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Deja vu again! New additional Critical severity vulnerabilities have once again been privately reported to VMware. Unlike previous vulnerabilities identified, only version 6.7 and 7.0 have identified as critical severity, however version 6.5 still has important vulnerabilities that need to be addressed. This critical vulnerability means that a malicious actor with network access to port […]

It’s an almost déjà vu feeling from March this year, but there have been some additional critical security alerts sent out from VMware in the last week. These again are covering some privately reported vulnerabilities, not things seen out in the wild. They affect all currently supported versions of vCenter (6.5, 6.7 and 7.0) and […]

Microsoft, in late 2019, announced Azure Active Directory ‘Security Defaults‘ as a simple one-click approach for customers to instantly harden their environment and compel stronger security standards. With it, MFA was enabled for all accounts, Basic Authentication was blocked and unattended PowerShell scripts were prevented. It also meant that there were problems for some third-party software that relied […]

In this article we explore how customers who want backups, but are also reliant on Transaction Log Shipping for replication instead of SQL Server Availability Groups clusters. The Commvault Command Centre replication group removes almost all the complexity of configuring Log Shipping within the SQL Server Management Studio. DBA’s will already be familiar with the […]

As you may have heard there have been some critical security alerts sent out from VMware in the last week. These are covering some privately reported vulnerabilities, not things seen out in the wild (yet). They affect all supported versions of vCenter and ESXi released before November/December 2020 and have a critical severity and index […]

The sheer range and diversity of services provisioned by most government organisations can make managing technology a challenge. Throw in a global pandemic, and it becomes akin to juggling live grenades while riding a unicycle across a high-wire. This is why it pays to explore the emerging, beyond-intelligent foundations that put you effortlessly in control of your environment, from the edge to the core. Read the blog.

Traditional networking technology was designed for a different era, when most people worked on-premise most of the time, and cloud was yet to emerge as a mainstream option. Until 2020, the shift in workplace behaviours was gradual, but when a global pandemic struck, with the subsequent lockdowns, even the most office-bound found themselves working remotely. As the situation eases, few organisations expect to go back to the way they were. After a few initial hiccups, many work

Anyone who has stepped inside a healthcare facility recently cannot miss the extent that the care we receive has changed. We are accustomed now to receiving test results by SMS, being scanned by devices that have a higher than ever diagnostic capability, and expect reports to be available at our next GP or specialist visit. Healthcare has got connected – read how that affects the underlying technology that is needed.

For those experienced with Commvault will, no doubt, have seen the HTML5 ‘Command Center’ getting royal attention every quarter. Gradually it has been transformed into the Commvault’s Crown Jewel, so much so that at times one could be forgiven for losing sight of some uncut diamonds in the Java CommCell Console, that hopefully will be […]

This week a significant update for Commvault was released within Feature Release 11.22 that will be of help to every customer protecting Exchange Online with Commvault, Point-In-Time Mailbox Recovery. This capability is not provided by Microsoft natively and they have said that “Point in time restoration of mailbox items is out of scope for the […]

Long-time users of the Commvault CommCell Console whom have managed their environment off host would have been using the Java Web Start application. It was simple and easy. Just enter http://yourcommserve/console and open ‘galaxy.jnlp’. Unfortunately that galaxy is now far, far away. The ‘Java Web Start’ and ‘Java Plug-in’ have been deprecated since March 2019, […]

HCI helps to collapse traditional silos in favour of greater agility through fully virtualised pools of compute, memory, and storage resources.

Back in August, I discovered an issue that impacted Commvault native dump backups of Amazon RDS SQL Server and will affect all users who are backing up these databases in a time-zone other than UTC+0. This blog goes into some detail about this problem and why you must be careful how you restore your backups. […]

Demand for new digital service experiences is creating a growing need to transform government IT. New consumption-based models for IT investment can be the perfect paradigm for digital transformation initiatives.

Due to scale, safety and compliance measures, healthcare providers have been understandably more cautious that other sectors when it comes to their digital transformation programs. But that might all be about to change as we enter a new paradigm for digital transformation and investment.

Secure remote network access is driving business continuity during these challenging times. Read more here:

In today’s blog, Perfekt’s Chief Technology Officer, Dan Roitman, and Hitachi Vantara’s senior partner manager, Marc Fiala, discuss how to unleash the power of data and transform the future of your business. Marc: So, Dan. How do you feel about being Hitachi Vantara’s only platinum partner in Australia? Dan: It’s fantastic, Marc. You know, […]

Smart CFOs and COOs are turning big data into big opportunities. Don’t fall behind your competitors. Find out how you can drive operational efficiencies and reduce costs in your organisation today. If you’re a CFO or a COO, you’re undoubtedly taking a lead role in driving your organisation’s profitability. Every day, you’re making decisions […]

IT, data science and business intelligence professionals have the power to transform agile data into agile organisations. Find out how you can enrich your data and use it to deliver extraordinary business results. While modern organisations are collecting more data than ever before, research shows that between 60 per cent and 73 per […]

The Perfekt Guide to the v2Galaxy Within Commvault, Indexing is the process that creates and maintains metadata about all content that Commvault protects, either through backup or archive processes. Indexing is the core to browsing backed up content facilitating restores, and allows analytics and reporting on protected content. Prior to the release of Commvault Version […]