The NovaBACKUP blog is focused on providing insight on data protection that is relevant to the SMB market and to managed service providers.
by Sean Curiel, on Jul 17, 2019 5:00:56 AM
Nobody enjoys being forced to make major changes to their servers within a short timeframe. But Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 is rapidly approaching its end of life …
Continue readingby Sean Curiel, on Jun 11, 2019 11:47:43 PM
The January 2020 deadline is rapidly approaching and you’re starting to panic. Most of your machines have been migrated to a newer operating systems, but you’ve got 1 system that …
Continue readingby Sean Curiel, on Jun 5, 2019 3:25:46 PM
Windows 7 has been with us for a decade now, and it’s time to bid it a fond farewell. While Microsoft officially ended mainstream support in January 2015, extended support …
Continue readingby Sean Curiel, on Feb 28, 2019 2:36:29 PM
Sunday, March 31st, is World Backup Day, our annual reminder that if we lose our data on this day, we’ll be the (April) fool tomorrow. Of course, data loss occurs for …
Continue readingby Sean Curiel, on Dec 4, 2018 2:39:43 PM
Most of us are aware of the top ransomware attacks of 2017 which include WannaCry and NotPetya cyber attacks. What may be less common knowledge is that these events were …
Continue readingby Paula Kubo, on Jul 18, 2018 3:46:07 PM
Power to the people! Amid increasing concerns about digital privacy and the recently approved General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe, California’s legislature has enacted a new law with the …
Continue readingby Sean Curiel, on Jun 11, 2018 12:46:57 PM
Yes. That’s the short answer. But let’s take a step back to explain. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are probably already aware of Europe’s new GDPR (General …
Continue readingby Sean Curiel, on Mar 15, 2018 6:15:05 AM
Losing data that is critical to your home or business is embarrassing at a minimum, and business-ending at its worst. Losing it all on April Fool’s Day (April 1st’) would …
Continue readingby Sean Curiel, on Feb 22, 2018 4:34:47 PM
With the FCC repealing Net Neutrality rules, it’s fair to ask whether or not your disaster recovery plan might be affected. Those who backup data online, or send data offsite …
Continue readingby Sean Curiel, on Jan 11, 2018 5:00:01 AM
There has been a lot of talk lately about the newly revealed vulnerabilities called Spectre and Meltdown. (If you’d like a better explanation of what these vulnerabilities entail the most …
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