Druva's No Hardware Required

If you're not including RTO & RPO in your conversations when talking about your data protection and resiliency systems, you are missing a core concept. We only back up so we can restore, and we only restore what matters to the organization. This podcast makes the point that no matter how fast your restore is, and no matter how much data you lose (or don't), your recovery will be a failure if it doesn't match the expectations of the stakeholder. Learn about RTO and RPO, and how they need to be agreed upon before hand in order to have a successful recovery – and to get more funding for your data protection system.

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A recent survey by IDC of over 500 companies of various industries and sizes revealed some shocking results, starting with the fact that 47% of them have successfully attacked by ransomware, and 50% of those affected by ransomware also lost data. What's even more shocking is many of them seem to have high confidence in their abilities to defend against and respond to the ransomware threat. Listen as Mr. Backup (W. Curtis Preston) and Stephen Manley (Druva's CTO) discuss this fascinating survey and its accompanying whitepaper.

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Most "cloud" backup services are based on lifting and shifting a legacy backup product into the cloud. Druva reps discuss this a lot, but they often get pushback with phrases like "why do I care how the vendor makes my backups happen?" This episode answers why you should care very much. It affects your flexibility, cost, and risk – all for the worst. All SaaS services should be delivered in such a way that allows a customer to consume them however and whenever they want, while the technology and cost scale up and down based on their needs. That's simply not possible with a lift-and-shift system, and this episode explains why.

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Free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection

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Druva has been named a visionary for the second time in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup & Recovery. Curtis & Stephen talk about what this means about the changing nature of data resilience, as well as how Druva is perceived by analyst companies like Gartner. Druva actually moved more on both axes than any other vendor, and this is clearly a recognition of the growth in the company's offerings, as well as the growth in revenue.

Druva becomes the first data protection as-a-service (DPaaS) vendor to offer an end-to-end data resiliency guarantee. While other vendors cover only ransomware risks, Druva's $10M guarantee covers all aspects of how our service works. The Data Resiliency Guarantee provides unmatched protection against 5 key data risks– Cybercrime, Human, Application, Operational, and Environmental, and guarantees the security, immutability, and availability of customers’ data - up to $10MM.  Stephen Foskett (Druva's CTO) and W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) discuss this amazing new development for Druva and its customers. This podcast breaks down the five areas the guarantee covers, explaining them in plain language so anyone can understand. It also explains how only a company that offers data protection and resilience as a service can offer a guarantee that covers this much.

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Free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection

You can get a free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection by going to druva.com/podcast.

Druva has released a suite of new security features, collectively referred to as the Druva Cyberattack Readiness Launch. This episode of No Hardware Required explorers each of these new features, and why Druva feels they have become essential in today's backup environment. Druva already has air-gapped, encrypted backups that protected against any ransomware attack to your environment. But we wanted to do better, to protect your backups against other types of attacks, and even human error. That's what the cyberattack readiness launch is all about: improving your security posture, providing the ability to roll back mistakes and attacks from rogue admins, and even the ability to disallow any kind of deletions to the environment. We never stop making your backups more secure; check out this exciting episode to see how!

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Free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection

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Druva often makes the claim that it reduces customers' TCO by up to 50%, but just how does it do that? Two men who understand backup and resiliency costs more than most answer that question. W. Curtis Preston (AKA Mr. Backup) and Stephen Manley (CTO), talk about the hard and soft costs that Druva reduces. The discussion focuses mainly on hard costs, as many customers dismiss soft costs. But Curtis and Stephen discuss soft costs as well, as they feel they are part of the TCO story as well.

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Free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection

You can get a free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection by going to druva.com/podcast.

Small to medium businesses (SMBs) and similarly-sized government organizations often have the same regulatory and security needs of larger companies, without the IT budget or personnel to accomplish them. This week's episode of no hardware required focuses on the unique needs of such organizations and talks about how Druva‘s data resiliency platform is uniquely positioned to help customers meet those needs. With Druva, you get the power and security of a large backup, DR, and resiliency system - without having to build it, maintain it, or secure it. Listen in as Stephen and Curtis discuss this important topic.

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Free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection

You can get a free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection by going to druva.com/podcast.

Druva felt that their support for Salesforce needed to go beyond simply backing it up and restoring it. We discuss the added functionality in this episode, after tackling the ever-present question of whether or not you need to back up Salesforce at all. (It's become harder to argue against it after Salesforce came out with their own backup service.) After explaining how Druva's service works, Stephen Manley (CTO) explains what else it does. Sandbox seeding (with datamasking) and Salesforce archiving are two features that will bring a lot of value to Druva's customers. Check out this episode to learn all about Druva's support for Salesforce, and how it goes far beyond backup.

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Free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection

You can get a free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection by going to druva.com/podcast.

This episode of No Hardware Required focuses on the risk that holidays like Memorial Day pose from a cybersecurity perspective, and especially for your backups. Stephen Manley (Druva's CTO) and W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) delve into this topic, discussing why this is the case, and what can be done about it. The episode gives advice to both Druva customers and to those who haven't made that decision (yet). Learn what to do to secure your backups prior to this upcoming holiday weekend.

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Free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection

You can get a free eBook copy of Modern Data Protection by going to druva.com/podcast.