1. Local backup and data compliance

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Asking users to back up data locally to removable media is rarely an IT team's first choice, but during a pandemic, especially in the first few weeks, it may have been the only option.

Not all network-based endpoint backup solutions supported remote users, and those that did had to contend with limited bandwidth and growing demand for VPN access from other applications.

Vendors' support for remote users has improved over the past year, so IT managers should check the features offered in backup software. They should also check licensing to ensure endpoints are covered.

Once employees have migrated to a secure remote lithuania mobile database system, they should securely erase local backups to prevent the backup solution from becoming a data compliance issue.

2. Securing SaaS applications
Software as a service is one technology that has really helped organizations adapt to the pandemic. And backing up SaaS applications is becoming increasingly important, accounting for an increasing number of customer requests, according to Gartner.

“In the last two years, infrastructure and operations leaders have begun to incorporate SaaS applications such as Microsoft Office 365, Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) and Salesforce into their backup strategy,” says Gartner senior research director Santhosh Rao.

Users may assume that cloud apps back up data automatically, but this is not the case. However, vendors are developing backup tools specifically for SaaS. While Office 365 has the most support, Google Workspace and Salesforce backup are still “very much a work in progress,” Rao said, but the pandemic has prompted vendors to invest here, too.