Tape has been the most widely used backup storage option for enterprises for decades. There has been a shift for at least 10 years to online backups, and most of the professional world is shifting to the cloud for their data storage and backup solutions more quickly today than ever. The total number of businesses… Read More »

Cybercrimes are becoming increasingly sophisticated, leading to more data breaches over the last few years. A recent report from cybersecurity firm Shape Security discovered that 80% to 90% of people who enter an e-commerce site are hackers using stolen data. Companies of all sizes have been breached in 2018, due in part because of a… Read More »

Although the number of data breaches that have affected large companies has decreased over the last year, there is still an alarming amount of breaches that expose customer and company information. If your business falls prey to a data breach, ransomware or other cyberattack, it could inflict irreparable damage to your business as your reputation… Read More »

Ahsay™ Cloud Backup Suite, v7.15.6.55 (rolled out in October 2018) View full Change log  

Data security is the most important element of any service that offers data storage and backup services. The days of storing data solely on an on-premise central server are well behind us. Our team offers on-demand cloud backup capabilities in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. More importantly, we make security our… Read More »

It has been an eventful 2018 in the data security and privacy space as cybercriminals continue to carry out more sophisticated attacks to breach into private servers. Additionally, continent-wide changes in data privacy regulations such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are seeking new ways to protect the data of businesses and consumers…. Read More »

Ahsay™ Cloud Backup Suite, v7.15.4.41 (rolled out in May 2018) AhsayOBM is a server OS AhsayACB is a desktop OS Please update your device(s) if they require one of the fixes shown below. It isn’t necessary to upgrade if you aren’t experiencing any issues. The update can be downloaded from the reseller portal Limitations /… Read More »

Ahsay™ Cloud Backup Suite, v7.15.2.2 (rolled out in March 2018)   AhsayOBM is a server OS AhsayACB is a desktop OS   Limitations / Known issues of this version   AhsayOBM is not able to backup SQL databases with special characters for MS SQL Backup Sets in ODBC mode. Hyper-V VMs with “Paused” state will… Read More »

Online backup systems and traditional tape drives have been around for a while now but there is a question that still floats around, even today – which is better? Costs Tape drives cost a lot of money. At the time of writing (Feb 2018) an LTO-4 3TB external tape drive with 30 tapes and proprietary… Read More »

Are your customers convinced about cloud backup? You may well have an interesting mix of customers. Some might know all about data, others might be a little less informed. Whatever your customers’ level of knowledge, one thing is clear, the data needs of organisations are growing and becoming more complex. Ensuring ‘it’s backed up’ is… Read More »