Back in June we published a new report on the reasons for and against backing up cloud workloads, such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. The report was commissioned by OpenText.
The main ideas we portray in the report are:
- Organizations are responsible for the integrity of their data in SaaS apps, because no one else is. Under the shared responsibility model of cloud use, cloud providers explicitly opt out of this responsibility.
- The nature of data loss events in the current era are different to the rare and infrequent catastrophic disasters of several decades ago. Potential data loss disasters are now much more frequent and are traced to different triggers.
- A solid data backup approach for all data—even data in SaaS applications—is required for meeting a growing body of data protection and other industry regulations, e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and FINRA.
- While some SaaS vendors offer native backup for their apps, using a third-party backup service that works in a unified, coherent, and consistent approach across multiple SaaS services has clear and compelling benefits.
With summer holidays drawing to a close in many parts of the world, it’s time for to hold a webinar to discuss the main findings in the report. That is being held later this week. Details and the link for registration are below:
- When: Thursday September 12, 2024
- Time: 1.00pm Pacific time, 4.00pm Eastern time
- Hosted by OpenText
- Register to attend
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