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March 03, 2025  — 3 min read
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March 03, 2025  — 3 min read
Acronis Academy: What's new in 2025?
Acronis Academy is evolving to provide even more streamlined, impactful and advanced learning opportunities for our partners. Whether you're looking to get recertified, explore new technical capabilities or enhance your sales expertise, our expanded course offerings will help you stay ahead in the rapidly changing cybersecurity and data protection landscape.
October 15, 2014  — 2 min read
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October 15, 2014  — 2 min read
When Customers Speak… Uncensored
So, nScaled has been acquired by Acronis, the backup company. I am sure you know that already (and if you don’t just check our page!) Great synergy together – after all, backup is key part of DR. We’ve been busy, meeting and understanding the new organization, building the roadmap and integrating the technology, studying each other’s sales and marketing, and doing everything else companies do when they merge (kind of like people, minus sales and marketing). And sometimes, with all this routine work, the most amazing things can be lost or go un-noticed… But not today.
October 10, 2014  — 1 min read
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October 10, 2014  — 1 min read
Now Hiring: Data Protection Officer?
The European Union is continuing discussions regarding new data protection laws that, if approved, would have ramifications for how companies manage and protect their customers' data. Among the effects would be a requirement that companies hire for a new role: data protection officer.
October 09, 2014  — 3 min read
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October 09, 2014  — 3 min read
How Cloud Computing is Changing Data Protection in the Channel
Increased adoption of cloud computing, virtualization and other big IT shifts are rewriting the relationship between technology vendors and their channel partners. These shifts are having big affects further downstream, too, changing how resellers and managed service providers (MSPs) offer value to their own customers. Andrew Hamilton, director of engineering and professional services at Unitiv, a leading enterprise IT systems provider, discusses how his company serves its customers’ data protection needs amidst the changes.
October 08, 2014  — 3 min read
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October 08, 2014  — 3 min read
Seven Benefits of Enterprise Virtualization
The following is a guest post by John Grady, senior manager of product marketing at XO Communications:
October 07, 2014  — 2 min read
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October 07, 2014  — 2 min read
Behind the Cover: Protecting the Digital Data Backbone of a Print Magazine
Before that glossy magazine hits the shelf, a lot of work takes place behind the scenes. Freelance writers are hired, stories are edited, photos are chosen and sorted — and all of these elements are compiled using editing software. Losing the final version of a feature story, or misplacing a commissioned photo, adds further time and effort, so it's essential that publishers back up everything to keep the production schedule on track.
October 03, 2014  — 1 min read
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October 03, 2014  — 1 min read
How the Shellshock Vulnerability Puts The World's Data at Risk
Security experts recently discovered a new software vulnerability that could affect millions of devices and servers across the globe. It’s called Shellshock, and experts are still trying to determine just how big of a threat it is. The consensus, however, is that it poses even more risk than the Heartbleed bug discovered earlier this year.
October 01, 2014  — 3 min read
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October 01, 2014  — 3 min read
Information Explosion: Top Trends to Handle the Data Deluge
The following is a guest post by John Grady, senior manager of product marketing at XO Communications:
September 29, 2014  — 1 min read
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September 29, 2014  — 1 min read
Data Breaches Breed Loyalty Program Distrust Among Consumers
With company data breaches on the rise, consumers are becoming increasingly wary of sharing personal information with the brands they love. And with good reason. According to a recent survey, 43 percent of U.S. companies, including both Target and Home Depot, have experienced a breach this year. Even the companies that haven't experienced a data breach are feeling the effects of the growing distrust — especially in the travel industry.
September 26, 2014  — 2 min read
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September 26, 2014  — 2 min read
Data Breaches Hit Nearly Half of U.S. Companies in the Past Year
Treading on the heels of the Home Depot's announcement that 56 million credit and debit cards were jeopardized last week, new research shows that 43 percent of U.S. companies experienced a data breach in the past year. That’s a 10 percent increase from the previous year.
September 23, 2014  — 2 min read
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September 23, 2014  — 2 min read
With Rising Popularity of Wearables, Data Protection Hiccups Remain
More than 485 million wearable tech devices will ship to consumers annually by 2018, according to analyst predictions. But as these devices grow in popularity and number, so do concerns about protecting the data they generate.
September 22, 2014  — 2 min read
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September 22, 2014  — 2 min read
Apple Takes Bold Stand Against Sharing Customer Data for Advertising Purposes
With government surveillance of customer data at an all time high, tech companies address their privacy policies around data protection differently, and Apple has made customer data privacy a priority by baking changes into the iOS 8 software update. Customers have good reason to be concerned about companies selling their information to advertisers or companies themselves, especially since privacy policies are often so vague.
September 19, 2014  — 1 min read
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September 19, 2014  — 1 min read
The Cloud Could Mitigate Data Protection Complexity in the Connected Future
Before connected devices and the emerging Internet of Things, companies produced and stored the majority of data in the digital universe. But with a new generation of devices like Nest, Google Glass and Apple Watch, consumers are adding to the piles of data that needs to be backed up and stored.