As the technical lead for the incident response (IR) team at CDW, I see quite a few attacks that occur against organizations, with the most prevalent including phishing (most often leading to credential theft), advanced malware and ransomware. Ransomware is typically the most destructive for organizations that have not prepared or planned for this type…

Misery loves company. If you want plenty of both, don’t bother developing a disaster recovery plan. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, about a quarter of businesses do not reopen after suffering a disaster. That’s a lot of closures when you consider how many hurricanes, wildfires and floods have swept the country over the past couple…

Roughly three out of four organizations either use cloud Backup as a Service (BaaS) or have plans to, according to an IDC survey. It’s not hard to see why. Managed services can be 40 percent cheaper than buying and supporting hardware and software. That’s a major reason why enterprises are moving everything from desktops to…

Microsoft Azure adoption grew nearly 35 percent over the past year, to 58 percent of the enterprises surveyed in the “RightScale 2018 State of the Cloud Report.” That’s good news for companies considering whether and how to migrate to Azure. They have plenty of opportunities to learn from real-world examples. At CDW, the most common…

Across industries, organizations are moving workloads between on-premises data centers and the public cloud, creating a hybrid computing environment that combines the efficiencies of on-premises equipment with the agility and scalability of the cloud. While this approach delivers an optimized, flexible computing environment, it also creates headaches for IT professionals responsible for coordinating backups across…

A lot can go wrong with your data: ransomware, accidental deletions, a burst pipe, tornados — to name just a few of the problems that can arise. These kinds of issues can compromise not only your operations, but also your regulatory compliance, your profitability and your reputation. Backup and data recovery solutions from vendors like…