Robert Kellerman 
With ever-increasing data, the need for sophisticated data analytics and the ubiquitous requirement of maximum system performance, it is understandable that organizations would elect to move to a multi-cloud environment. In this article we focus on 5 pitfalls to avoid when deciding on your multi-cloud storage: 1. Beware of the cloud broker2. Vendor lock-in 3. … Read more
Phishing attacks are one of the most prevalent and common security challenges for both individuals and organizations attempting to ensure the security of their information. Whether it’s obtaining credit card information, or gaining access to passwords and other sensitive information, email, social media and telephone calls are just some of the communication forms hackers use … Read more
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is becoming increasingly popular for organizations wanting to reduce overheads and streamline IT operations. The flexibility of this model means there is no upfront investment in infrastructure required and it further minimizes maintenance and support costs. File-archiving-as-a-service (FAaaS) is one such SaaS solution aiming to provide a data storage environment that is able … Read more
The benefits associated with the as-a-service model are well known. It assists IT teams and organizations to simplify, streamline and optimize including faster time to benefit with reduced total cost of ownership, scalability, speed of deployment, and significantly decreased risk. However, with so many solutions and new tech on the market, it can become increasingly difficult … Read more
A cyber-attack costs a small business on average $53 987. Although this is much less that the cost associated with cyber-attacks on medium and large enterprises that easily escalates to millions of dollars, when considered from a proportion to size point of view, it is substantial. One of the ways hackers wreak this havoc is … Read more
Stage2Data, Canada’s premier cloud solution provider, recently upgraded its backend infrastructure offering reliability and quality of service by adding multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) layer 2 connectivity. Its first MPLS link has been provisioned and is now live! MPLS is a routing technique which directs data from one node to the next based on short path … Read more
With always-on consumers, unrelenting cyber threats and the cost of downtime, backup and disaster recovery solutions have become essential components of any successful business. However, when deciding on the appropriate solution, decisionmakers are often mistaken about what constitutes disaster recovery and what backup. As often they think backup is a complete or sufficient solution should … Read more
Even under optimal conditions and thorough disaster recovery (DR) planning, the possibility always exists that your disaster recovery strategy can go wrong. How disaster recovery can go wrong The steps you have taken to ensure your organization stays operational when disaster strikes can go awry for reasons including: A lack of planning – despite including … Read more
Disaster can present itself in many forms – corruption, theft, hurricane, ransomware – resulting in downtime, data loss and applications being taken down. Ideally, you would want data protection that could immediately restore all lost data and applications to the exact time and point of failure and immediately have your organization back to business as … Read more
Phishing attacks are becoming progressively clever and easy to launch. The convenience of phishing kits available to purchase on the dark web renders it easy for cybercriminals, even with minimal technical skills, to launch phishing campaigns. The emails used to execute the phishing attacks are also carefully crafted to avoid suspicion to ensure victims open … Read more
