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AWS Announces the Ability to Switch Windows Server and SQL Server License Types

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As of this past November 9th 2021, AWS now offers the ability to switch between AWS provided licenses and bring your own licenses (BYOL) for Windows Server and SQL Server instances using the AWS License Manager. Changing the license type associated with your instances will retain the application, instance, data and configuration for that instance. […] Continue reading AWS Announces the Ability to Switch Windows Server and SQL Server License Types→

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Supports AWS

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At this past virtual Ignite 2021 conference, Microsoft announced that their Microsoft Defender for Cloud service will provide native support for AWS. Multi-cloud protection has become a priority for most businesses. Flexera’s 2021 State of the Cloud report showed that 92% of organizations now have a multi-cloud strategy. Microsoft Defender for Cloud was previously called […] Continue reading Microsoft Defender for Cloud Supports AWS→

Microsoft 365 Built-in Data Protection

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Microsoft 365 is the most widely used cloud application for business and it has several different technologies that are designed to protect your data. Let’s take a closer look at Microsoft 365’s built-in data protection technologies and see what steps you might need to take for your own complete data protection needs. OneDrive Recycle Bin […] Continue reading Microsoft 365 Built-in Data Protection→

Ransomware Risks for Microsoft 365

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With the rise in remote workers the risk of ransomware is higher than it has ever been before. By now most people know that ransomware is a type of malware extortion scheme that typically encrypts files and folders preventing access to critical data or sometimes it can also be used to steal sensitive data. After […] Continue reading Ransomware Risks for Microsoft 365→

AWS Panorama Provides Computer Vision

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This past October 20th, 2021 Amazon announced the general availability of their new AWS Panorama appliance. Adding to their ever increasing number of on-premises solutions, AWS Panorama shows exactly how seriously AWS takes the hybrid cloud market. What is AWS Panorama? The AWS Panorama appliance is a computer vision (CV) appliance that uses Machine Learning (ML) to […] Continue reading AWS Panorama Provides Computer Vision→

How to Avoid Disaster Recovery Failures

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Experiencing a disaster is one of the worst possible events for both businesses and their IT departments. However, there is one worse event – failure to recover from the disaster.  While every IT department should have a disaster recovery (DR) plan, that doesn’t mean every DR plan will work. In the best case, a failure […] Continue reading How to Avoid Disaster Recovery Failures→

Amazon Announces the General Availability of VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts

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This past Oct 5th 2021, Amazon announced the general availability of VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts. In case you’re not familiar with AWS Outposts, they have been available since December 2019. AWS Outposts are essentially an Amazon provided hardware platform that runs on-premise and supplies hybrid cloud services.  Amazon provides the hardware and software and […] Continue reading Amazon Announces the General Availability of VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts→

Amazon Announces the General Availability of EKS Anywhere

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Amazon EKS Anywhere is a deployment option for Amazon EKS that enables you to create and operate Kubernetes clusters on-premises using VMware vSphere. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a fully managed container service that allows you to run and scale Kubernetes applications in the AWS cloud. In fact, according to the Cloud Native […] Continue reading Amazon Announces the General Availability of EKS Anywhere→

AWS Adds Support for NetApp ONTAP

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One of the major announcements from this past AWS Storage Day 2021, September 2nd 2021, was Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is a fully managed storage service that enables businesses to run NetApp ONTAP file systems in the AWS cloud. ONTAP from NetApp  is an enterprise data management solution designed to provide […] Continue reading AWS Adds Support for NetApp ONTAP→

Should you Consider Backup-as-a-Service?

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Instead of performing your backup with your centralized on-premises IT infrastructure, BaaS connects your protected systems to a public cloud managed by the cloud provider or MSP.

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