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In the ever-evolving world of technology, where data rules supreme and innovations abound, finding your way through the digital labyrinth can be a daunting task. Whether you’re a seasoned tech enthusiast, a curious newcomer, or just someone looking to make sense of the rapidly changing tech landscape, “The NAS Guy” is here to be your guiding light.

Welcome to my tech-savvy haven where we unravel the mysteries of cloud computing, dive deep into storage solutions, explore the intricacies of data backup, and navigate everything in between. If you’ve ever found yourself lost in the jargon of terabytes, cloud migrations, or RAID arrays, fear not – you’re in the right place!

Recent Blog Posts

  • Cyber Extortion: Protection and Rapid Recovery Guide
    Cyber extortion is no longer just a headline — it’s a reality that organizations face daily. At Veeam, we know that protecting your business isn’t just about having defenses in place; it’s about being prepared to respond swiftly and confidently to whatever comes next. As attackers continue to evolve their tactics, your strategy needs to … Read more
  • MSPs and Public Cloud: Key Cybersecurity Strategies
    MSPs: Strategies to Secure Public Cloud Environments The public cloud offers managed service providers (MSPs) many benefits, including scalability, flexibility, and the ability to offer more comprehensive clients services. However, these benefits also come with significant cybersecurity challenges that MSPs must navigate to protect their clients’ data and maintain trust. This blog explores the top … Read more
  • Hybrid Cloud Storage: A Guide for Modern Enterprises
    Hybrid cloud storage has become a cornerstone for enterprises looking to optimize their data management strategies. By integrating on-premises infrastructure with cloud-based resources, organizations can achieve the perfect balance of control, flexibility, and cost-efficiency. This guide delves into the nuances of hybrid cloud storage, exploring its architecture, benefits, challenges, and best practices, while highlighting how … Read more
  • Empowering ProPartners with Data Freedom
    Data freedom for customers means data freedom for Veeam Partners. But what does that really mean? It means together we can give customers the freedom to maintain operational agility and security, while safeguarding critical data against evolving cyber threats and unexpected industry changes. An almost incomprehensible amount of data is created every day, and each … Read more
  • Stability AI’s best image generating models now in Amazon Bedrock
    Starting today, you can use three new text-to-image models from Stability AI in Amazon Bedrock: Stable Image Ultra, Stable Diffusion 3 Large, and Stable Image Core. These models greatly improve performance in multi-subject prompts, image quality, and typography and can be used to rapidly generate high-quality visuals for a wide range of use cases across marketing, … Read more
  • The latest AWS Heroes have arrived – September 2024
    The AWS Heroes program recognizes outstanding individuals who are making meaningful contributions within the AWS community. These technical experts generously share their insights, best practices, and innovative solutions to help others create efficiencies and build faster on AWS. Heroes are thought leaders who have demonstrated a commitment to empowering the broader AWS community through their … Read more
  • Hybrid Cloud Solutions: Optimize Costs, Security, Management
    As hybrid cloud adoption continues to rise, IT professionals are increasingly challenged with managing costs, ensuring robust security, and maintaining effective data management across diverse environments. This blog post explores essential strategies to optimize your hybrid cloud solutions, focusing on cost management, security enhancements, and efficient management practices. While this blog serves as a primer, … Read more
  • Service Providers: Introducing Enhanced Capabilities with Veeam Backup & Replication v12.2
    Securing Customer Data As our digital landscape evolves, service providers are increasingly tasked with managing the complexities of their customers’ systems that house critical data. Customer demands like 24/7 uptime, strict recovery objectives, and data resilience for hybrid environments mean service providers must deliver more than just protection. They must keep their customers’ businesses running, … Read more
  • AWS named as a Leader in the first Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistants
    On August 19th, 2024, Gartner published its first Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistants, which includes Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon Q Developer qualified for inclusion, having launched in general availability on April 30, 2024. AWS was ranked as a Leader for its ability to execute and completeness of vision. We believe this Leader placement … Read more
  • Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8: Comprehensive Immutability and Enterprise Scale
    Great news — Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 is out and generally available today! There are many great things to love in this build, including but not limited to, enhanced security features, expanded proxy capabilities and shared and private Teams channel support. In this build, Veeam focused on providing a more secure and agnostic … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Parallel Computing Service, Amazon EC2 status checks, and more (September 2, 2024)
    With the arrival of September, AWS re:Invent 2024 is now 3 months away and I am very excited for the new upcoming services and announcements at the conference. I remember attending re:Invent 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the biggest in-person re:Invent with 60,000+ attendees and it was my second one. It was … Read more
  • Hyper-V Migration: Simplify Moving Workloads
    Migrating workloads can be a daunting task for any IT professional, but with Veeam’s robust tools and solutions, the process becomes straightforward and efficient. In this blog, we’ll explore how you can leverage Veeam to move your workloads to Microsoft Hyper-V seamlessly. Why Consider Migration? Businesses often investigate migration due to various catalysts driving virtualization … Read more
  • Veeam Software Commits to the Secure by Design Pledge 
      Veeam Software is proud to announce its commitment to the Secure by Design Pledge with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).    As the #1 leader by market share in data resilience, with offerings that include data security and incident response, Veeam has a front-row seat to the ongoing growth in cyberattacks on organizations of … Read more
  • Dealing with the Unknown: How Veeam Helps me Flourish in an Uncertain World
    Life can be unpredictable. Take my career path — after I finished high school, I started training as an accountant, but realized within a couple of months that it wasn’t the right direction for me. I’d been into computers since I was six, so I decided to try and turn a hobby into a vocation. … Read more
  • Announcing AWS Parallel Computing Service to run HPC workloads at virtually any scale
