Beyond the Cloud: Why SMBs Need Hybrid Backup for Real Resilience

Cloud backup has long been a cornerstone of backup strategies for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) who support them. A massive surge in cloud storage usage for backups within the last two years
highlights just how essential cloud-based data protection has become.

However, popularity does not equate to perfection. While cloud storage offers advantages such as offsite access, flexibility, and scalability, there are also pitfalls that businesses can’t ignore. These risks include compliance challenges, slow restores, and overreliance on third-party vendors, among other things.

In this whitepaper, we will dispel common misconceptions, explore the most common risks of cloud backup, and demonstrate how a hybrid backup strategy provides stronger, more resilient data protection for your business and your customers’ business data.

This whitepaper examines: