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  • Rubrik AI and Identity Summit 2026

    Rubrik AI and Identity Summit 2026

    Rubrik just announced Code Guardian, as their next step beyond backup and into their ‘Security and AI Operations’ tagline. When my kids were learning to drive, I used to tell them the accident you avoid beats the accident you recover from. Turns out that’s just as true for unsecured code as it is for teenage…

  • HYCU’s aiR Announcement

    HYCU’s aiR Announcement

    Every ten years, the Data Protection industry (what we’re mostly calling Cyber Resilience these days) rediscovers two truths and asks the same question: what else can I do with my backup data? HYCU, Inc. aiR might finally give us an answer — here’s why. press release: https://lnkd.in/ghJ-HJcU Congrats to Simon Taylor, Andy Fernandez, and the…

  • Let’s talk about the Server-to-Server Data Gap

    Let’s talk about the Server-to-Server Data Gap

    When Certes dropped their announcement last week, it got me thinking about a gap that most data protection and cyber resilience teams haven’t fully reckoned with yet — and it’s not the one you’re probably thinking of. Server-to-server data flows are largely unprotected in most environments; and sophisticated adversaries are already harvesting that traffic today…

  • CSG completes acquisition of arctera

    CSG completes acquisition of arctera

    Congrats to the Cloud Software Group on completing its acquistion of Arctera! I first started helping organizations with enterprise-grade backup solutions that were rightsized for smaller environments over 30 years ago. Back then, I was also deploying Citrix for managed desktops, which could be an interesting better together stack for disaster recovery and cyber resilience…

  • Veeam introduces VDC for VCSPs

    Veeam introduces VDC for VCSPs

    Congrats to Veeam – and more importantly to Veeam Cloud Service Providers (VCSPs) who can now leverage Veeam Data Cloud for their VCSP service delivery when protecting Microsoft 365 and Entra ID.

  • Object First introduces mini’s

    Object First introduces mini’s

    Object First recently announced the upcoming Ootbi mini — as a small formfactor repository that’s built to be part of an SMB’s Cyber Resilience strategy. Frankly, DPM is as excited about they Honeypot feature as the new appliance.

  • Arctera adds identity protection

    Arctera adds identity protection

    Kudos to the Arctera team for adding Identity Protection to Backup Exec.Data may be the lifeblood of the organization, but Identity is the keys to the kingdom.

  • Cohesity’s Recovery Agent

    Cohesity’s Recovery Agent

    As part of its Catalyst 1 Data Summit, Cohesity announced their “Five Steps to Cyber Resilience” and specifically draws out the critical importance of “Practice”, which can’t be done without orchestrated workflows. Hence, the Cohesity Recovery Agent.

  • Cohesity’s Five Steps to Cyber Resilience

    Cohesity’s Five Steps to Cyber Resilience

    Cohesity had a huge day of announcements as part of its Catalyst 1 Data Summit, with the foundation being built on its Five Steps of Cyber Resilience.

  • Welcome Back, Veritas! The Truth is still the Truth

    Welcome Back, Veritas! The Truth is still the Truth

    Today, Symantec announced that the Information Management (Data Protection) side of Symantec will be called Veritas Technologies Corporation – (press release). Frankly, if they had chosen anything else, I would have been disappointed. The Truth is Still the Truth — “Veritas” actually means “Truth,” hence the original name as a way to imply the reliability…