Vendor risk assessment matters because the privacy of your customers’ data is only as good as the riskiest vendor in your supply chain. A breakdown of how vendor risk impacts your customers through the backup service provider channel, and what you should ask for from…
Multi-cloud backup, spreading backups across multiple cloud providers, sounds safer on paper. Here’s an honest look at when it actually is and when it’s complexity that doesn’t buy proportional protection. Backing up to two separate cloud providers sounds like an obviously good idea more redundancy,…
Most businesses guess at their RTO (recovery time objective) instead of calculating it and usually guess wrong in the optimistic direction. Here’s a practical, calculation-based method for finding your actual number. Most businesses have an RTO documented somewhere often chosen based on what sounded reasonable,…
At the beginning of each quarterly backup audit, especially when creating plans for the next quarter, it’s a good idea to assess if there are any gaps in your coverage. I’m posting this last to mark the end of August, and I want to give…
We get asked constantly how Softyz compares to the other major cloud backup providers. Rather than a vague marketing comparison, this is a transparent, feature-by-feature breakdown — including where competitors genuinely win. An honest comparison, including where we don’t win. We’d rather be straightforward about where…
Backup logs are the evidence auditors actually want to see — and most companies either don’t keep them or don’t keep them in a usable format. Here’s exactly what auditors look for, and the common gaps that cause audit friction. Auditors want proof, not assurances. “We have…
“How long will a restore take?” is one of the most common pre-purchase questions we get — and the honest answer depends on more than just internet speed. A real timed test, the variables that actually matter, and what to expect at your own connection…
The Weekend IT Admin’s Backup Checklist For the one person at a small company who’s quietly responsible for “the backup thing” — here’s a checklist you can run through in 15 minutes on a Saturday, so nothing falls through the cracks over the weekend. Every small…
Backing Up Live Databases Without Downtime — A Practical Guide for MySQL and PostgreSQL Backing up a database that’s actively being written to is not the same as copying a folder of files — get it wrong and you risk a corrupted, unrestorable backup. A complete,…
Backup for Content Creators: Protecting Raw Footage, Project Files, and Client Deliverables A single lost project file can mean re-shooting, redoing, or refunding a client. Content creators have backup needs that generic advice doesn’t quite cover — here’s a workflow built specifically for creative work. A…