Robert Kellerman 
Cloud backup is the future for many organisations. Large and small business enterprises alike are turning to cloud backup (either private or public or a blended infrastructure) because it combines the best of all worlds: public cloud, private cloud and dedicated servers collaborating in any combination. In this second instalment of our article series, Why … Read more
Organisations of all sizes struggle with storing, protecting and managing large amounts of data. Traditional storage platforms such as hard disks, flash drives and other types of physical storage devices have long lost their sheen and people are increasingly looking for more advanced options of cloud storage for their files and data. Technology is further … Read more
“Since moving our infrastructure from onsite to Stage2Data’s Cloud hosting and backup services we would never look back. Their service and support over the years has been phenomenal.” Summary Avanta Insurance Inc. is an independent insurance broker, with a history going back to 1968. With their head offices located in Toronto, Canada, and having been … Read more
Companies informing their customers that their data may have been compromised and or their personal information affected seem to have been the prevailing state of affairs during 2018. The personal information of millions of people around the world was compromised during these data security breaches. Some of the biggest victims of these breaches include Facebook, … Read more
Software viruses remain one of the leading threats to both businesses and individuals. Dealing with the consequences of any malware attack is an enormous challenge and even more so in the event of a ransomware attack, as the latter is often impossible to resolve. What is ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malware or malicious … Read more
The concept of cloud space is still relatively unclear and confusion still exists about what exactly the “cloud” is and how different services interact with it. Adding to this confusion, cloud storage services are often the backend for backup and sync services as well as stand-alone services. In an attempt to settle the confusion, we … Read more
In September 2018, Stage2Data became a certified Internet Service Provider (ISP). The purpose of this corporate upgrade was not to compete with other carriers who already provide internet connectivity at costs but to offer better service to their clients who make use of their Cloud Hosting (HaaS), Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery services (BC/DR). Typically … Read more
“…it took little convincing the financial directors as the numbers just makes sense. “How can one put value on recovery and after all if the IT guy can sleep at night, it means the other stakeholders can sleep better at night” Summary Baker Tilly SNT LLP recently moved their backups over to Stage2Data’s Rubrik solution. … Read more
Stage2Data recently partnered with Heimdal Security to offer our clients prime Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware services. We now offer robust, multi-layered security products to combat next-gen malware, ransomware and other enterprise threats. The question is, “Are you Proactive or Reactive” when you protect your company? Thor Foresight Enterprise (Proactive): Businesses today need advanced tools to keep … Read more
Enterprises are moving rapidly to large cloud computing platforms to run their apps and very often, most of them tend to ignore the very crucial, disaster recovery and backup planning. “Many of them believe they don’t need that for large third party. The truth is, it is someone else’s server. Your local infrastructure still needs … Read more
