When DataEndure marked its 40th anniversary, our CEO Kurt Klein reflected on how our mission has evolved: “If you look at us 40 years ago, we were all about resilience and data protection. That’s still true today, but the demands have become more complex and multifaceted.” Today, digital resilience isn’t just an advantage—it’s a necessity. Resilience means having the ability to adapt, recover, and thrive amidst ongoing technological, operational, and… Read More
DataEndure at 40: From Data Protection to Digital Transformation
As DataEndure marks its 40th anniversary, CEO Kurt Klein reflects on the company’s journey and what has fueled its longevity. DataEndure’s journey from a small value-added reseller to a leading technology integrator and managed security services provider reflects not only its resilience but its remarkable ability to adapt and evolve. With CEO Kurt Klein at the helm for nearly three decades, DataEndure’s story is a testament to innovation, strong partnerships,… Read More
Cloud Computing in Motion: Balancing Cost, Outcomes, and Innovation
Cloud computing is often viewed as a transformative force, offering businesses unprecedented flexibility, scalability, and access to cutting-edge technologies. However, the cloud is far from a static environment—it’s a constantly shifting landscape where businesses must continually adapt their strategies to meet evolving goals. Instead of being seen as merely a cost center, the cloud is best understood as a dynamic tool that requires ongoing refinement and adjustment to drive success…. Read More
Who Shares the Responsibility for Cloud Security?
Being in the cloud doesn’t mean your organization is secure. Maintaining proactive threat detection and response in the cloud is a constant, proactive process. What is meant by cloud security? While a cloud provider is responsible for securing their underlying infrastructure (physical, network, and host security), as an organization and user, you are responsible for securing your applications, data, user access, and configurations within your cloud environment. Mitigating cyber-risk requires… Read More
Achieving a Successful Digital Transformation
Recently, I had the opportunity to assist a major construction firm with their digital transformation. Like many organizations, COVID drove the need to support a remote workforce. However, additional factors were at play, including IT staffing shortages and aging infrastructure that was nearing end of support. Given the distributed nature of the company’s ROBO (remote office, branch office) and SOHO (small office, home office) locations, their IT staff faced challenges… Read More
Considering an upgrade to VMware vSphere 7?
Originally posted on LinkedIn by DataEndure Sr. Solutions Engineer, Raj Patel. The growing demand for rapid delivery of innovative applications is driving the need for organizations to modernize how they develop and manage not only applications, but also the infrastructure they run on. This has led many to explore an upgrade to VMware vSphere 7 for the scalability, increased built-in security, high performance and rapid self-service access. Another important datapoint, technical guidance… Read More
3 Ways to Maintain Security in Economic Uncertainty
There are indicators that the economy might be in for a bumpy ride for the foreseeable future. Many businesses are already starting to plan for this uncertainty, plot strategies for reduced cash flow and decreased demand, and propose operational changes to be in the best position to weather the storm. Critical to these conversations are prioritizing areas of the business that can’t be dialed back. Security is absolutely one of… Read More
5 Ways SaaS Backup Can Boost Your Cloud Data Protection
Are you Safeguarding Your Key SaaS Apps? Many organizations assume SaaS vendors backup their cloud data. That’s a risky bet – and one you are guaranteed to lose every time. In fact, Gartner estimates that, by 2022, 70% of organizations will have suffered disruption due to unrecoverable data loss in a SaaS application. A lack of understanding around cloud vulnerabilities can be an organization’s downfall when moving operations to these dynamic environments. Consider… Read More
VDI Complexities
Originally posted on LinkedIn by DataEndure Cloud and Data Science Practice Manager, Scott Stephenson. One of the trends the pandemic has helped popularize is the use of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). The centralized management and control of the workstation environment at a time when more users are working away from the corporate office has long been appealing. Additionally, with VDI in the cloud, organizations can reduce their dependence on premises… Read More
Migrate to Exchange Online as if your Data Depends on It … (It Could!)
Originally posted by DataEndure Director Of Technical Operations, Joseph Dickens, on linkedin.com Microsoft on-premise Exchange in the crosshairs Earlier in the year, we saw multiple zero-day exploits being used to attack tens of thousands of US organizations with on-premises Exchange servers, giving attackers full access to user emails and passwords on the affected servers, administrator privileges on the server, and access to connected devices on the same network. And the attacks… Read More