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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. […]

THE ROAD TO AI WILL BE PAVED WITH GOLD We live at a time of rapid and radical change, which is both exciting and scary, to varying degrees. It seems like every day we read about a new app, platform or disruptive, digitised service that would dramatically alter our lives for the better. And, as it is […]

Mining is at a crossroads, facing intense competition, margin pressure and a highly volatile marketplace. Predictive data analytics that delivers real time insights to monitor asset performance, help reduce unplanned maintenance and increase asset lifetime, cutting cost and improving productivity are playing an increasingly important role in future-proofing forward-thinking mining companies. Perfekt’s Predictive Analytics Platform […]

Read about the latest changes in data storage and processing compliance, and discover the real cost of non-compliance and how it could impact your business. How cloud computing environments are adding to the compliance burden. How regulatory frameworks differ from country to country, creating a logistical compliance headache. How adhering to different regulatory requirements has […]

Understanding your vulnerabilities and potential adversaries is the first step in protecting your organisation against cyber threats. Knowledge is power and the more you know, the harder it will become to mount a successful attack! The latest Application Usage and Threat Report (AUTR) from Unit 42, presents the latest research findings on attack and threat trends including: […]

Every day, your business is confronted with unprecedented challenges in protecting, backing up and recovering data. Conventional approaches no longer work in the world of virtual servers, consolidated data centres, and extraordinary data growth. This white paper from Commvault discusses 5 smart data protection strategies, including how to: Move on from legacy backup systems to […]

Today, it’s commonplace to see news reports of security breaches. Safeguarding your company’s data is of utmost importance. Yet building and enforcing protections can be a challenge when there are so many employees who require privileged access to your firm’s most critical data. This practical step-by-step guide from Beyond Trust will help you quickly make […]

It’s well recognised that the internet of the future is going to have to cope with content that is much more bandwidth-intensive, and some cloud and co-location services may not be able to keep up. Edge Computing might be a solution to help companies prepare now to avoid network congestion and poor performance issue in […]

Digital Transformation is an important agenda item, yet few organisations make it a top priority. A white paper from Tech Research Asia and Hitachi will help you move from just thinking about it to actually implementing it. The paper will guide you through a Digital Readiness Health Check and explain how to take digital transformation […]