NovaBACKUP Security Blog

Understanding HIPAA Compliance

Prior to the establishment of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) there was no generally accepted standard for protecting health information. The establishment of HIPAA and the privacy and security rules that accompany it, were developed in an effort to improve …

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Virtual Exchange Server Backup: What You Need to Know

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When it comes to Exchange Server backup in a virtual environment, there is a lot you should know. Running a virtual environment allows you to use hardware virtualization software to run multiple, separate operating systems concurrently on a single physical machine. When it comes to ba …

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Is Your Private Data Indexed by Google?

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The whole idea that our personal data could be indexed by Google without us even knowing it is more than daunting, it's downright scary. NAS, network attached storage, devices are becoming one of the more popular devices to backup to in small businesses. Which is great, as they are ty …

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Backup for the Rest of Us - Why NovaBACKUP's Claim is Unique

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Over the years, thousands of marketing messages have come and gone - all with a goal of trying to present NovaBACKUP to the world as we thought we needed to be seen – a competitive alternate solution. All the while, we allowed ourselves to overlook the simple message of “who we are” a …

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Backup Your Backup in the Cloud

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The worldwide cloud storage market is skyrocketing, as is the data that has fueled its growth. By 2018, over 2 billion consumers will be using cloud storage. In the business world, over $30 billion will be spent on cloud computing globally by the end of 2015. The industry is exploding …

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How to Backup a Hyper-V SQL Server

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Now that you have virtualized your SQL Server using Hyper-V, you will need to make sure that you backup your SQL databases on your hypervisor.

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World Backup Day Infographic

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While World Backup Day is officially March 31, 2015, Cloudwards.net offers an insightful infographic on why every day is world backup day. Why? Because one backup per year is just not enough. Especially when you consider these facts about data loss:

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How to Restore a Single File from a VMware Backup of a Virtual Machine

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When it comes to restoring files from a virtual machine, 80% of the typical recovery cases that we see only require a single file to be restored from a backup. Given that reality, why waste your time and effort restoring an entire virtual machine, when you can do a file-level restore …

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Small Business Backup Infographic

Small-Business-Backups

FACT: Only 35% of small businesses have a comprehensive disaster recovery plan in place. With so many options available for data protection, why are so many small businesses falling short when it comes to fully protecting their data?

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Understanding data security in backup software

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“Backup Software” is so much more than just your vacation photos Over the years, I’ve had many conversations with friends or family members where I’ve had to explain not just what I do as a “Senior Product Manager” but also what the “Backup Software” industry is itself. Many people he …

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