In an era where cyber threats evolve daily, every business must be prepared for inevitable cyberattacks. Legacy data protection methods fall short in today’s digital battleground. Wipro, in collaboration with Zerto, introduces a new approach to cybersecurity with its Real-Time Cyber Resilient Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). The Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape Every enterprise […]
Living in the Digital Age means that companies are expected to deliver their services and products to customers, employees, and prospects 24/7/365. We rely on information technology to satisfy the omnipresent needs of the people, but the ubiquity of these technologies is a double edged sword. The value of having immediate access to a patient’s […]
Airlines, take notes from GitLab. This is how you do a disaster. We’ve been saying this for years, disasters are gonna happen. Not a week goes by without news of some airline outage, ransomware taking down a hospital or power failure taking down a major website. This week saw (at least) two. Delta’s outage and GitLab’s […]
In the ever-changing world of corporate information technology and data management, CIOs are tasked with keeping a demanding pace and must be poised to make critical, well-informed decisions to mitigate risks and ensure business continuity for their organizations. No easy feat! Developed as an outlet to evaluate and discuss hot topics in the world of IT […]
South Australia was plunged into darkness this week as severe storms hit the region and saw a lengthy state-wide power outage. The power outage had, and is still having, far-reaching effects for individuals, businesses and government organisations. The major SA power outage reminds us of the dangers of natural disasters and wild weather. In Australia, […]
As any successful person or organization would know, failing to prepare is preparing to fail. In light of the ASX trading failures this week, and the numerous public IT “outages” that have been reported on over the past few quarters, it is worth reflecting on what IT resiliency really means. For Zerto IT resiliency means […]
When I joined Zerto less than a year ago, one of the first things I noticed is how inadequate the term “Disaster Recovery” is to describe everything that Zerto can do for you. It made it very difficult to really explain the value of our solution in such a short time-frame. Disaster Recovery (DR) isn’t […]
Guest Post By David Feinglass, Solutions Engineer at Zerto In reading about the recent outage at Delta, and seeing this article in which the CEO states that the vulnerability in their IT infrastructure was “a surprise to them”, it reminded me of a personal experience that sounds similar. It speaks to the fact that your […]
In case you haven’t seen the news – or heard from friends and family complaining on Facebook – Delta passengers experienced a second day of flight delays and cancellations today due to a power outage in Atlanta yesterday. Hundreds of flights were cancelled and problems were compounded by Delta’s inability to get their notification systems […]
Forrester Research interviewed Zerto’s internal experts, along with their own Analysts, as well as Zerto customers, to learn about the benefits, costs, risks, and flexibility of Zerto. Forrester then quantified and articulated the results in this fascinating Total Economic ImpactTM study. Some highlights from the study: Zerto accounted for $2.2 million in savings in licensing, incidents, […]
By Stephen Gracon, Zerto Pre-Sales Engineer This one may be a hoax, but this did in fact happen to one of my former employers (a company no longer around) while I was working there. Back in the day I was a Solaris Administrator responsible for managing a main data center in Portland and 41 call […]
Contributed post from Keith Taylor, Zerto Sales Development Rep Relationships around the world took a hit this week as amorous lovers, both young and old, found themselves suddenly unable to stream their date-night movie on Netflix, unable to find their sought-after matches on Tinder and – to top it all off – unable to buy […]
Congress passed the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) in 2014. The act was meant to improve technology implementations in federal agencies with the following core objectives: Decrease costs Improve efficiencies by streamlining purchasing Reduce duplicative spending and unused capacity The law has produced positive results, with some agencies achieving improved measurable outcomes. The […]
Guest Blog Post by Daniel Hereford, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer at SmartBank SmartBank is a full-service commercial bank which opened its first office in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee in January 2007. Exceeding $3 billion in assets, SmartBank has grown organically and through multiple acquisitions, including Progressive Savings Bank (2020), Foothills Bank (2018), Southern Community […]
Given everything that has unfolded this past year, predicting what’s next carries a lot of uncertainty. It’s clear that the pandemic and its impact on our workplaces accelerated the adoption of technologies and digital transformation in ways we couldn’t have predicted a year ago. However, we can’t stop looking ahead. With that in mind, members […]
