Stephen Manley and W. Curtis Preston discuss the news that Druva was selected by Gartner as a visionary in the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup & Recovery Software Solutions. This is exciting news for Druva and the SaaS industry.

Celeste Kinswood joins us on this episode of No Hardware Required to talk about why and how to protect your backups from ransomware. We talk about the challenges of traditional data protection offerings, especially on-premises backup systems based on Windows. We then talk about how Druva addresses those challenges with a unique architecture that offers at truly air-gapped solution.

This week Stephen Manley and W. Curtis Preston interview David Gildea, VP of Product at Druva. David found CloudRanger, which was acquired by Druva, which specializes in native data protection of cloud resources. He's been working exclusively in the cloud world for many years, so we thought his perspective would be a valuable one. We talk about how he feels that cloud the cloud has (or has not) lived up to its reputation, including areas where the cloud has gotten better – and even a few where it has gotten worse. We talk about how people's roles have changed, as the cloud is quite different than a datacenter. Finally, we round out the conversation talking about how companies can help their people transition to a world that is become increasingly cloud-centric.

This week we talk to David Gildea, founder of CloudRanger, who is now Director of Product at Druva. We discuss what it's like to back up AWS workloads at scale. We start with a high-level overview of Druva's AWS backup offering, and morph that into a discussion of what it's like to do things without it. We draw an analogy to Dave Hitz's comment that he used to make about NetApp, "I liked my first filer; I loved my tenth, and I hated the 100th." David thinks managing AWS backup by yourself is a lot like that. It'll get you so far, but at some point you're going to want some help. The good news is Druva is there to fill in the gap with centralized, mulit-account, cross-account, and cross-region backup that is simple to set up and run.

Preethi Srinivasan joins us again on the podcast to discuss what she sees as the current trends in computing, as well as one trend she thinks is still in the future. We talk about Kubernetes, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Quantum Computing, and where all of them should fit into a company's innovation strategy.

We're joined this week by Preethi Srinivasan, Druva's Director of Innovation, to talk about how to innovate in today's digital world. She talks about the importance about building a strategy based on a customer-centric view, rather than one based on what your competitor is doing. Also look for areas of functionality adjacent to what you already do, versus trying to invent an entirely different wheel. Join us this week for this interesting discussion.

Drew Daniels, Druva's CISO and CIO, joins us again on the podcast to discuss how to manage the security risk that third parties pose to your organization. We talk contractors, service providers, and SaaS products your company may be using. One of the key concepts covered is transparency between vendor and customer, to ensure that everyone is following modern security best practices.

Druva's CISO and CIO Drew Daniels joins us on this episode to discuss how ransomware is really only a symptom of a bigger problem in your environment. Drew talks about how Druva fights cyber attacks, especially how we train and test our own people to recognize phishing attacks. He then gives advice on what you can do in you environment to combat these growing threats.

Stephen Manley and W. Curtis Preston pay a World Backup Day tribute to the people keeping us safe from oblivion: backup admins. We also pay tribute to those who aren't backup admins, but always keep backups in mind. Thank you to both groups. This day's for you!

Three amazing women in technology join this episode of No Hardware Required, dedicated to women's history month. Lisa Martin hosts, with guests Gina Rosenthal of Digital Sunshine Solutions and Vanessa Toves of Druva. They celebrate women's history month by discussing their histories: how they got to this point in their career, and women that inspired them along the way. Join us for this special episode!