World Backup Day 2024 is today.
Founded in 2011 by Ismail Jadun, a digital strategy and research consultant, World Backup Day is an annual event aimed at raising awareness about the importance of regularly backing up personal and professional data to prevent data loss. The day encourages individuals and businesses to take the pledge to secure their data by creating copies in different locations, ensuring that important information is protected against unforeseen events.
Carl D’Halluin, CTO of Datadobi, and Oleksandr Maidaniuk, VP of Technology at Intellias, and Bin Fan, Chief Architect and VP of Open Source at Alluxio, had this to say about this important day:
Carl D’Halluin, CTO, Datadobi:
“This World Backup Day, I want to remind everyone that protecting your data with backups isn’t just a technical formality. Given the virtually unavoidable risks of ransomware, malicious or accidental deletions, and countless other threats – it’s absolutely crucial for the health of your business.
The first step? Get your arms around your data. You cannot protect it, if you do not know what you have. Then…
A well-thought-out and tested data backup strategy, together with a combination of robust data security and management solutions, can significantly enhance operations resilience. Add to that the crucial but sometimes missed step of a “golden copy” (i.e., an immutable copy of your business-critical data in a secure and remote site) and your business will be protected today, as well as ideally positioned to support business continuity well into the future.”
Oleksandr Maidaniuk, VP of Technology, Intellias:
“Data is the virtual lifeblood of today’s organizations, so as World Backup Day 2024 rolls around, we need to appreciate how crucial regular data backups are for keeping our businesses running without interruption, even in the face of a simple outage or a manmade or natural disaster.
Of course, implementing a seamless backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategy is easier said than done, due to the complicated interplay of technological, regulatory, and operational factors. The heterogeneous nature of data and technology platforms and the increasingly complicated and stringent compliance mandates combined with the need to minimize – if not eliminate – downtime requires a nuanced approach.
At the end of the day, it all boils down to knowing how to strike the perfect balance between protecting all our data thoroughly and using our resources wisely. This way, we can get back on our feet fast after any setback without disturbing our daily work. Savvy folks in data management understand that if we don’t have this kind of know-how already in our team, we might need to team up with a reliable partner. This partner should be all about giving businesses the latest, customized backup solutions that do more than just keep data safe; they should fit exactly with what we need and want to achieve. The ideal partner will be just that – a partner that acts as an extension of your internal capabilities – enabling you to leverage advanced technologies like cloud storage, automation, and AI and in doing so, enhance the resilience of your businesses, making data protection seamless and reliable. On World Backup Day and every day, let’s pledge to prioritize backup, DR, and business continuity to ensure our data remains safe, our operations resilient, and our future secure.”
Bin Fan, Chief Architect and VP of Open Source, Alluxio:
“Every year, the amount of data we produce increases significantly. World Backup Day is a call to action, urging us to reconsider our strategies for simplifying backup and recovery to keep pace with the significant increase in data production each year.
As we scale the data storage, timely data movement is a necessity, whether for archiving data in more economical storage or for duplicating data to another center as part of a disaster recovery plan. However, this process can be complex and operational-heavy. We should keep optimizing and streamlining data movement across multiple storage systems.
On this World Backup Day, let’s commit to exploring more efficient and effective ways to protect and manage our growing data, ensuring we’re prepared for any unforeseen circumstances that may arise.”
Molly Presley, SVP of Global Marketing, Hammerspace:
“On this World Backup Day, it’s important to remember the increasing role of automation in accurately identifying, protecting, and utilizing an organization’s data assets. In our current data-focused society, detailed, actionable metadata is crucial for utilizing data fully. However, managing vast amounts of unstructured data across various storage systems, locations, and multiple cloud platforms can be difficult and require significant time and effort. Furthermore, as the number of devices that generate data increases, relying solely on manual processes is time-consuming and risky.
Implementing global-level data protection services with automated policies allows organizations to identify newly created data across the entire data environment, automate data copy creation controls and data services, and ensure global data protection on any infrastructure as well as compliance with corporate governance requirements. Automated, global-level data protection empowers organizations to simplify their data management and unlock the full potential of their data. It will become the new norm for data protection.”
