Most businesses test their backup systems on the same device they’re backing up — a critical oversight that can render recovered data completely unusable. Most businesses understand the importance of ...

Why copying and pasting isn't a real backup: The danger of 'silent' data corruption ...

Learn how to back up your computer automatically with Windows, OneDrive, and third-party tools while keeping data secure, organized, and easy to restore.

If you're like me, you've probably tried a dozen different backup tools, hoping to find one that actually works the way you want. I've gone from bloated commercial suites that slow down my system to ...

The age of artificial intelligence (AI) is truly upon us, and we are experiencing the impact of AI across nearly every ...

Generative or conversational artificial intelligence (AI) tools have attracted a lot of attention, as well as some controversy, as applications such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard create ...

Brad is a contributor to StateTech. He’s covered technology since 1991, when he first got his start in the industry. Oregon Data Center Services handles daily backups for roughly 4,000 state servers, ...

Learn how BaaS offers cloud-based data protection against cyberattacks and outages. Discover its benefits including cost savings, efficient storage, and seamless disaster recovery in the cloud. Backup ...

Replication excels at providing immediate data availability, but it shouldn’t be the sole safeguard against human errors, data corruption, or cyberattacks. Data replication has stood the test of time, ...

My first World Backup Day article for forbes.com was in 2014. At that time, I said that, “A few years ago, several companies and folks concerned with data protection updated this idea as a one-day ...

Restoring personal data and operating systems when disaster strikes can be filled with gray areas and worries that the backup tool does not miss any critical files. The process can be daunting for ...