World Backup Day: A Good Reason to Audit Your Clients' Server Backup | Data Protection Digest | March 2026
by Mike Andrews on Apr 2, 2026, 8:30:00 AM
Table of Contents World Backup Day: A Good Reason to Audit Your Clients' Server Backup The Generalist MSP Is a Losing Strategy. Here's What's Replacing It World Backup Day: 25% Off Managed Backup World Backup Day: A Good Reason to Audit Your Clients' Server Backup World Backup Day, ce …
Finding the Best MSP Backup Solution for SMB | Data Protection Digest | February 2026
by Mike Andrews on Feb 26, 2026, 11:51:52 AM
Table of Contents Finding the Best MSP Backup Solution for Your Small Business Clients The World of Data Protection Beyond the Cloud Finding the Best MSP Backup Solution for Your Small Business Clients Small business customers are asking tougher questions about backup, ransomware resi …
Finding the Best MSP Backup Solution for Your Small Business Clients
by Mike Andrews on Feb 10, 2026, 7:30:01 AM
If you're an MSP supporting small businesses, you already know backup isn't a "set it and forget it" thing. It requires constant monitoring, testing, and the ability to restore data when clients need it most.
Why Backup Is Your Best Managed Services Entry Point in 2026 | Data Protection Digest | January 2026
by Mike Andrews on Jan 29, 2026, 12:00:00 AM
Table of Contents 5 Backup Trends for 2026 The World of Data Protection Essential Resources for NovaBACKUP Partners 5 Backup Trends for 2026 As we move into 2026, the data protection landscape is shifting in ways that matter for MSPs, IT resellers, and channel partners. Our latest blo …
5 Backup Trends You Don’t Want to Miss in 2026
by Mike Andrews on Jan 15, 2026, 1:50:50 PM
At the start of every year, vendors and analyst firms publish their predictions for what’s next in IT. In 2026, much of the conversation in backup and data protection revolves around AI-driven features, evolving compliance demands, and enterprise-scale architectures. But for smaller p …
Data Protection Trends in 2025
by Mike Andrews on Jan 7, 2025, 1:14:03 PM
What MSPs and SMBs Need to Know The start of a new year is always a good time to review current trends and prepare for what's to come in the months ahead. As we step into 2025, the world of data protection continues to present both challenges and opportunities for Managed Service Prov …
The Win-Win-Win of Managed Backup Services
by Mike Andrews on Feb 27, 2024, 6:15:00 AM
After nearly three decades in the data protection software business, I've seen plenty of major changes – in the technology itself, and in the way organizations acquire it. One of the most significant developments has been how subscription-based pricing models have overtaken perpetual …
2024 Data Protection Trends & Predictions for SMBs
by Mike Andrews on Jan 2, 2024, 10:30:00 PM
As I sit here reading the various 2024 predictions from tech vendors, industry analysts, and experts that are popping up everywhere right now, I can't help but notice that this year's predictions are filled with Artificial Intelligence (AI) topics. AI to provide better insights, write …
The Evolution of Backup
by Mike Andrews on Sep 28, 2023, 7:00:00 AM
At its core, backup has always been simply a method for returning to a prior state of productivity following an incident that has corrupted, deleted, encrypted, or otherwise separated us from our critical data. It's not this concept that has changed so much over the years. It's the ma …
Backup Basic Needs: Three Key Tenets
by Mike Andrews on Jan 19, 2018, 5:30:45 AM
Growing up a Cold War kid and being part of a family whose typical weekend activities included camping and fishing in the great outdoors, I was no stranger to the term “Basic Needs”. Basic needs represent the minimum that we need to survive:
