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  • Digital Dialogue - Implementing Advanced Load Balancing in Azure

    Read this Digital Dialogue to find out how advanced load balancing technology can address issues including providing a focal point capable of examining all of the traffic coming in and out of systems. Learn more.

  • Microsoft Azure IaaS Solutions - Deploying and Managing the Azure IaaS Platform

    This Microsoft Azure IaaS Solutions Guide leads systems administrators and architects though common terms, design patterns, and specific examples of how to deploy Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions for compute, network, and storage.

  • Turbulence Ahead: The Changing Role of Data Protection

    Read this Fireside Chat paper to learn what can be done to manage and protect growing volumes of data including automating data management, setting reasonable recovery service objectives, and developing recovery strategies that meet business objectives.

  • Ultimate Buyer's Guide - Network Monitoring Software in 2018

    The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide answers the critical questions you have about network monitoring solutions. In this informative, easy-to-read guide, learn about the critical features, software license models, latest trends, and more of network monitoring. Learn more.

  • Fireside Chat White Paper: The Dangers of Not Deprovisioning

    Read this white paper to learn how backup technology helps assure data protection, manage complex licensing issues for current and former employees, and close security gaps in your infrastructure. Learn more.

  • The Case For Office 365 Backup - Uncovering Critical Reasons Why Organizations Need To Backup Office 365 Data

    Read this report on the hazards of not having an Office 365 backup in your arsenal, and why backup solutions for Microsoft Office 365 fill the gap of long-term retention and data protection. Learn more.

  • How To Spend Less Time On DR & More Time On IT

    Deploy these 10 tools included in today’s best-of-breed backup and continuity devices and you get to decide what you do with the time you saved. Learn more.

  • 5 Ways IT Resilience Beats Disaster Recovery

    In this paper learn to set your business up for success with these five steps you can take to build IT resiliency today. Read on.

  • DCIG 2017-18 Cloud Data Protection Appliance Buyer's Guide

    Compliments of Unitrends. DCIG’s analysts have done the heavy lifting for you. This buyer's guide helps you assess the cloud data protection appliance marketplace to determine which appliances may be the best fit for your environment. Read on.

  • IT Resilience: The Evolved Approach to a $700B Downtime Problem

    First there was Data Backup and Recovery. Then there was Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). This White Paper defines the evolving next innovation in business protection – IT Resilience (ITR) – and why it’s growing more important to organizations struggling to protect their data and operations from downtime. Read on.

  • 2018 Survey Results: 10 Findings on how over 800 IT Pros handle Disaster Recovery & Cloud Adoption

    The Unitrends 2018 annual survey of IT professionals about the challenges they face in protecting their data and business-critical applications culminated in July with over 800 survey respondents from companies of all sizes. The survey’s questions focused on two aspects of IT, first the current state of data protection and disaster recovery, and secondly attitudes towards and usage of the cloud. Learn more.

  • Top 3 Reasons IT Teams Are Still Using Tape For Their Primary Backup Target

    A recent Gartner report shows 9% of all IT administrators still use tape as their primary backup storage. With all the well-published pains of tape, there have to be some advantages, otherwise why would usage continue at all? We did the research, and here are 3 reasons why many IT teams keep backup directly to tape as part of their backup practice. Learn more.

  • Unitrends and Nutanix Implementation Guide and Architecture Overview

    Nutanix is on fire and Unitrends is thrilled to be a part of their certified solution community. The newly released Unitrends and Nutanix Implementation Guide is an ideal read for both IT administrators who are currently running workloads in a Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure and for those who are planning to. Learn more.

  • How You Can Make VMware Downtime History

    Your goal is to make sure your business can keep running, whether you encounter a Category 5 hurricane, a ransomware attack, a data center fire, or just simple user error. We call it “making downtime history.” That’s no small achievement, given the ways traditional systems have fallen short. But you can get there in three steps, and this white paper will show you how. Learn more.

  • Fireside Chat White Paper: Backup and Recovery Options in Office 365

    Read this paper to find out how experts answered key questions about backup and recovery options for Office 365, including the most important one: Does Microsoft backup data in Office 365? Learn more.

  • Transitioning from Managed Services to Managed Security

    In this white paper, Garrett Gross, Director of Field Enablement, AlienVault and Tim Foley, Sr. Manager of Information Security, Dataprise discuss the current state of the market for MSSPs and best practices for new MSSPs. Learn more.

  • Frost & Sullivan: Practitioner’s Guide to Building a Security Operations Center

    This paper examines the tools, personnel and processes required to build and operate an effective SOC, along with an analysis of how organizations can leverage the AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform as the foundation for a SOC. Learn more.

  • Cloud Security & Compliance For Dummies®

    "In the rush to the cloud – whether SaaS, public, private or hybrid – it can be hard to know if you’re doing enough to secure your data and apps there. Our e-book provides a step-by-step guide to properly managing cloud risk without slowing deployment. Learn more.

  • Deploy Your Database with Flexibility, Security, and Performance

    Organizations are increasingly using data to run applications, inform processes, and gain insight. To support these initiatives, applications and users need fast, reliable, secure access to the right data at all times. Learn more.

  • Deliver Highly Reliable and Available Database Performance

    Together, Red Hat and Microsoft deliver a highly available and reliable foundation for database operations that meets modern digital business needs. Learn how Microsoft SQL Server 2017 on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® delivers data reliability and availability for critical workloads. Learn more.