Questions to ask backup providers

7 Questions to Ask Your Cloud Backup Provider

KineticD is committed to offering you the best cloud backup services, and your understanding of how we operate plays a big part in that commitment. You don’t want to just ask questions with any kind of service provider that you agree to work…
password-kineticd-blog

Create a Secure Password With a Password Pattern

It’s never been more important to make sure that you come up with strong passwords. While KineticD will most certainly protect your data through our cloud backup services, we want to help keep your vital data and information as secure as possible.…
Is it time to move to the cloud?

Is It Time to Backup Your Life into the Cloud?

Storing data in the cloud has become so cost-effective that you can almost think of it as being free. This is encouraging people in all walks of life to save space on their home machines with low-cost cloud backup. Given the ease and affordability…
is your business reseller friendly?

Is Your Cloud Backup Provider Reseller Friendly?

Cloud computing is becoming more sophisticated by the month. It’s an extremely convenient way for businesses and individuals to store and backup the voluminous amount of data that they contribute to on a daily basis. In addition to storing…
is your data safe blog

Finding Secure Data Backup in Turbulent Times

As the internet advances and improves, the convenience of the cloud continues to be utilized for any number of purposes including computer backup storage. However, along with these positive advancements, people who seek to abuse other people’s…
move business critical apps to virtual machine

Reasons to Move Business-Critical Applications to Virtual Machines

Moving applications and data to virtual machines – i.e. virtualizing these applications – is a major change for businesses. If anything were to go wrong with business-critical applications, a company would have a lot to worry about. Lack…
Virtual Machines Backup Strategies

Virtual Machine Backup Strategies

Virtualization can offer significant benefits for businesses with large amounts of data. This IT strategy involves creating a virtual machine with operating system-like capabilities to store and run large applications. This effectively separates…
kineticD-Cloud-backup-blog-heartbleed

KineticD & Security: Why your backups were not affected by Heartbleed.

As you may be aware, a major vulnerability code named Heartbleed recently been discovered for OpenSSL, the popular encryption software that powers two thirds (2/3) of the Internet. Since KineticD only relied on OpenSSL for our marketing portals,…
kineticD Cloud backup blog primary vs secondary

Cloud Backup Should Be Like an Insurance Policy with All Primary Restores Coming from Local Backup

Data is quickly being recognized as the lifeblood of business. For many, it’s their most valuable business asset. Customers are often more willing to give you their money than they are to give you their personal data. That alone speaks to…
kineticD-Cloud-backup-blog-hosted-vs-self

Advantages of Using a Hosted Cloud-based Backup System Instead of Building Your Own

Unless you’re in the IT business, the job of managing your own server is more of a tactical nightmare than a comforting dream. Even if you have a dedicated IT staff on hand, do your really want them focused on the busy work of data backup…
Top cloud backup myths

Top 5 Cloud Backup Myths

Similar to other new and innovative technologies, the cloud has many people confused or hesitant to take advantage its awesome capabilities. It was only a few years ago that the cloud made its way into people’s lives, and it is revolutionizing…
Choose right backup provider guide

How to Choose the Right Cloud Backup Provider Guide

Despite what people may have heard about cloud backup providers, they are not all one-size-fits-all. The services offered by some of the most common cloud companies are actually quite diverse. It is true that each company stores data remotely…