The Official Spanning Blog: Industry Trends in SaaS Data Protection

May 26
2015

7 Ways the Cloud Has Revolutionized the Way Nonprofits Work

BY Spanning Cloud Apps

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.

May 15
2015

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

BY Spanning Cloud Apps

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.

Apr 23
2015

What is SaaS Metadata, and Why Do You Need to Protect It? Part I

BY Spanning Cloud Apps

If you’re a SaaS application administrator (for example, you manage Google for Work, or Salesforce, or Office 365) and don’t know much about the importance of metadata for your SaaS apps, you’re not alone.

Feb 27
2015

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

BY Spanning Cloud Apps

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.

Feb 25
2015

5 Simple Ways to Ensure Data Harmony in Salesforce

BY Spanning Cloud Apps

At Spanning, we don’t just back up Salesforce – we use it every day ourselves. We thought we’d share our best practices for maintaining good Salesforce data during major data imports and everyday operations as well as some ways to automate your processes.

Feb 18
2015

Planning a Google Workspace Migration? Here’s a Terrific Guide

BY Spanning Cloud Apps

If you’re looking to migrate your organization to Google Workspace for Work, the Cloud Alliance for Google Workspace has a new resource that offers terrific advice on how to get there. The Business Transformation Guide for Google Workspace takes you all the way from defining your goals and overcoming obstacles to a roadmap for long-term success with your Google Workspace migration initiative.

Jan 28
2015

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

BY Lori Witzel

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.

Jan 21
2015

New Feature for Google Workspace Backup: Now Even Easier to Back Up Shared Drive Files

BY Spanning Cloud Apps

We are continuing to add features to Spanning Backup for Google Workspace that allow organizations to more easily manage their backups and ensure that shared data remains protected. That’s why we’ve introduced domain-wide shared Drive backup settings.

Nov 24
2014

New Spanning Backup for Google Workspace Features: Drive Restore Folders and Admin Tools

BY Spanning Cloud Apps

By listening to and learning from our customers, we continue to evolve Spanning Backup for Google Workspace, delivering a better way to easily back up and restore data. In this release, we give admins more control over what their end users can access, and make it easier for users to view and restore their Google Drive data.

Aug 26
2014

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

BY Spanning Cloud Apps

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.