Backup Day 2026 highlights the critical role of robust data protection, enterprises across Asia-Pacific are redesigning backup and recovery practices to counter escalating ransomware, multi-cloud complexity, and stringent data sovereignty rules.
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Solutions Review, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
World Backup Day 2026: Expert Insights From The Field
Solutions Review's Executive Editor Tim King compiled this roundup of World Backup Day quotes from experts for 2026, part of our ongoing coverage of the enterprise storage and data protection market. These insights originally appeared in Insight Jam, a community focused on the human impact of AI and the future of work and learning.
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IT Security GURU, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
World Back Up Day 2026 - What Are The Takeaways?
World Backup Day is often seen as a simple reminder to save your data, but this year, security leaders say backup strategies must evolve into fully tested, secure, and recovery-focused resilience plans.
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Help Net Security, Friday, March 6th, 2026
Backup Strategies Are Working, And Ransomware Gangs Are Responding With Data Theft
Business email compromise (BEC) and funds transfer fraud combined for 58% of all cyber insurance claims filed in 2025, according to data from Coalition covering more than 100,000 policyholders across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany.
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ZDNet, Monday, March 2nd, 2026
Why Encrypted Backups May Fail In An AI-Driven Ransomware Era
Think your encrypted backups are safe? AI-driven ransomware now infiltrates networks, corrupts recovery points, and silently targets backup systems before you ever realize your data protection strategy has failed.
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Backup Central, Monday, February 23rd, 2026
What Is Ransomware As A Service And Why Should You Care
Ransomware as a service has turned cybercrime into a franchise - and you don't need any technical skills to buy in.
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Redmond, Thursday, February 12th, 2026
Microsoft 365 Backup Gaps Persist As Enterprises Head Into 2026
Microsoft MVP and consultant Ben Stegink is urging IT teams to reassess how they protect Microsoft 365 data, arguing that many enterprise backup strategies have not kept pace with the service's expanding footprint, configuration complexity and evolving threat landscape.
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ZDNET, Friday, February 6th, 2026
The Best Backup Software To Protect Your Files And Data
I tested the top backup software for 2025 to help you protect your data. Here's my hands-on review of the best options for businesses and individuals.
more → Salesforce, Friday, February 6th, 2026
Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS): A Complete Guide
CCaaS has revolutionized customer service by moving contact centers to the cloud. Discover how this flexible model can scale your operations and elevate your customer experience.
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Search Data Backup, Friday, January 30th, 2026
Choose An Enterprise Backup Architecture That Fits Risk
Weigh the trade‑offs among on‑premises, backup as a service and hybrid backup, and use a clear framework to choose the approach that fits your organization.
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Search Data Backup, Friday, January 30th, 2026
Backup Environment Evaluation: Verify Before You Buy
As backups move toward integrated data protection, this guide explains why recovery speed, environment‑wide visibility and maturing AI features should guide platform choices.
more → Search Data Backup, Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
8 Ways To Use AI For Data Backup
Recognize AI-based data backups as a strategic imperative that propels your IT team forward by protecting critical business assets while providing compliance and cost optimization.
more → Backup Central, Monday, January 26th, 2026
Disk Backup Security: The Vulnerability We Created
The move from tape to disk-based backups was one of the most significant shifts in data protection history. Disk backup security, as it turns out, wasn't something anyone thought about during that transition.
more → Backup Central, Monday, January 19th, 2026
What Is Ransomware? A Primer For IT Professionals
The question sounds almost too basic for 2026: what is ransomware? Yet tens of thousands of people search for this term every single month. And here's the truth-even seasoned IT professionals need to revisit this topic because ransomware attacks have changed dramatically over the past few years.
more → techradar.pro, Wednesday, January 14th, 2026
I'm A Backup And Recovery Provider, But Here's Why You Shouldn't Just Trust Me
Why Assumed backup safety is a dangerous industrial illusion
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Blocks & Files, Monday, January 12th, 2026
Backup That Flexes To Counter Rising Ransomware Risks
Those numbers are real, and they're not small-we're talking five, six, sometimes seven-figure purchases. But here's the problem: those visible costs are actually the minor part of what you're spending on backup infrastructure.
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Backup Central, Monday, January 12th, 2026
Backup TCO: The Hidden Costs
When IT teams calculate backup TCO, they usually focus on the line items that show up on invoices: software licenses, hardware appliances, and cloud storage subscriptions.
more → Backup Central, Monday, December 15th, 2025
Immutable Backup System Features
Having an immutable backup system is no longer optional-it's survival. But here's the thing: immutability alone isn't enough to protect your organization from ransomware attacks and data destruction.
more → Backup Central, December 8,2025
Backup Systems All Need These 10 Things
Look, I've been doing this backup thing for a long time. And I can tell you right now that most companies think they have backups when they really don't. They're missing key pieces that turn what looks like a solid backup system into a house of cards waiting to collapse.
more → ITPro, Friday, November 28th, 2025
Enterprises Are Neglecting Backup Plans, And Experts Warn It Could Come Back To Haunt Them
Only half of firms are following the '3-2-1' backup rule or using immutability to keep data tamper-proof
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Backup Central, Monday, November 17th, 2025
Recovery Time Objective: From Fantasy To Reality
Let me tell you something that most IT professionals won't admit: they can't meet their recovery time objective.
more → Virtualization Review, Thursday, November 13th, 2025
Why Backup Policies As Code Is Becoming A Cloud Essential
Veteran technologist Brien Posey used his session at today's "Cloud Native Backup Strategies for AWS and Azure" summit to spotlight a shift in how organizations approach data protection.
