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Sydney Airport (Australia’s largest airport) was in chaos again yesterday, causing major disruption by delaying passenger processing in both the international and domestic terminals. ‘Technical issues’ were spruiked as the root cause but unfortunately, this isn’t the first time this has happened, or even the second. Airport outages are becoming more frequent not only in […]

In the ever-demanding world of 24/7/365, no business can afford any downtime expected or unexpected. Business resiliency is no longer just a nice to have but a requirement for doing business in the 21st century. With Zerto and IBM Cloud, your business can remain always available no matter what happens. IBM Cloud gives you the […]

Quick tip for a little extra security with Zerto Let me start by saying that by default unless you have your Windows firewall wide open, no one who doesn’t already have access to your Zerto server can access the PowerShell API. Zerto listens for PowerShell requests on port 9080 by default and that port is […]

I noticed something today – disaster recovery plans are no different than relationships.  Bear with me while I draw this analogy for you.  In order to get a good disaster recovery plan (you know, one that you can see yourself with for a long time), you need to put in the time.  Sure, I can go to […]

Well…maybe it’s not a crisis, but it certainly is a hot topic.  Now more than ever, companies are beginning to look to the cloud to cut costs, streamline operations, and maintain a competitive edge in an increasingly diverse ecosystem.  But if legacy technologies are preventing your organization from testing the capabilities of the cloud, you […]

Hello everyone and welcome to Zerto Virtual Replication 6.0! There are so many exciting new features in this release, it’s sure to be a popular download! There seemed to be no better way to celebrate the release of Zerto Virtual Replication 6.0 than with a glass of Cardhu single malt (the code name for this […]

The Challenges of Multi-Cloud Cloud is not new anymore and it's being used more and more by organizations across the globe. But as cloud usage is maturing the way it is being adopted changes. The new option.... Multi-Cloud! Multi-Cloud describes an environment that relies on multiple clouds - such as Azure, IBM Cloud or AWS […]

In the previous post in this series, we created Resource Groups and Networks and Subnets. In this post we continue to create what we need in the Azure environment for our Zerto Cloud Appliance installation. Network Security Groups Using similar steps as the creation of Resource Group and Networks,   from the main menu, go to Network Security […]

Happy New Year!  Balls dropping, champagne, saying goodbye to the old and ringing in the new.   It is also that time of year for the hopeful/dreaded New Year’s resolution.  There is no doubt that having true assurance and confidence in the resilience of their IT infrastructure is at the top of any forward-thinking and vigilant […]

This is the second post in the "Preparing Azure for a Zerto Cloud Appliance" series.  In the first post in this series, we created a Resource Group.  In this post, we’ll add a network and some subnets. Networks and Subnets Back at the main menu on the left, go to Virtual networks. You will be creating a Virtual […]

What is the GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new law that is intended to strengthen and harmonise the data protection rights of individuals within the European Union (EU), but it also addresses the export of any personal data to countries outside the EU. The GDPR is much broader and stricter than […]

In this series of blog posts, we will create the elements needed to get the Zerto Cloud Appliance (ZCA) installed and ready to connect to an on-premises site. The four components Zerto needs in order for you to use Azure are: Resource Groups Networks Firewalls Storage You can see how Zerto consumes the Azure components in this quick […]