Category: Blog
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What Should You Expect From Fully Managed IT Services?
You should always expect your vendors and suppliers to provide excellent service, but it’s not easy to predict the types of customer experiences a new provider will deliver. Choosing a cloud services provider that is capable of supporting fully managed IT services is a critical leap for any small business. The IT department — even…
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10 IaaS Implementation Best Practices
Moving infrastructure to a cloud workspace is unlike any other tech project. There can be a tremendous amount of benefit for making this move. At the same time, it’s essential that the move is executed properly. Although infrastructure as a service (IaaS) options like Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and other public cloud platforms can…
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Ensure Every Employee Is a Secure Remote Worker in the Post-Pandemic Era
Digital security has always been important, and the industry keeps expanding as more information lives in the cloud. But ensuring your employees are secure is especially vital in a post-pandemic world. Remote and hybrid work environments are the new normal in the wake of Covid-19, and organizations spend a lot of time and energy finding…
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Looking for the Best Way to Manage Off-Site Backups? The Solution is Veeam Cloud Connect
It’s common for businesses to struggle with the problem of off-site backup. You understand the rationale. Threats from cyberattacks, hardware failure, natural disasters, or human error hover over businesses that rely on digital processes and data, and the costs of downtime make overlooking off-site backups too big of a risk. Furthermore, off-site backups are a…
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How to Find the Right Digital Workspace Solutions
The modern work environment was already evolving quickly when the pandemic accelerated the need for flexibility and accessibility. Today, digital workspaces based on virtualization and cloud computing technologies have transformed the employee experience. Work that previously existed solely within the office is now available anytime, anywhere, on any device. The best digital workspace solutions not…
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How a SharePoint Online Backup Is an Important Part of Backing Up Microsoft 365
If you’ve ever experienced losing a document that wasn’t backed up, imagine how much worse it can be when it’s your company’s whole system at risk! While many people believe one of the benefits of using M365 is that Microsoft backs up all your data, the truth is that Microsoft considers this a “shared responsibility.”…
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Ensuring Cloud Security and Compliance for Your Business
Keeping data safe is (or should be!) a top concern for all businesses these days. On top of that, many industries have additional challenges with needing to maintain some sort of regulatory compliance. HIPAA, PCI, SOC2, NIST, and other similar regulations provide minimum requirements for security controls to ensure data confidentiality. According to Enterprise Strategy…
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We asked almost 500 IT professionals for their most challenging Backup and Disaster Recovery Questions
THREE BIG BACKUP AND DISASTER RECOVERY THEMES EMERGED – AND WE’VE GOT ANSWERS! This blog post has been updated in May 2022 to provide greater information by expanding upon previous answers and include a reference to our 30-day, risk-free Veeam trial offer for you. In November 2020, Virtual Systems cohosted a live event with Veeam…
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The Best Option for MSPs Providing Secure, Compliant Cloud Services
If you’re a managed service provider (MSP), you’re probably looking for a way to keep up with the growing demand for cloud services. One of the most requested solutions is Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), which is booming globally and predicted to reach a market value of $1.167 billion by 2027, a whopping 23.7…
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What Does VPS Stand for in IT?
When it comes to customer-facing IT systems, the baseline for hosting solutions is often a traditional server. While dedicated hardware might be great for supporting massive enterprises, it comes with a commensurate payment plan. While there are a few solutions for better scalability of both size and price, many organizations are turning to Virtual Private…
