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Data Loss Involving Google Cloud and UniSuper

At the beginning of May 2024, the UniSuper fund experienced a massive disruption in access to their systems and data. Their cloud service provider - Google Cloud - caused an unintended misconfiguration that resulted in major data unavailability.

Thankfully, UniSuper fund had an extra backup of their data, so the disruptive situation effect was minimized, in the meantime, as Google Cloud was restoring the company’s data. This story is a great example of how important it is to have a diversified backup strategy for your company's data storage. Moreover, it also shows how important it is to have an on-site data storage infrastructure, even if you also use cloud storage. That is exactly why we want to equip you with our best solutions for maximizing your data storage protection both on- and off-site!

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