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How-To Geek, Saturday, November 8th, 2025
Why Every Backup Strategy Is Doomed To Fail
One day, all of this will be gone. The sun will swell up and consume the inner planets and burn it all to a crisp. Luckily, all life on Earth and everything humanity has created on this planet will be dust for millions of years before that happens, so that's a bullet dodged!
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Blocks & Files, Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
Active Archive Alliance Sees Three Archive Tiers
WORM, WORSe and WORN are three archive tiers defined by the Active Archive Alliance, as it sees AI requiring fast access to recently archived data which requires dynamic access.
more → Search Data Backup, Thursday, October 30th, 2025
8 Data Backup Strategies And Best Practices You Need To Know
This comprehensive guide explains backup basics, common threats and eight critical best practices your backup strategy needs.
more → Blocks & Files, Tuesday, October 28th, 2025
Immutable Backups: Ransomware's Kryptonite
Ransomware remains among the most destructive security threats organizations face. A 2025 Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) survey of 200 IT decision makers across North America and Western Europe found two-thirds of organizations experienced ransomware attacks in the past two years, many suffering multiple attacks.
more → Cyber Defense Magazine, Monday, October 6th, 2025
Breaking Point: Storage & Backup Systems
Surging Cyber Threats: Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities in Storage and Backup Systems
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Search Data Bckup, Monday, September 8th, 2025
5 Steps For Sustainable Data Management
Data management practices that embrace sustainability principles can streamline data processes, improve data protection and reduce energy consumption.
more → ITProToday, Monday, September 1st, 2025
You Backed Up Your Data, But Can You Bring It Back?
Despite investing in backup solutions, organizations struggle with complex recovery processes. Here are seven practices that strengthen backup and recovery.
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ComputerWeekly, Thursday, August 28th, 2025
AI and Backup: How Backup Products Leverage AI
We look at how AI helps with backup, from AI analysis of backup jobs and their integrity through natural language support functionality to ransomware and anomaly detection
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Search Data Backup, Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
10-Step Guide For Testing a Backup And Recovery Plan
Failure is not an option when it comes to backing up data and recovering it if disaster strikes. Data backup testing can pinpoint potential problems in the recovery process.
more → Backup Central, Monday, August 25th, 2025
The Growing Threat of Privilege Escalation Attacks
Privilege escalation attacks have become one of the most dangerous cybersecurity threats facing organizations today. These sophisticated attacks allow threat actors to transform minor security breaches into complete network compromises, often targeting backup systems and critical infrastructure along the way.
more → Search Data Backup, Monday, August 11th, 2025
Backup Audit Checklist And Best Practices For Preparation
What must-have items satisfy an audit of your backup platform? Why is auditing important? Discover how the audit process can help your organization improve its backup process.
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Search Data Backup, Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
Automated Backup: How It Works And Why You Should Use It
Automated backup tackles complex data backups in concert with other automated workflows, minimizing human errors while ensuring regulatory compliance and business continuity.
more → Search Data Backup, Monday, July 28th, 2025
Is Cloud Data Backup And Recovery Right For You
Still not sure if cloud data backup and recovery is the best choice for your organization? Here are six questions for IT managers to consider when making the move to cloud.
more → Blocks & Files, Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
Competitive Corner Breaks Down Key Shifts In 2025 Gartner Backup Magic Quadrant (MQ)
While machine translation has seen massive improvements through sophisticated AI architectures, the more nuanced domain of transcreation - where cultural adaptation, emotion, and brand voice are vital - requires a different level of AI capability. As organizations expand globally, understanding the distinction between AI architectures for transcreation vs. translation becomes essential for delivering truly localized and resonant content.
more → RTInsights, Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
The AI Data Protection Revolution: Why Your Current Backup Strategy Won't Cut It
AI-ready data protection must deliver enterprise-grade security and compliance capabilities while maintaining the agility and performance that AI workloads demand.
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Search Data Backup, Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
7 Data Backup Strategies And Best Practices You Need To Know
This comprehensive guide explains backup basics, common threats and seven critical best practices your backup strategy needs.
more → Backup Central, Monday, June 16th, 2025
Understanding Snapshot Backup
When it comes to data protection, few topics generate as much confusion as snapshot backup.
more → InformationWeek, Thursday, June 12th, 2025
The Role Of The 3-2-1 Backup Rule In Cybersecurity
By blending the time-tested 3-2-1 rule with modern advances, organizations can build a highly resilient backup architecture that strengthens their overall cybersecurity posture.
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Backup Central, Monday, June 2nd, 2025
How to Get Real ROI from Backups: Beyond Disaster Recovery
Getting meaningful ROI from your backups has been the holy grail of data protection for decades. For too long, backup systems have been viewed as necessary evils - expensive insurance policies that drain budgets without delivering tangible returns until disaster strikes.
more → Search Data Backup, Thursday, April 24th, 2025
Cyber Resilience Now A Top Priority For Backup Platforms
The latest updates to backup platforms such as HYCU, Commvault, Cohesity, Rubrik and Keepit bolster cyber resilience in both technology and customer readiness.
more → Cyber Defense Magazine, Saturday, April 19th, 2025
Have The Last Word Against Ransomware With Immutable Backup
With incidences of ransomware on the rise, nobody should even be thinking that an attack is something that couldn't happen to them, let alone speak those words into existence.
more → Solutions Review, Thursday, April 17th, 2025
Why The 3-2-1 Backup Rule Remains A Cornerstone Of Cybersecurity In 2025
Daniel Pearson, the CEO at KnownHost, explains why the 3-2-1 backup rule is just as important to cybersecurity today as it was when it was first created. T
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