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QNAP
DeadBolt is hitting QNAP NAS devices via zero-day bug, what to do?

A few days ago – and smack in the middle of the weekend preceding Labor Day (as celebrated in the U.S.) – Taiwan-based QNAP Systems has warned about the latest …

files
What’s polluting your data lake?

A data lake is a large system of files and unstructured data collected from many, untrusted sources, stored and dispensed for business services, and is susceptible to malware …

HDD
57% of people can’t recall if they ever backed up their important documents

Apricorn announced findings from a Twitter poll exploring device data and backup processes ahead of World Backup Day on March 31st. When asked to be honest with their …

SSD
Poor data sanitization practices put public sector data at risk

A research launched by Blancco Technology Group reveals current practices and policies for device sanitization within the public sector. Researchers spoke to 596 government IT …

data
Organizations need to evolve their data management strategy

IDC predicts that, over the next five years, more than 80% of the data collected by organizations will be unstructured data, and that will only continue to grow 40-50% per …

cloud
Is higher security a benefit of database migration to the cloud?

MariaDB announced key findings from its survey that shows no one’s staying behind as businesses move forward with database migration to the cloud. Those surveyed included IT …

cloud storage
What are the barriers to moving legacy data to the cloud?

While 95% of tech leaders worldwide say moving their legacy application data to the cloud is a priority, and 80.5% want to do it within the next 12 months, only 35% of tech …

data storage
How will emerging technologies impact the data storage landscape?

Scality announced its data storage predictions for 2022, coming off a year when ransomware attacks have exploded, skills shortages remain, and cloud adoption continues. This …

ransomware
Five game-changing factors for companies dealing with ransomware attacks

Continual innovation and growing sophistication of cloud services is giving organizations clear and practical routes to deal with ransomware attacks. The latest cloud-based …

backup
Storage systems vulnerabilities: Act now to avoid disasters

Continuity issued a research report which provided an analysis of the vulnerabilities and misconfigurations of enterprise storage systems. The findings revealed that storage …

GDPR
SMEs awareness of GDPR is high, but few adhere to its legal requirements

85 percent of the small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are familiar with GDPR, but more than half are still not cleaning their data and therefore not adhering …

backup
Move to all-flash object storage to occur within five years

Scality announced the results of a Vanson Bourne survey completed by IT decision makers across the UK, France and Germany. It revealed a fundamental shift in the industry …

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