    Today we are announcing AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS), a new managed service that helps customers set up and manage high performance computing (HPC) clusters so they seamlessly run their simulations at virtually any scale on AWS. Using the Slurm scheduler, they can work in a familiar HPC environment, accelerating their time to results … Read more
  • Destination: Data Freedom with the latest release of Veeam Data Platform 12.2
    Today is the day we’ve all been waiting for: Veeam Data Platform v12.2 is now generally available! Despite being a point release, we’re delivering significant enhanced functionality and many new capabilities, many of which were unveiled for preview at VeeamON in Fort Lauderdale earlier this year. Long-time customers know when it comes to releases, new … Read more
  • Kubernetes: Unlocking Migration, Mobility, and Portability
    Kubernetes has emerged as a cornerstone for managing containerized applications. Because of this, it’s become vital for IT professionals, DevOps engineers, cloud architects, and decision-makers to understand the distinct advantages offered by Kubernetes’s migration, mobility, and portability. Each of these functions brings unique capabilities to the table. Migration enables the seamless transfer of applications across … Read more
  • Exploring Benefits of the Veeam Cyber Secure Program
    Are you confident that your backups can recover from a cyberattack? During a cyber incident do you have forensics, decryption, and negotiation services readily available to help your organization recover quickly and safely? We’ve seen firsthand that organizations unfortunately do not rise to the occasion of recovering from a cyberattack. They fall to their level … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: S3 Conditional writes, AWS Lambda, JAWS Pankration, and more (August 26, 2024)
    The AWS User Group Japan (JAWS-UG) hosted JAWS PANKRATION 2024 themed ‘No Border’. This is a 24-hour online event where AWS Heroes, AWS Community Builders, AWS User Group leaders, and others from around the world discuss topics ranging from cultural discussions to technical talks. One of the speakers at this event, Kevin Tuei, an AWS … Read more
  • Salesforce AI Data Protection: Why Backup Matters
    Salesforce, the CRM powerhouse, is embracing the AI revolution with open arms. Einstein, Salesforce’s AI engine, is transforming how businesses analyze customer data, personalize experiences, and automate processes. With this exciting frontier comes a critical question: How do you protect your AI investment? In this blog post, we’ll cover the symbiotic relationship between data, AI, … Read more
  • Government Data Protection: Challenges and Modernization Strategies
    The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and civilian government agencies are mandated to protect government data in transit and at rest across their networks and IT ecosystems. While current data governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) strategies address common cybersecurity issues, CIOs continue to be challenged by: IT ecosystem complexity; an evolving threat landscape; growing data … Read more
  • Now open — AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
    In March of last year, Jeff Barr announced the plan for an AWS Region in Malaysia. Today, I’m pleased to share the general availability of the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region with three Availability Zones and API name ap-southeast-5. The AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region is the first infrastructure Region in Malaysia and the thirteenth Region in Asia Pacific, … Read more
  • Kubernetes Compliance: NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Guide
    Kubernetes has revolutionized how organizations develop and deploy applications by offering scalability, flexibility, and efficiency. However, the dynamic and distributed nature of Kubernetes environments introduces unique security and compliance challenges too. To address these challenges, organizations must better understand, manage, and reduce their cybersecurity risk and protect their networks and data. To help organizations do … Read more
  • Enterprise Ransomware Protection
    Ransomware attacks are a significant threat to enterprises worldwide. These malicious attacks can cripple an organization, leading to halt operations, data loss, financial damage, and a tarnished reputation. To combat this growing menace, strong and unyielding enterprise ransomware protection strategies are essential. This blog post delves into effective measures for safeguarding your business against ransomware … Read more
  • AI Data Security: Insights and Best Practices
    The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into data security is a game-changer. AI’s ability to analyze vast amounts of data and identify potential threats have made it an essential tool for cybersecurity. As cyberthreats continue to evolve, leveraging AI provides a proactive approach to safeguarding sensitive information. This blog aims to educate IT professionals, cybersecurity … Read more
  • Veeam Data Platform: Enhancing Data Protection with S3 Immutability and Block Generation
    What role does data protection play in the current digital landscape? With the increasing threat of ransomware and other malicious activities, ensuring the integrity and availability of your backup data is crucial. Veeam Data Platform offers reliable solutions for immutable data backups to Amazon S3 through a secure foundation powered by Veeam Backup & Replication. … Read more
  • Add macOS to your continuous integration pipelines with AWS CodeBuild
    Starting today, you can build applications on macOS with AWS CodeBuild. You can now build artifacts on managed Apple M2 machines that run on macOS 14 Sonoma. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces ready-to-deploy software packages. Building, testing, signing, and distributing applications for Apple … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: G6e instances, Karpenter, Amazon Prime Day metrics, AWS Certifications update and more (August 19, 2024)
    You know what I find more exciting than the Amazon Prime Day sale? Finding out how Amazon Web Services (AWS) makes it all happen. Every year, I wait eagerly for Jeff Barr’s annual post to read the chart-topping metrics. The scale never ceases to amaze me. This year, Channy Yun and Jeff Barr bring us … Read more
  • Hybrid Cloud Benefits: Key Advantages for IT Teams
    Have you heard about the recent UniSuper and Google Cloud accident? The recent data outage that impacted UniSuper serves as a stark reminder of the potential risks associated with relying solely on a single cloud provider and highlights the importance for businesses to prioritize data resilience to minimize downtime. To address these challenges, many organizations … Read more
  • What Does a Salesforce Admin Do?
    Salesforce has revolutionized customer relationship management (CRM), helping businesses of all sizes connect with customers effectively. At the heart of every successful Salesforce implementation is a skilled Salesforce Administrator. But what exactly does a Salesforce Administrator do? This comprehensive guide explores the crucial role of Salesforce Admins, their wide-ranging responsibilities, essential skills, and why they’re … Read more
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