I am writing a set of storage features for Computer Weekly. These will be published in May.
How data protection can help against ransomware, and where it can’t
Which backup and recovery technologies can safeguard against ransomware? And what are the limitations of backup and disaster recovery tools, and techniques, to protect against this type of incident?
In the past we have covered immutable snapshots and offsite backups including tape, as well as recovery strategies tailored to ransomware. This feature will draw together lessons learned by organisations that have faced ransomware attacks, and cover the backup and recovery industry’s tools and advice.
Deadline for leads: Wednesday 20 April
Products for backing up containers
This feature is an overview of leading Kubernetes backup technologies.
How do they work, how are they best used, and how do organisations acquire them (eg are they standalone or part of a larger product suite).
We are open to vendor submissions but do please look at our previous coverage on this.
Deadline for leads: Wednesday 27 April
Obstacles to hybrid cloud storage – and how resolve them
This piece will look at situations that can make it hard for organisations to move to object storage, and how they can overcome them. We are looking to identify the most important hybrid storage barriers, as well as ways around the problems.
Inevitably, the piece will look at hybrid cloud in the context of both pure-play cloud and on-premises storage. But there is a working assumption that CIOs will be looking at hybrid cloud, if they’re not already using it, that it has advantages, and that businesses want to do more of it.
Deadline for leads: Wednesday 27 April
Please contact me by email if you can supply information or propose a spokesperson.