• Hypervisor Integration: Seamless integration for better performance and scalability.
• Cost Efficiency:  Eliminates expensive server hardware and storage controllers.
• Built-in Deduplication: Core-level deduplication for minimal performance impact, maximum efficiency, and significant cost savings.
• Intelligent Hardware Failure Protection: Enhanced resilience with data copies across multiple nodes and drives.
• Advanced Snapshot Capabilities: Unlimited, efficient and independent snapshots.

Discover the Essential Guide to VMware Migration

Transitioning from VMware to VergeOS requires careful planning to minimize disruption. Our guide provides a structured process for a smooth migration:

Key Sections of the Guide

1. Evaluation of Alternatives
   - Research and Trial: Identify and test virtualization solutions for performance, compatibility, features, and support.
   - Cost-Benefit Analysis: Compare costs and calculate ROI to evaluate benefits over VMware.

2. Planning the Migration
   - Detailed Plan: Outline timelines, resource allocation, and risk management.
   - Infrastructure Preparation: Ensure hardware and network compatibility

3. Execution and Post-Migration
   - Pilot Migration: Start with non-critical systems to test the process.
   - Full-Scale Migration: Schedule during low-usage periods, back up data, and execute the migration.
   - Post-Migration Testing: Verify functional and performance standards in the new environment.

4. Phased Migration Process
- Backup/DR: Use VergeOS for cost-effective backup and disaster recovery of the VMware environment.
- NAS Replacement: Replace Network Attached Storage with VergeOS.
- Testing: Test workloads for compatibility and performance.
- Conversion: Incrementally convert virtual machines, starting with low-priority workloads.

Download the full guide now to optimize your virtualization strategy.

Cyberattacks and ransomware target backup data in 93% of incidents. Despite being primary targets for ransomware and data exfiltration, existing Zero Trust frameworks often overlook the security of data backup and recovery systems.
 
Zero Trust Data Resilience (ZTDR) is an innovative model that extends Zero Trust principles to data backup and recovery. Developed through a collaboration between Numberline Security and Veeam, ZTDR builds on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) Zero Trust Maturity Model (ZTMM).  
 
This framework provides a practical guide for IT and security teams to improve data protection, reduce security risk, and enhance an organization's cyber resilience.
 
The primary principles of ZTDR include:

• Segmentation — Separation of Backup Software and Backup Storage to enforce least-privilege access, as well as to minimize the attack surface and blast radius.
• Multiple data resilience zones or security domains to comply with the 3-2-1 Backup Rule and to ensure multi-layered security.
• Immutable Backup Storage to protect backup data from modifications and deletions. Zero Access to Root and OS, protecting against external attackers and compromised administrators, is a must-have as part of true immutability. 
  

The white paper "Zero Trust and Enterprise Data Backup" details these principles and offers practical steps for implementation. 
 
What You'll Learn:

• Security Enhancement: Core Zero Trust principles applied to data backup.
• Implementation: Best practices for infrastructure segmentation and resilience zones.
• Applications: Case studies on mitigating ransomware and cyber threats. 
  

Download the white paper and start your journey towards Zero Trust Data Resilience.

Designed for performance and reliability with advanced security and productivity features, the HP Elite mt645 G8 Thin Client equipped with IGEL OS empowers organizations to deliver the ultimate end user computing experience within a virtualized environment.

Heidenreich had challenges with their Citrix platform due to a combination of old and new DELL and Wyse hardware, laptops, and thin clients. When the company was expected to upgrade its Citrix platform to a new generation, the firm expressed concerns about the perceived high cost. Heidenreich started to look for an alternative solution, and their IT consultancy provider, Wedel IT, came up with the idea to implement IGEL OS. This case study focuses on IGEL’s ease of management, flexibility on the client side (new/old hardware), future-focused solutions, and security.

The shift to SaaS and cloud computing allows enterprises to lower infrastructure costs and maintenance while improving efficiency and capabilities through scalable cloud data platforms. This move can also enhance productivity and workflow flexibility, enabling remote access to SaaS applications and data. However, it often leads to diversified endpoint operating systems, emphasizing the need for web browser access to SaaS applications. The adoption of IGEL's Secure Endpoint OS and Island's Enterprise Browser presents a modern solution for enterprises to optimize their digital workspaces and fully embrace this transformation.

• Why on-premises data centers still relevant, and how can they be more cost-effective
• How VergeOS integrates server virtualization, networking, and storage into a single unified code base, surpassing traditional HCI while supporting external storage.
• The three pillars of UCI are a unified code base, three-dimensional scaling, and virtual data centers.
• How VergeOS’s common sense, per server, licensing model saves you money.
• How VergeIO’s multi-layered approach to ransomware resiliency and data protection provides the fastest recovery options with the least data loss.

GigaOm’s report spotlights HYCU’s seamless data protection and recovery across AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and VMware. Recognized for its robust multi-cloud and hybrid cloud support, HYCU simplifies data management and ensures scalable, enterprise-grade protection across diverse cloud environments.

Cloud-Native Data Protection: Simplify, Secure, and Scale Your Cloud Journey

Read the report to learn why features like these put HYCU in the leaders’ circle of cloud-native data protection:

• Comprehensive data protection: Covering on-premises, cloud, and SaaS environments - crucial for today's diverse IT landscapes
• Broad workload support: Protecting data across major cloud providers, SaaS applications, and development tools
• Rapid innovation: AI-powered, low-code development for quickly extending protection to new data sources, significantly outpacing traditional providers
• Advanced visualization: HYCU R-Graph for data estate discovery and visualization, enhancing compliance and identifying protection gaps
• Robust security and recovery: "Extensive encryption capabilities" and "fine-grained recoverability" for enhanced data security and efficient restoration

HYCU® is named a Visionary in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions for the 3rd time!

Explore the Gartner 2024 Magic Quadrant report for a comprehensive analysis of the enterprise backup and recovery market and discover why HYCU is again positioned as a Visionary.

HYCU believes their innovative approach to data protection and disaster recovery has earned them this recognition. Learn how HYCU is helping transform data protection with R-Cloud, designed to secure, and recover your data across all environments - from SaaS to on-premises to multi-cloud.

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