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.

It’s a Bling Thing: Spanning Backup for Salesforce is Lightning Ready Certified

We are pleased to announce that Spanning Backup for Salesforce is now Lightning Ready Certified - and is the first and only AppExchange backup and restore product to be so designated. So if you notice the new "Lightning Ready" bling on our AppExchange listing, know that it's because we've updated our easy-to-use, in-app user experience [...]

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Google Workspace and Spanning Backup: Talkin’ About an Evolution

Innovations are innovative as long as they meet a need in fresh new ways--and four years ago, Spanning’s innovative Free Tools were embraced by millions of customers who needed to fill some gaps in Google Workspace. Over time, Google’s products have evolved to fill the gaps addressed by Spanning’s Free Tools, and as a result, [...]

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New Feature for Spanning Backup for Salesforce: Encryption Key Management

Based on recommendations by the Cloud Security Alliance and the requirements of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy, enterprise organizations want SaaS data protection solutions that support the self-management of encryption keys. We are excited to announce that Spanning Backup for Salesforce is the first and only AppExchange backup and recovery solution that [...]

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Spanning by EMC Teams up with Schinnerer and Microsoft to Deliver Cyber Security Protection Solution

No organization – regardless of size – is immune to cyber security-related data loss. Even small to midsized businesses aren’t safe. That’s why we have joined forces with Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, a leading underwriting manager, andMicrosoft to provide a comprehensive cyber security protection solution for small to mid-sized businesses. Our solution includes the […]


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New Feature for Spanning Backup for Salesforce: Lightning Ready!

Many Salesforce admins have adopted, or are planning to adopt, the Salesforce Lightning Experience - not just for its new, amazing user experience, but for the new functionality Lightning Experience brings. With a shared vision and passion for delivering paradigm-shifting innovation within a brilliant user experience, it’s no surprise that Spanning is the leading ISV [...]

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Spanning by EMC Extends Cloud-to-Cloud Backup to Microsoft Office 365 OneDrive for Business

As enterprises continue to migrate their business applications and data to cloud services, their need to be able to quickly recover from a data loss disaster is more crucial than ever.  So today, we’re proud to announce that we’ve extended our enterprise-class SaaS data protection for Microsoft Office 365 to include backup and restore for [...]

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New Features for Spanning Backup for Google Workspace: Help Desk Admin and Custom Email Labels

Data loss can happen in Google Workspace through sync errors, user errors, malicious actions, or admin errors. In fact, according to recent research, roughly 70% of all SaaS data loss incidents are due to user error. To effectively protect your data from loss, you need the leader in enterprise-grade backup for Google Workspace, Spanning by [...]

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