Google Cloud Storage is the Google online storage service that allows you to store files and backups on the Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. Like all the most well-known Cloud services based on a pay-per-use model, therefore on the actual use of storage and bandwidth, Google Cloud Storage allows the remote saving of large amounts of data […]

SQL Server Express is a free database developed and distributed by Microsoft starting with SQL Server 2005 (initially, Microsoft free database server was called MSDE, and corresponded to the SQL Server 2000 version). Since its first release, SQL Server Express has always been a fast and reliable solution for applications and websites, with more than […]

BitLocker allows you to encrypt any hard disk connected to a PC or Windows Server, including removable drives such as USB or RDX. The protection mode is widely described in the article BitLocker: drive encryption on Windows 10 with a recovery key In this tutorial, we will see how to restore an image of a drive […]

BitLocker is a drive encryption system integrated with the Microsoft Windows operating system starting with Windows Vista. It allows you to encrypt hard drives, removable disks or partitions in order to protect them using a specific password and making them inaccessible to third parties. The protection can also be configured for removable drives or USB sticks. There […]

Disk2vhd is a free software to convert a disk into a corresponding .VHD / .VHDX image file. It can be used to make an image backup of a system, or to virtualize it on a Hyper-V environment. Virtualization is one of the key aspects of any modern and efficient IT infrastructure. Disk2vhd can therefore be a […]

Exchange Online, an essential part of the Office 365 suite, is one of the most widely used email services in the world for managing company messaging via email. In addition to its primary function, it also allows the management of calendars and address books, which can be shared without the need for additional applications. The […]

Like many other remote support software, Iperius Remote allows unattended access to a remote computer without the need for the connection to be explicitly allowed by a user. The automatic access feature is very useful and very important for companies that provide support services for their customers and need to connect to remote servers without […]

Complex IT infrastructures need centralized systems to monitor services and resources located on Servers and Clients. This is the case, for example, of database backups. Whatever the tool to perform backups of your database farm, it is essential to check the actual execution, timing and statistics. There are many complex tools for this purpose. For example, Nagios […]

In this brief tutorial we show the simple steps to reset the Changed Block Tracking (CBT) for vSphere virtual machines. CBT is a fundamental parameter withing a VMware ESXi virtual machine, since it allows, when enabled, us to perform incremental and differential backups of VMware virtual machines. Virtual machines running on ESXi hosts can keep […]

Beginning with version 6.0, Iperius has introduced a new drive image engine, able to perform full backups of entire hard drives, which can then be restored using the Iperius recovery disk and Iperius Recovery Environment®. This new feature makes a perfect copy of a disk and its partitions, and it is therefore possible to consider […]