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Now that the UK has decided to leave the EU, many companies are trying to prepare for the impact. There are so many unknowns at this point and many companies are in a holding pattern. The problem is, going into a holding pattern can put your revenue generation in a holding pattern as well. The […]

South Australia was plunged into darkness this week as severe storms hit the region and saw a lengthy state-wide power outage. The power outage had, and is still having, far-reaching effects for individuals, businesses and government organisations. The major SA power outage reminds us of the dangers of natural disasters and wild weather. In Australia, […]

By now, you are hopefully pretty excited about the upcoming Zerto Virtual Replication (ZVR) 5.0 release. For a quick refresher, checkout Josh’s "DRaaS to Azure" section in this VMworld announcement from a few weeks ago, meaning ZVR 5.0 will support Microsoft Azure as a target platform. Before we expand on this topic, the main points […]

As any successful person or organization would know, failing to prepare is preparing to fail. In light of the ASX trading failures this week, and the numerous public IT "outages" that have been reported on over the past few quarters, it is worth reflecting on what IT resiliency really means.  For Zerto IT resiliency means […]

On Alton Brown’s cooking show, he used to abhor a unitasker – a tool used for only one thing. They clutter the cabinets and are useful only in the rare instance that you need to slice an egg or store half an onion. Similarly, a unitasking product in tech is annoying. They clutter your IT […]

At VMworld 2016 in Las Vegas we announced the next version of Zerto Virtual Replication (ZVR), 5.0, and I couldn’t be more excited! With the new features coming in 5.0, Zerto is taking disaster recovery to the next level of awesomeness which any VMware admin would be crazy to not have in their environment. Why […]

The first quarter of 2016 saw a record number of Ransomware attacks in the US. Month over month, attacks have been growing at double digit rates and are continuing to rise. Many of today’s top organizations have identified protecting against Ransomware attacks as a top priority for 2016, and beyond. This is just one of […]

When I joined Zerto less than a year ago, one of the first things I noticed is how inadequate the term "Disaster Recovery" is to describe everything that Zerto can do for you. It made it very difficult to really explain the value of our solution in such a short time-frame.  Disaster Recovery (DR) isn’t […]

IBM Hybrid Cloud for the enterprise has gained traction with the market and industry analysts as they continue to build a compelling offering. Additionally, application requirements and just the sheer amount of data is growing at rates where building out traditional data centers does not make sense. More and more customers are adopting a hybrid […]

IBM Cloud, also known as SoftLayer, has taken major steps to bring substantial service offerings to the cloud. By teaming with VMware, IBM is working to streamline datacenter operations by providing a joint software defined data center (SDDC) solution that is easy to acquire, easy to deploy and easy to use. With Zerto Virtual Replication, […]

Shift your Thinking, with Zerto! VMworld 2016 US is going on right now and we have a huge team attending to spread the love and share our excitement. We’re extremely excited to be a part of it, and I’m glad to report that our customers and partners are equally as excited! Monday started off with […]

This is the second post in our "blogging from the VMworld show floor" series, covering the most common questions we get at VMworld. The most popular question today is, "How does Zerto's Virtual Replication (ZVR) compare to VMWare's Site Recovery Manager (SRM)?" The best answer to this question is actually a deep dive on ActualTech […]