VAST Perspectives
AWS S3 Serverless Capability
Amazon recently launched S3 Object Lambda enabling users to add code to data retrieved from S3 storage. This allows the data to be processed before it reaches the application that called it, enabling use cases such as personally identifiable information (PII) masking,...
Ignoring Data Privacy Regulations Can Be Very Costly
For businesses that need to decide how much to invest in their data privacy projects, enforcement trends are a key piece of data. The main data privacy regulation affecting business the past several years was GDPR, and enforcement is only toughening. There have been...
With New Data Privacy Legislation Pending, How Will You Protect Personal Data?
It’s a few years now since the European Union’s General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, and data privacy continues to gain legislative attention in the United States. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was effective 2020 and expanded later...
Reduce Hybrid Cloud Challenges with the Right Management Tool
Hybrid environments that include a mix of technology can be complex and difficult to understand and manage. Yet they’re often the best solution to when a business has diverse requirements. In order to implement a hybrid cloud or hybrid IT environment effectively,...
Facts and Falsehoods About Digital Transformation
Whether your company is executing carefully crafted plans for digital transformation or was forced into it when Covid-19 restrictions shut down workplaces, successfully completing digital transformation projects is always challenging. Misunderstanding what digital...
You Will Always Need a Data Center
You’ll never turn out the lights in your data center. Even if the company goal is “cloud only,” there are good reasons to keep some systems in-house: Data privacy regulations Firms that do business in multiple countries need to comply with the data privacy laws of...
5 Important Considerations for a Cloud Backup Strategy
Migrating to cloud changes many facets of IT operations, including how backups are handled. Existing backup strategies may not fit the cloud environment. Here are five things to consider when you design your cloud backup strategy: 1. The cost of moving data out of...
Disaster Recovery Tools on AWS, Azure, and GCP
Public cloud simplifies and accelerates the DR process and cuts costs by replacing standby hardware with on-demand cloud resources. If the primary hosting site fails, the disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) system automatically launches applications by initiating...
7 Reasons You Need to Do Your Own Microsoft 365 Backups
Data is a business’s most valuable asset, and protecting it is crucial. Cloud providers who offer SaaS services, like Microsoft 365 (previously Office 365) have a responsibility to backup and protect the data they manage. But businesses should have their own backup...
Protecting Against Insider Threats Requires Knowing Your Data
Employees do many good things with your data: invent new products; improve processes; help solve customer problems. But employees can also do many bad things with your data. Insiders are one of the leading causes of data loss. Employees can also fail to protect data...
