LTO Ultrium Tape Storage – The ultimate choice for capacity, security, and sustainability. Tape storage has been declared dead for well over a decade by many IT vendors and industry analysts. These claims regarding the end of tape, however, have been considerably overblown. Tape storage is amid a renaissance driven by advancements in technology, a […]

Simplifying Digital Operational Resilience for the EU Financial Sector. Everyday activities of the financial sector are supported by complex Information and communication technology (ICT) systems supporting the introduction of many new digital services that enhance customer experience, increase the efficiencies of internal process, but at the same time introduce additional risks and vulnerabilities which may […]

Secondary backup for Rubrik – the final component of zero trust data security. It is becoming increasing important for companies to protect data against cyber threats. If your data is totally secure your business should be unstoppable. Having a secure zero-trust data management system such as Rubrik backup is fundamental to achieving this goal, however […]

Expect the Unexpected. Ransomware reaches all organizations. No organization is exempt from cybercrime. Ransomware attacks reach the periphery of every organization daily. Network breaches are sometimes stopped by the investments in cybersecurity that have been set in place. Attacks based on social engineering such as phishing attempts and malicious file attachments may be prevented by […]

Early ransomware detection incorporated into your system recovery process. When cybercriminals orchestrate a human led cyberattack, they may have spent months identifying and overcoming defences to maximise the impact of their attack. Regardless of whether their entry was through commodity malware, or the exploitation of an outdated or misconfigured web server, the ultimate end goal […]

Cloud Services are vulnerable to outage, and Data Protection is the customer’s responsibility. On January 25, 2023, a global network outage hit Microsoft affecting users of Teams, Azure, Outlook, SharePoint and Xbox Live. Social media was overwhelmed with users venting anger at not being able to send or receive emails or connect to Teams meetings. […]

Introducing the Cristie IBM Champions of 2023. Cristie Data GmbH possess a long history supporting IBM solutions having been a recognized IBM solution partner since 2002 with several certified experts and specialists on the team. Similarly, Cristie Nordic are an IBM Gold Business Partner and have been an IBM Competency Expert for Spectrum Storage Software […]

Introducing Rubrik® Cyber Recovery According to a recent Bitkom study the German economy suffers annual damage of around 203 billion euros due to theft of data, sabotage, espionage, and the theft of IT equipment. This is the result from a 2022 study of more than 1,000 German companies covering different sectors. To put things in […]

Cloud Migration with automated OS Modernization Cloud migration presents a great opportunity to move applications to a more modern operating system (OS). In some cases, an OS update may be mandatory to meet the minimum supported cloud platform OS image versions. For example, Oracle Cloud currently offers Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard, Datacenter as the […]