Dell: companies manage 10x more data than they did five years ago
The company leveraged the report's publication to announce a suite of new security products and services.
This week Dell released its 2021 Global Data Protection Index (GDPI). The report shows that organizations face several data protection challenges driven by the constant threat of ransomware ... Read more
Staples Solutions structures its data protection strategy with Veeam
We write about the importance of having a backup and disaster recovery policy on a regular basis. But what does that mean in practice? We spoke to Aleh Sadaunichy, Infrastructure Solutions Architect at Staples Solutions, who fairly recently implemented a new approach using Veeam.
Staples Solutio... Read more
Marvell launches the first PCIe 5 SSD controller
Touting enhanced security, data protection, and cloud-optimization, Marvell’s PCIe 5 SSD offers sequential read output up to to 14GB/sec.
Its performance is two times better than the PCIe 4.0 SSD controllers, and it comes in two models the MV-SS1333, which is sixteen channels, and the MV-SS133... Read more
Europe’s GDPR needs to be overhauled, says its chief architect
The woman who led the development of the wide-ranging law now says it badly needs rewriting.
Former EU justice chief Viviane Reding has called for a revision of Europe’s data protection regime, according to a report in POLITICO. Her calls for the legal overhaul come just three years after the... Read more
European Parlement votes for infringement procedure against Ireland
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a resolution calling on the European Commission to open an infringement procedure against Ireland. The procedure concerns the country’s failure to enforce the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
A landmark judicial ruling invalidated the EU... Read more
HYCU’s Data Protection Platform adds Kubernetes support
HYCU announced this past weekend the first instances of support for Kubernetes clusters. They are available through its data protection platform, hosted in the cloud. Veep of products for HYCU, Subbiah Sundaram, says that the multi-tenant HYCU Protégé service supports several other platforms, in ... Read more
Micro Focus integrates Voltage SecureData with Snowflake
On Monday, Micro Focus announced a partnership with Snowflake, the data cloud company, to deliver protections centred around data to organizations globally.
The partnership will see the integration of Micro Focus Voltage SecureData with Snowflake to give Voltage customers seamless and secure wor... Read more
Google addresses concerns Dutch government, over data protection in Workspace
In response to a Dutch data protection assessment, details of how Google handles customer data have come to light. Google Workspace was launched in October and is an enterprise suite for apps like Sheets, Drive, Gmail, and Meet.
The software can be used by businesses adopting the work-from-home ... Read more
Nutanix improves ransomware protection
Nutanix has made some changes to its ecosystem that should make it more secure against ransomware. The company is combining several enhancements that should contribute to increased security.
The improvements were applied to Flow, Files, Objects and Mine, writes Blocks & Files. The Security C... Read more
90% of pre-owned storage devices contain business and personal data
About 90% of resold storage media devices (mainly hard drives & USB sticks) contain private or business data, put there by former users. The conclusion comes from a new study conducted by the security firm Kaspersky.
The data could be anything from finance-related documents and work emails t... Read more