Top 5 data protection tips

Top 5 data protection tips

With the increase of cyber-attacks and the fragmentation of data, ComputerWorld is challenging businesses to scrutinise the security and protection of their data. To do this, our team has created a list of five top tips which you should use to review your current plan and appraise whether it is fully prepared for today’s “new norm”.

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Discussion around the upcoming Zerto 7 release

Discussion around the upcoming Zerto 7 release

In this video, Barry Coombs and Steve Blow discuss IT resilience with converging Disaster Recovery and Backup. Steve also gives a quick update about the main features of Zerto 7 which is due to be released shortly.

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Zerto Update at VMworld 2018

Barry Coombs of ComputerWorld met Steve Blow of Zerto at VMworld 2018 in Barcelona to discuss the latest updates coming to Zerto 7.X, including how Zerto wil...

In this video I (Barry) catch-up with Steve Blow Technical Evangelist at Zerto to learn more about what is coming to Zerto 7.X.

In the forthcoming 7.X release Zerto are further building upon their IT Resilancy Platform to include backup alongside their ability to other replication and mobility on premises and to and from the cloud.

Are you setting yourself up to fail?

Are you setting yourself up to fail?

In today’s industry, an IT disaster recovery plan is essential.  It is not only essential to protect a business from catastrophic failure, but it is expected by customers, necessary against our competition and required by data protection regulations. 

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[VIDEO] Accelerate your GDPR journey with Veeam & ComputerWorld

[VIDEO] Accelerate your GDPR journey with Veeam & ComputerWorld

In this video Barry and George discuss how Veeam are helping customers overcome the challenges of GDPR in regards to availability, resiliency of systems and disaster recovery.

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Software defined VM replication with Zerto

Software defined VM replication with Zerto

At VMworld 2017 in Barcelona I had an opportunity to catch-up with Ed Owen of Zerto to discuss their product, updates and use cases. For those that are new to Zerto, I have also summarised their product, architecture and features below.  

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vRetreat 2018 (#vRetreat)

vRetreat 2018 (#vRetreat)

vRetreat took place on the 15th of February 2018 in London, with presentations from Zerto and Cohesity with much food and fun at the Crystal Maze! Read about my thoughts and experiences from the day. 

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What's new in Zerto Virtual Replication 6.0 in a glance

What's new in Zerto Virtual Replication 6.0 in a glance

Today Zerto have released the latest and greatest version of Zerto Virtual Replication, version. 6.0 builds on their hybrid cloud functionality of previous releases with a number of new additions including the ability to replicate VMs between Azure regions, recover VMs back from AWS to on-premises after a DR event and also replicate from one cloud provider to another. 

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[VIDEO] Office 365 Backup with Veeam

[VIDEO] Office 365 Backup with Veeam

Recently Barry Coombs, ComputerWorld Director and George Kenny at Veeam discussed the importance of backing up your data within Office 365 and how Veeam can help with this.

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[Video Interview] Disaster Recovery and Continuous Data Protection with Veeam

[Video Interview] Disaster Recovery and Continuous Data Protection with Veeam

Recently, Barry Coombs, ComputerWorld Director and George Kenny, SE at Veeam discussed Veeam's biggest product, 'Veeam backup and replication'.

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How to refresh your data centre: a definitive guide

How to refresh your data centre: a definitive guide

Replacing a traditional infrastructure with a hyper-converged solution can save you time and money. Not only that, it can make it easier to expand your data centre in the future and support emerging ways of working.

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What is your 3-2-1 backup strategy?

With the increase in cyber-attacks and particularly ransomware, it is becoming more than important than ever to ensure that you have a strong data protection strategy to protect your data.

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Interview with Commvault at VMworld Barcelona 2016

Interview with Commvault at VMworld Barcelona 2016

Barry caught up with Mark Jow of Commvault at VMworld 2016 held in Barcelona. They discussed how Commvault can help you protect your applications and data.

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Interview with Zerto at VMworld Barcelona 2016

Interview with Zerto at VMworld Barcelona 2016

At VMworld 2016 held in Barcelona Barry Coombs caught up with the president of Zerto. They talk about VMworld, Zerto's product set and how it will assist organisations bridge the on-premises - cloud gap, reduce RPO's and RTO's and much more. 

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Disaster Recovery with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

Disaster Recovery with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

SRM is a software product from VMware that integrates with VMware vSphere to provide automated recovery in the event of a disaster. The first requirement is to have a supported vSphere infrastructure at both the primary and secondary sites.

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