Zerto Blog

The data protection workload grows more challenging with every passing year. Today, ransomware attacks—the latest and arguably the most serious threat—put a great deal of pressure on IT managers to ensure the resiliency of digital assets. According to IT Central Station members, the Zerto platform helps them achieve this objective within a single cloud solution. […]

Zerto 9.0 officially launched on July 13, 2021. If you missed the webinar, you can register to watch it on-demand. While there are many new enhancements that I’m not going to cover here, this blog is specifically related to the platform enhancements to bring even more value, cost savings, and security to Amazon S3 repositories […]

How a focus on recovery changes the outcome of ransomware attacks Data is one of the most valuable resources in business these days and it is at the heart of IT systems that keep both public and private-sector operations running. When a ransomware attack removes access to data, the effect can be crippling to an […]

RANSOMWARE RESILIENCE Our focus with Zerto 9 has been to help organizations mitigate the real threat of ransomware and ensure that when all else fails, you can recover fast and to within seconds prior to an attack. In a recent IDC State of Data Protection and Disaster Recovery survey sponsored by Zerto, out of 500 […]

To say we’re excited that we were named as a Niche Player and positioned high in the Niche Quadrant of the Gartner Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions Magic Quadrant, would be an understatement. In our first-time recognition, we’re very proud that we’re in the top right of the Niche category. However, this is only […]

Legacy backup Backup and disaster recovery solutions are merging. Backup vendors, large and small, are looking to incorporate disaster recovery and orchestration into their platforms. Coming from market and technical leadership in disaster recovery for a decade here at Zerto, we see why legacy backup can’t meet modern recovery expectations, let alone trusting backup for […]

I am excited to announce a major milestone for Zerto. This morning, HPE publicly announced its intent to acquire Zerto. We see this as a strategic development for the storage industry – and true recognition of the importance of our cloud data management and protection technology. But more importantly, a testament to all of the […]

What happens during a ransomware attack and why recovery is critical A ransomware attack isn’t a single event. It is a series of events designed to disrupt and disable systems and to force organizations to pay large sums to recover data and get back online. By walking through 7 distinct stages of a ransomware attack, […]

We have a lot to say, and we’re proud of it. In recent months, we have made several innovative strides with our Zerto solution. While we have a strong heritage rooted in disaster recovery (DR), our growing recognition in the broader backup and data protection market has the biggest impact. This is due to our […]

Saw a 97% reduction in RTOs and 99% reduction in RPOs  The pressure is on IT departments, which must recover critical data to minimize data loss and return their organizations to normal operations as quickly as possible. The Zerto platform, built on a continuous data protection (CDP) foundation, enables organizations to meet these requirements and […]

Gone are the days that a backup of a virtual machine is enough for backing up an entire application. Applications, especially modern, cloud-native applications, span across virtual machines, containers and cloud services. Backing up any one of those individual components is not enough to capture the entire application’s state. Instead, we need to capture all […]

The costs of outages at federal agencies exceed $1 million in about 60% of cases, according to a study by cybersecurity provider Infoblox. The costs are related to data loss, operational disruptions, lost user productivity, and mitigation. Expenses associated with mitigation can be especially high when downtime is caused by a cyber-attack that requires recovering […]