Data Domain vs StoreOnce: Dedupe Appliance or DIY Target?
For UK infrastructure leaders reviewing backup target refreshes in 2026, the marketing pitch remains seductive: Dell Data Domain and HPE StoreOnce ded…
Backup Data Residency UK 2026: Sovereignty & CLOUD Act
Securing backup data residency in the UK requires navigating a sharp legal divide that physical data centre geography cannot bridge alone. While the E…
Active Directory Disaster Recovery: The Plan You're Missing
When NotPetya tore through Maersk's global network, nearly every domain controller was destroyed — except one, in a branch office in Ghana, which surv…
Cyber Insurance Backup Requirements in 2026: The UK Guide
UK cyber insurance underwriters in 2026 no longer treat data protection as a basic operational hygiene checkbox. Carriers increasingly treat resilient…
Veeam Proxmox Support: Backups Surviving a VMware Exit
Migrating away from VMware ESXi without confirming backup compatibility leaves organisations vulnerable to unrecoverable workloads and stranded compli…
UK Backup Retention Policy Guide: Legal Periods & Architecture
Designing an audit-ready backup retention policy in the UK requires balancing strict statutory baselines—such as HMRC's 6 years plus current rule and …
Veeam Hardened Repository: The 2026 Case for Leaving Windows
Ransomware frequently targets backup infrastructure via compromised production identities in many documented incidents, so separation from the main do…
Cyber Recovery Vault 2026: Do UK Firms Need One?
On 18 March 2026, Rubrik and Rackspace switched on a UK Sovereign Cyber Recovery Cloud — an isolated clean-room environment that stays offline from th…
DRaaS vs Self-Managed DR: The 2026 UK Buyer's Call
IBM puts it bluntly: owning and running your own disaster recovery site can cost roughly three times as much as buying it as a service. For UK IT lead…
SaaS Backup Beyond Microsoft 365: The 2026 Gap
UK IT leaders have largely absorbed the message that Microsoft 365 needs independent backup. What most have not absorbed is that the same gap is wider…
NIS2 Backup Requirements 2026: Is Immutable Storage Mandated?
NIS2 never uses the word "immutable". Article 21(2)(c) simply requires policies on business continuity, backup management, and disaster recovery, back…
Ransomware Recovery Time 2026: Prove Your RTO Before Attack
Every disaster recovery plan has a Recovery Time Objective written down somewhere. Almost none of them have been proven. N-able's own guidance notes t…
3-2-1 Backup Rule 2026: Why UK Firms Need 3-2-1-1-0
The 3-2-1 backup rule — three copies, two media, one offsite — was once the ceiling for good practice. In 2026 it's the floor. Ransomware operators no…
Immutable Backup vs Air Gap: Ransomware Defence 2026
Modern ransomware no longer just encrypts your live data — it hunts down and destroys the backups first. In 94% of attacks, criminals now try to compr…
Best backup software UK 2026: Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault, Veritas, M365 Backup, Acronis, Druva — the full picture
Most UK backup shortlists narrow to Veeam, Rubrik and Commvault — but the market now includes Microsoft 365 Backup (native, since 2024), Acronis (SMB …
Migrating from Backup Exec to Veeam: a 90-day UK playbook
Veritas Backup Exec served UK SMB + mid-market well for two decades but most organisations now migrate to Veeam Data Platform as Backup Exec reaches a…
Choosing a UK disaster recovery provider: the 9 questions that matter
UK Disaster Recovery providers — 11:11 Systems (ex-Sungard), Daisy, IPL, IOmart, Pulsant DRaaS, plus Azure Site Recovery + AWS Elastic Disaster Recove…
Immutable backup architectures: WORM, S3 Object Lock, hardened Linux
Ransomware-resistant backup architecture is no longer optional — it's expected by every UK regulator + insurer. The three production-grade approaches …
Veeam vs Rubrik vs Commvault — which backup platform should UK IT teams pick?
Veeam, Rubrik and Commvault are the three platforms UK IT leaders most often shortlist when modernising backup. They overlap heavily on paper. In prac…
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