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Looking for the best backup solution? There’s a lot to consider when adopting the best tool for your business. Read our "Definitive Guide to Solutions" to learn best practices and what questions to ask yourself when comparing companies. https://loom.ly/SGLSSAs

The Definitive Guide to Linux Backup Solutions The market is full of solutions but they’re not all created equal. Learn best practices for Linux backup and find out what to look for in your next solution.

Your test is complete. Now what? It’s time to assess the effectiveness of your DR test. Use this seven-step checklist to make sure you’re doing the most with your results. https://loom.ly/Z_8jCHA

Disaster Recovery Test Results Checklist Even the best DR plans don’t always generate the most useful disaster recovery test results. Use this seven-step checklist to make sure you’re doing it right.

Enhance your backup strategies for better . Watch our demo video to learn how to perform the physical to virtual storage migration of Enterprise systems with our SBAdmin solution. https://loom.ly/bXvRKmk

Webinar Schedule | Storix Software Backup and Recovery for your Linux, AIX, and Solaris systems. Our flexible disaster recovery process allows you to restore Linux and AIX to disssimilar hardware and storage.

Is your company prepared for system failures? Watch our webinar to learn more about backing up Enterprise systems with our SBAdmin solution. https://loom.ly/bE0ZmdU

Storix Webinar - Backup and Disaster Recovery of Red Hat Systems - Physical and Virtual Servers This webinar covers backing up, restoring and disaster recovery of Red Hat systems. It covers physical and virtual servers. Storix disaster recovery software works…

Many sys admins assume that their backups provide them with the protection they need. They’re wrong. Read our most recent blog about a frequent “gotcha” when it comes to restoring your system. https://loom.ly/xHV0T8s

Looking for a software partner? Storix is the best choice for AIX and Linux solutions for . Check out our Reseller Program for more information. https://loom.ly/IjuuyAM

Thoughts of giving you a migraine? We’ve made it simple for you. Take a look at our recent article for three quick ways to get your business ready and to make DR testing more effective. �https://loom.ly/xrUvwuc

Don’t let your strategy fail. Read about the 3-2-1 rule when it comes to protecting your business data. https://loom.ly/yn4Z7Sw

Ransomware Backup Strategy: Beyond the 3-2-1 Rule Your ransomware backup strategy should be simple, but if it’s missing some key elements, it’s bound to fail. Find out what to do—and what to avoid.

Can a single protect all your critical systems? Find out what it takes to truly protect your business. https://loom.ly/N5VqScM

Are your RTO and RPO fine-tuned to protect your business in the event of an IT disaster? Here's what you need to know: https://loom.ly/z-koUe4

Facing the daunting task of rebuilding your system from scratch? Here's how to avoid pitfalls that can sabotage your RTO. https://loom.ly/2kEyrpQ

Does your Red Hat Linux backup and restore solution only back up your business data? There’s a huge gap in your disaster recovery plan. Learn why https://loom.ly/Y0E-dVA

SAP HANA disaster recovery: Read why your SAP HANA backup software may be leaving you vulnerable, and how to safely meet your RTO. http://bit.ly/3ckjex1

SAP HANA Backup: Is Your Business Adequately Protected? If your SAP HANA backup software only backs up data, it’s leaving you vulnerable. This white paper explains how true disaster recovery can help you meet your RTO.

The new Drovorub Linux rootkit has the FBI and NSA concerned. It was created by the group suspected of the SolarWinds hack. Learn more. bit.ly/38As6we

Drovorub Linux Malware: A serious rootkit threat to Linux servers Protect Red Hat and SUSE Enterprise Linux Servers from the serious new Drovorub Linux rootkit attack that can compromise every aspect of your systems

Is a good full-system backup a part of your security plan? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/technology-now-scott-figgins/

Technology Then and Now! The pace of advances and evolution in technology today has never been more rapid. You can’t have an IT conversation today without talking about the “CLOUD” .

Storix, Inc. updated their business hours.

SBAdmin version 8.2.4.2 went out the door this morning. Check it out: www3.storix.com/tweet-dl

Storix® System Backup Administrator Announces Support for Linux Distributions Optimized for IBM POWER8

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What happens when a server crashes? (Take blood pressure reading now.) http://bit.ly/1OAcJU6

Is Your Disaster Recovery Plan Enough to Protect Your Network, Data & IT Assets? | SmartData... Disaster recovery is nothing new for enterprises. Those with on-premises infrastructure will often invest in additional disaster-recovery tools, such as remote backups, archives, etc. However, for small businesses, disaster recovery may be deemed costly or an unnecessary expense.Disaster recovery is…

It still amazes us to read that a majority of U.S. small business owners still have no disaster recovery plan. http://bit.ly/1NLsVSY

Majority of U.S. small business owners have no disaster recovery plan or business interruption... Three out of four small business owners in the United States do not have a disaster recovery plan, and more than half (52%) say it would take at least three months to recover from a disaster, according to a new survey by Nationwide, a...

