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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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Western Power, Perfekt and the Australian National University (ANU) recently conducted a pilot project to demonstrate the effect of rooftop Solar PV on Substation Load at the Waikiki zone substation south of Perth. THE PROJECT REQUIRED THE BLENDING OF LARGE VOLUMES OF TIME SERIES DATA FROM DISPARATE SOURCES INCLUDING: ANU’s ARENA project solar forecasting data […]

TECH TEAMS REVEAL THEIR SECRETS FOR INTEGRATING MODERN DATA SOLUTIONS. Tech teams all over the world are feeling the pressure of juggling everyday operational requirements and the demand for data-driven insights. Find out how you can integrate modern data solutions more effectively with these top tips. Modern organisations are realising that real-time data, information, and […]

Privileged account passwords for domain admin accounts, root accounts, superuser accounts, and more, are the preferred targets for hackers these days. Why? Because they give them the “keys to the kingdom,” allowing them to gain access to your most sensitive and critical information resulting in data loss, identity theft and more. With the daily workloads […]

Commvault has iterated and significantly streamlined its licensing model which we know will delight customers with much richer bundled functionality. Called Commvault Complete, existing clients will benefit from a range of built in features that were previously charged separately. For new clients, Commvault becomes more affordable with access to the full feature set at a lower […]