Today, NinjaOne, a unified IT operations platform for MSPs and IT departments, has introduced new image backup capabilities to Ninja Data Protection, the company’s natively developed backup and disaster recovery solution. Additionally, the company is now offering Ninja Protect, a new bundled security product with BitDefender to improve users cybersecurity standards and resist ransomware.

Skilled technical people are the key to any MSP’s success and growth. In fact, data from Service Leadership shows the inability to get and keep such talent can be a top business risk for MSPs. It’s not surprising. These individuals are in high demand, and typically have their choice of where to work. The shocking thing is how often an MSP’s own process and technology choices impact their ability to attract and retain needed colleagues.

When was the last time you thought about your backup process? Is it one of those things you’ve just accepted to be the way it is? If so, your backup may be consuming more time and resources than it should. The state of backup technology has moved forward, and many of the old assumptions about it are no longer true. N-able recently interviewed about a dozen MSPs from around the world and heard first-hand what they discovered when they took a fresh look at backup.

Cloud backup is the process of replicating data that is stored in a physical location and transferring it into a virtual, off-site cloud server for safekeeping in case of an unexpected incident or disaster. In other words, cloud backup is a service that businesses use to back up their systems, servers and data to a remote, cloud-based server.