Spanning Blog

Welcome to our blog featuring thought leadership and best practices on SaaS backup and recovery, data protection and security, and regular product updates for Spanning Backup for Office 365, Google Workspace, and Salesforce.

What is cascade delete and why is it a threat to your Salesforce data?

If you’ve ever lost data is Salesforce, perhaps through accidental deletion or a data merge error, you know how frustrating it can be to retrieve that data. Sifting through the Salesforce manual Weekly Export is time consuming and can result in data recovery that is incomplete or inaccurate, because it doesn’t include metadata or customizations to your instance. Another issue is presented by the parent-child relationship between records. This can lead to data loss associated with something called “cascade delete.”


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4 real-life examples of SaaS data loss…

Today’s businesses use more SaaS applications than ever. And, as more company data is stored outside the firewall, it becomes ever more possible “


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7 Ways the Cloud Has Revolutionized the Way Nonprofits Work

If you’re one of the millions of people who’ve adopted cloud computing, you’ll need no introduction to just how great an innovation it can be. The list of benefits are immense, facilitating greater collaboration and massively increasing efficiency.


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The Verdict Is In: You Need SaaS Backup for Data Protection, and You Need It Now

Advice from industry analysts about SaaS data protection is coming in about as fast as companies are making the move to SaaS applications. And the consensus is unquestionable: If you’re using SaaS applications like Google Workspace for Work, Salesforce, or Office 365, you need a solution to back up your data in those applications.


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4 Use Cases Where Archiving Isn’t “Good Enough Backup”

If you’re managing a SaaS collaboration platform like Office 365 or Google for Work, you’re responsible for ensuring your organization’s data isn’t lost due to human error or malicious action. While archiving tools like Google Vault or Microsoft In-Place eDiscovery can preserve your data for legal needs, there are important reasons why they are less useful for business continuity.


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How to Back Up and Restore Your Salesforce Dashboards, Reports, and Data

Have you ever tried to restore changed Salesforce data back to its original state, or to recover lost Salesforce data? It’s not as simple as you might think. The good news is that Salesforce has recently updated their knowledge base with new information on two use cases, as well as covering on how to handle general backup and restore scenarios.


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Alarming Findings In New Report: 58 percent Have Experienced SaaS Data Loss

Though experts agree that relying on SaaS vendors to back up and restore your data is insufficient, that’s exactly what much of the business world is doing, according to a new report from IDG Research.


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Spanning Wins SaaS Provider of the Year by Eliminating Risk of Data Loss in Cloud Apps!

Spanning is honored to be named the SaaS Provider of the Year by the 2014 Stratus Awards, presented by the Business Intelligence Group! The awards honor innovation in the cloud, and Spanning was recognized for our success in eliminating the risk, cost and consequences of cloud data loss for organizations with Spanning Backup for Google Workspace and Spanning Backup for Salesforce.


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