IT Professionals Think Information Security And Disaster Recovery Should Be Last To Get Budget Cuts IT professionals are clearly concerned that their information security and disaster recovery programs will face budget cuts.

Only 26% of respondents prepared to handle a major IT disaster. Read: http://bit.ly/1A55vzb

Before you patch CVE-2015-0235, get a good backup. http://bit.ly/1JIulJg

Linux 'Ghost' Vulnerability System backup software for bare-metal recovery of Linux, AIX and Solaris systems

This is a great article on . Good sections on purging and archiving old data as well as preparing for testing and of your Big Data. From http://bit.ly/13Db0tK

Big Data Holiday Planning! — DatabaseJournal.com Your big data repository won't simply add another twelve months of data over the next year. More data is coming, more categories of data will be created, and your analytical environment must expand to fit future needs. But size alone won't be your only problem. In the rush to accumulate a sufficient…

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11 Predictions for Security in 2015 It’s tough to know what the security landscape will look like in six months, never mind a year. But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying.

The attack on Sony Pictures sparks a lot of questions on . We just posted an article to our blog site exploring the issues. bit.ly/1zITW12

Sony Pictures' 'wipeout' Attack against Sony Pictures highlights weaknesses in their disaster recovery strategy.

This article has a great discussion on who gets blamed when IT services go down. (Hint: It's usually not the guy at the top.) Have a good DR plan can protect your job and turn you into an IT hero.

The Disaster Recovery Blame Game When SMBs are plagued by system disasters, mid-level IT staff members often shoulder the blame, but they can turn to cloud-based Recovery as a Service for help.

Great article from the Wall Street Journal talking about and Cisco's new proposed . (No, that's not a joke!)

One problem they discuss is:

"Getting data into and out of the is harder than most [...] are willing to admit."

That's something our SBAdmin can help with, allowing you to perform V2V and V2P migration with ease.

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Another great example of how lack of a cohesive plan can lead to terrible consequences.

Random events will happen that you can't prepare for. (In this case, birds building a nest that knocked out power.) However, the backup plan should have been tested for failure points. The cost of this incident should have been MUCH lower.

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Data centre outage cost $1.6M in equipment, lost productivity Recovery from a massive failure at the Marysville Data Centre in June cost the provincial government $1.6 million, according to a new government report.

Our company, not surprisingly, focuses on Disaster Recovery. Thus we found this artlcle on Disaster Avoidance extremely refreshing.

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The difference between disaster avoidance and recovery Creating a disaster recovery plan is important to restoring IT operations quickly, but having a disaster avoidance strategy can help you prevent outages in the first place.

We're at SUSEcon in Orlando, FL this week. Come visit us at booth 106. Lots of announcements including live kernel patching, bring your own licensing, and software defined storage. Being a backup company, we're especially interested in the last item.

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SUSE announces live kernel patching, storage solution SUSE announces live kernel patching, storage solution

A little fun reading for Friday: the top 10 tech conspiracies of all time. Which ones do you remember? Which ones do you believe?

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Top 10 tech conspiracy theories of all time From Wingdings to wage fixing, a leisurely scroll through some infamous IT intrigues

This article is a little more esoteric, but it has a great discussion on risk avoidance. After a negative event has occurred there is commonly finger pointing and the inevitable question, "Why didn't we see this coming?". Is the answer possibly, "Because we didn't want to?"

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The Hardest Risk to Avoid You can't plan for the risks that haven't even crossed your mind. What's often not explored after the fact, though, is why we didn't see issues coming -- shouldn't we have been on the lookout? Isn't that the duty of those of us in risk management? James Bone outlines a more encompassing approach to…

COMPTIA just released a report stating: "Twenty-four percent of adopters move back to on-premise systems". That's pretty shocking considering the investment of time and money. We've also read reports that moving your data INTO the cloud is easy but vendors can make it difficult or impossible to get your data and apps back OUT. Thankfully our software supports V2P migration so you don't get locked in.

Twenty-four percent of cloud adopters move back to on-premise systems A recent study by CompTIA revealed cloud adoption to be present among almost all organizations. However, a significant portion of cloud adopters move back to on-premise systems.