Office 365 Data Protection. It is Essential.

Microsoft Office is one of the most popular and widely used software platforms in the world. 80% of organizations worldwide use and depend on this omnipresent software to communicate, create documents, and balance their books. Every time someone in your organization turns on a computer, be it PC or Mac or Linux, they are more ... Read More

Enabling Content Collaboration for Remote Workers

It can be challenging to work remotely when you require shared access to corporate data. Today, millions of workers and students suddenly need to be productive from their home offices — not to mention from their dining rooms and bedrooms. How can we help them work and collaborate in ways that keep corporate data safe, … Read More

How to Use HyperStore S3 as a Velero Storage Target

by Gary Ogasawara, CTO, Cloudian Introduction Velero is open-source software to backup and restore Kubernetes cluster resources. Cloudian HyperStore is S3-compatible object storage software with an elastic, scalable architecture.  Velero uses the object storage as the storage target of the backup data, writing data for new backups and reading data to restore a backup.  Using ... Read More

Cloudian Supports VMware in Tanzu Kubernetes Initiative

Six months ago, at VMworld US in San Francisco, VMware introduced VMware Tanzu as a concept. Yesterday, VMware introduced Tanzu as a portfolio of products and services that are generally available. Cloudian is proud to be a part of that announcement with support for Velero, a tool within the Tanzu portfolio that provides  backup and ... Read More

Splunk SmartStore Enables Scalable, Cost-Effective Data Lake

Splunk SmartStore and Cloudian together address two of the biggest challenges in Big Data: Cost and scalability. Today’s larger data sets and longer retention requirements drive up the cost of storage, making it harder to accommodate the needed growth within the available budget, data center footprint, and staffing. This is part of a series of … Read More

Ransomware Solution Deployed at Evros

Evros Technology Group, an Irish IT service provider, now offers data protection services with ransomware protection built on Cloudian HyperStore and Veeam V10 Availability Suite. Learn more about ransomware solutions Established in 1990, Evros Technology Group offers unrivaled delivery in the design, supply, implementation and support of organizations’ IT infrastructure with over 400 employees operating out … Read More

New Ransomware Protection from Veeam and Cloudian

Object Lock Provides Hardened Solution for Ransomware Ransomware strikes a business every 14 seconds, claims Cybersecurity Ventures. Business impacts can include interrupted operations, loss of revenue, impact to reputation, and of course ransom payment. Ransomware works by encrypting the user’s data, rendering the source data and backup data useless. Traditional malware defenses may prove ineffective. … Read More

S3 Object Lock — Protecting Data for Ransomware Threats and Compliance

Recently introduced by Amazon S3, Object Lock stores objects using a write-once-read-many (WORM) model.  Cloudian’s HyperStore v7.2 fully supports Object Lock, including all relevant S3 APIs and access control with permissions and bucket and IAM policies.  Application users can now use Amazon SDKs with HyperStore software or appliances deployed in their on-premises infrastructure to protect ... Read More

How Object Storage Protects You From Ransomware

Did you know that ransomware strikes multiple times every minute? It’s a huge and growing threat, so the logical question is how can your organization protect itself. You can harden your systems, work diligently on security awareness, and redouble your efforts to prevent malware infections – which are all important. But complex systems result in … Read More