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Jun 24
2020

OneDrive vs. Google Drive: Which Cloud Storage is Better?

BY Dave Wallen

Learn the pros, cons and differences between Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive to help you pick the right cloud storage option.

May 01
2020

Google Takeout: Is It a Good Backup Option?

BY Dave Wallen

Google Takeout is a data retrieval platform that allows users to import and export data from a number of Google products. Learn more about Google Takeout’s capabilities and viability as a backup option.

Mar 25
2020

Google Workspace Sync for Microsoft Outlook: When Foes Become Friends

BY Dave Wallen

Want to use Outlook and Google Workspace at the same time? Google Workspace Sync for Microsoft Outlook (GWSMO) makes that possible. Learn about GWSMO set up, requirements, benefits, downsides and more.

Oct 25
2019

Site Swap: Revamping Your SharePoint Sites

BY Matt McDermott

SharePoint’s Site Swap command lets you easily convert a classic root site to a modern SharePoint site. Here is a walkthrough of how you can use Site Swap to get a revamped SharePoint site, as well as some backup caveats you would need to keep in mind.

Aug 27
2019

Migrating from Office 365 to Google Workspace: Tips to Remember

BY Dave Wallen

Migrating from one platform to another, particularly one that forms the bedrock of an organization, can be extremely stressful and sub-optimal if not carefully charted. Here are some pointers to lay the groundwork for one such transformational change: migrating from Office 365 to Google Workspace.

Aug 21
2018

Simplifying the 3-2-1 Rule for Data Protection in the Age of the Cloud

BY Lori Witzel

The 3-2-1 rule has historically been the industry’s golden rule for managing backups. IT teams, however, are beginning to wonder whether those legacy practices are overkill in the age of cloud and SaaS applications. In this blog, we’ll take a look at the origins of that rule, hear what Spanning’s Director of Products has to say about it, and explore ways to streamline the 3-2-1 rule while minimizing data loss risks.

Apr 17
2018

Defining RPO and RTO in the Age of Cloud Computing

BY Lori Witzel

One of the best practices in well run IT organizations is for CIOs and IT managers to evaluate the risk of data loss, and establish business continuity plans that outline backup and recovery along with their respective Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs). But first, information technology teams and business stakeholders must start with a common understanding of what RTO and RPO mean in terms of backup and recovery.

Mar 10
2016

The Misconceptions and Realities of Data Protection in Cloud-based Office Productivity Suites Today

BY Mat Hamlin

Speaking with customers and prospects is the Spanning product team’s number one priority, and we continue to hear some common themes related to SaaS data protection. It’s always nice to see our findings confirmed by others, “

Feb 19
2016

New Feature for Spanning Backup for Salesforce: Cross-Org Restore

BY Lori Witzel

If you’re a Salesforce admin, Salesforce developer, or business analyst working with Salesforce, you know keeping your development and testing environments – your Sandboxes – loaded with production data is vital to ensuring new configurations and improvements will deliver their required results. Wouldn’t it be great to reduce the work it takes to populate a Sandbox or developer org with production data and do so whenever you needed? In early March, there will be a better way.

Jan 21
2016

5 Key Differences in Email Backup and Retention between Google Workspace and Microsoft Office 365

BY Melanie Sommer

As organizations make the move to the cloud, they inevitably find themselves comparing Google Workspace and Microsoft Office 365 in terms of price, functionality, security, and storage capacity. One important component here – and one that varies quite a bit between the two offerings – is the native backup, retention, and data protection policies included with the SaaS services.