

Even companies that still require local, on-premises backups pivoted their strategies, since most of the workforce-and their data-has largely left the building.

That means a new degree of data protection has become critical to supporting day-to-day business.

Instead of being in complete control of local storage resources, IT workers now leverage remote backup, with its management consoles and target storage resources residing in the cloud. The past year has seen rapid changes for IT professionals in charge of data backup. Read our editorial mission (Opens in a new window) & see how we test (Opens in a new window). Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions.