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Today Is World Backup Day
World Backup Day 2024 is today.
Founded in 2011 by Ismail Jadun, a digital strategy and research consultant, World Backup Day is an annual event aimed at raising awareness about the importance of regularly backing up personal and professional data to prevent data loss. The day encourages individuals and businesses to take the pledge to secure their data by creating copies in different locations, ensuring that important information is protected against unforeseen events.
Carl D’Halluin, CTO of Datadobi, and Oleksandr Maidaniuk, VP of Technology at Intellias, and Bin Fan, Chief Architect and VP of Open Source at Alluxio, had this to say about this important day:
Carl D’Halluin, CTO, Datadobi:
“This World Backup Day, I want to remind everyone that protecting your data with backups isn’t just a technical formality. Given the virtually unavoidable risks of ransomware, malicious or accidental deletions, and countless other threats – it’s absolutely crucial for the health of your business.
The first step? Get your arms around your data. You cannot protect it, if you do not know what you have. Then…
A well-thought-out and tested data backup strategy, together with a combination of robust data security and management solutions, can significantly enhance operations resilience. Add to that the crucial but sometimes missed step of a “golden copy” (i.e., an immutable copy of your business-critical data in a secure and remote site) and your business will be protected today, as well as ideally positioned to support business continuity well into the future.”
Oleksandr Maidaniuk, VP of Technology, Intellias:
“Data is the virtual lifeblood of today’s organizations, so as World Backup Day 2024 rolls around, we need to appreciate how crucial regular data backups are for keeping our businesses running without interruption, even in the face of a simple outage or a manmade or natural disaster.
Of course, implementing a seamless backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategy is easier said than done, due to the complicated interplay of technological, regulatory, and operational factors. The heterogeneous nature of data and technology platforms and the increasingly complicated and stringent compliance mandates combined with the need to minimize – if not eliminate – downtime requires a nuanced approach.
At the end of the day, it all boils down to knowing how to strike the perfect balance between protecting all our data thoroughly and using our resources wisely. This way, we can get back on our feet fast after any setback without disturbing our daily work. Savvy folks in data management understand that if we don’t have this kind of know-how already in our team, we might need to team up with a reliable partner. This partner should be all about giving businesses the latest, customized backup solutions that do more than just keep data safe; they should fit exactly with what we need and want to achieve. The ideal partner will be just that – a partner that acts as an extension of your internal capabilities – enabling you to leverage advanced technologies like cloud storage, automation, and AI and in doing so, enhance the resilience of your businesses, making data protection seamless and reliable. On World Backup Day and every day, let’s pledge to prioritize backup, DR, and business continuity to ensure our data remains safe, our operations resilient, and our future secure.”
Bin Fan, Chief Architect and VP of Open Source, Alluxio:
“Every year, the amount of data we produce increases significantly. World Backup Day is a call to action, urging us to reconsider our strategies for simplifying backup and recovery to keep pace with the significant increase in data production each year.
As we scale the data storage, timely data movement is a necessity, whether for archiving data in more economical storage or for duplicating data to another center as part of a disaster recovery plan. However, this process can be complex and operational-heavy. We should keep optimizing and streamlining data movement across multiple storage systems.
On this World Backup Day, let’s commit to exploring more efficient and effective ways to protect and manage our growing data, ensuring we’re prepared for any unforeseen circumstances that may arise.”
Molly Presley, SVP of Global Marketing, Hammerspace:
“On this World Backup Day, it’s important to remember the increasing role of automation in accurately identifying, protecting, and utilizing an organization’s data assets. In our current data-focused society, detailed, actionable metadata is crucial for utilizing data fully. However, managing vast amounts of unstructured data across various storage systems, locations, and multiple cloud platforms can be difficult and require significant time and effort. Furthermore, as the number of devices that generate data increases, relying solely on manual processes is time-consuming and risky.
Implementing global-level data protection services with automated policies allows organizations to identify newly created data across the entire data environment, automate data copy creation controls and data services, and ensure global data protection on any infrastructure as well as compliance with corporate governance requirements. Automated, global-level data protection empowers organizations to simplify their data management and unlock the full potential of their data. It will become the new norm for data protection.”
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