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question:SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enterprise storage provider iXsystems(R) and backup and recovery partner Asigra(R) Inc. Received the highest award, Gold, in TechTarget's Storage Magazine for the jointly-developed Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance. This ranking establishes the appliance as the 2018 Backup/DR Hardware Product of the Year, edging out over 100 entries and 51 finalists, including industry giants like Dell EMC and Commvault. Announced in August of 2018, the iXsystems/Asigra partnership combines best-in-class hardware and software into a turnkey backup appliance that excelled in all six TechTarget review criteria: innovation, performance, ease of integration, ease of use and management, functionality, and value. "The Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance impressed the judges in several areas," said TechTarget. "Affordability was a factor, as the lowest-capacity model of Asigra TrueNAS starts at 10,000 and comes with 60 TB of storage. Price scales with capacity, with the highest-end configuration holding up to 10 petabytes." Another judge summed up the complete package as having "great functionality [and] good pricing." TrueNAS is based on the world's leading Open Source storage operating system, FreeNAS (also developed by iXsystems), and uses OpenZFS to keep data safe on disk. TrueNAS is unified storage (block and file) that provides unlimited snapshots, replication, thin/thick provisioning, and inline compression, all with ultra-low latency thanks to its flash-accelerated architecture. TrueNAS integrates Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved V14 on both the compact TrueNAS X-Series and the high performance TrueNAS M-Series platforms, each of which has a dual controller (HA) option. Scalable from 10 TB to 10 PB of capacity with sustained throughput up to 10 GB/s, these platforms are ready for enterprise backups of any size. The award-winning Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved V14 is a single, comprehensive, multi-tenant data protection platform for all types of corporate data. The solution can backup physical and virtual servers, databases, enterprise applications, endpoint devices, and even cloud services such as MS Office 365, G Suite, Salesforce, AWS and Azure. Asigra provides a global deduplication capability that minimizes storage and WAN costs. It is also the first backup solution to integrate malware detection, preventing ransomware from infecting backups that cause attack-loops. Asigra's flexible and cost-effective licensing model has been widely adopted by Managed Service Providers (MSPs). "We're thrilled with our partnership with Asigra and the response from our customers and TechTarget. The Open Source nature of our platform is ideally suited to partnerships with software vendors, like Asigra, that add significant value. The Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance provides industry leadership in value and deployment simplicity for whole Enterprise backup needs." The TrueNAS/Asigra partnership was forged to leverage the core capabilities of each product to produce the most competitive and full-featured backup and disaster recovery appliance on the market. The Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance leverages the enterprise storage functionality of TrueNAS, and the backup and recovery functionality of Asigra, to create an integrated appliance that is easier to deploy, manage, and recover backups. The Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance is available directly from Asigra and iXsystems channel partners. The Asigra TrueNAS product has been well received since its introduction in August 2018, and this award is further proof of the market need it fills. Next step for this partnership will bring the Asigra suite to the community edition of the TrueNAS family, FreeNAS, offering hundreds of thousands of FreeNAS users an award-winning enterprise backup solution as well. "Customers agree that the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance delivers unmatched data protection for their businesses, thanks to the most powerful data recovery, ransomware defense and compliance suite on the market," said Eran Farajun, Executive Vice President, Asigra. "The ability of the appliance to prevent cyber-attacks on backup data is a game-changer and we are excited to see it recognized as a best in class solution." To learn more about iXsystems and how the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance can help your organization, visit www.iXsystems.com, contact us via https://www.ixsystems.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX. Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS and TrueOS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in a global marketplace that relies on Open Source solutions, high availability storage and servers, technology partnerships, and expert support. Since its founding in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems' enterprise servers, TrueNAS Unified Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics. Millions of tech-savvy users also download and deploy our Open Source software each year. More information can be found at www.iXsystems.com. Trusted since 1986, Asigra provides organizations around the world the ability to quickly recover their data from anywhere through a global network of IT service providers who deliver Cloud Backup Evolved as either public, private and/or hybrid solutions. As the industry's most comprehensive data protection platform for servers, virtual machines, endpoint devices, databases and applications, SaaS and IaaS based applications, Asigra lowers the total cost of ownership, reduces recovery time objectives, and eliminates silos of backup data by providing a single consolidated repository with 100% recovery assurance. The company has been recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor and included in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software since 2010. More information on Asigra can be found at www.asigra.com. Based on the passage above, What is the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance and why did it receive the 2018 Backup/DR Hardware Product of the Year award?
answer:The Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance is a joint product of iXsystems and Asigra that combines best-in-class hardware and software to provide turnkey backup and disaster recovery solutions. It was recently awarded the 2018 Backup/DR Hardware Product of the Year by TechTarget's Storage Magazine, beating industry giants like Dell EMC and Commvault. The appliance impressed judges with its affordability, scalability, and compact design that can scale from 10 TB to 10 PB of capacity with sustained throughput of up to 10 GB/s. TrueNAS is based on the world's leading Open Source storage operating system, FreeNAS, and uses OpenZFS to ensure data integrity on disk. Meanwhile, Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved V14 provides a global deduplication capability that reduces storage and WAN costs and is the first backup solution that integrates malware detection, preventing ransomware from infecting backups that cause attack-loops.
question:Can you tell me more about how the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance prevents cyber-attacks on backup data?
answer:The Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance is designed to prevent cyber-attacks on backup data through the integration of malware detection capabilities. It is the first backup solution that includes this feature, which prevents ransomware from infecting backups that cause attack-loops. The platform protects data from cyber threats by running backups in a secure sandbox environment, where the backup data is indexed and analyzed for ransomware attacks. Additionally, the Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved V14 provides organizations with a comprehensive compliance suite for HIPAA, FINRA, and other regulatory requirements, ensuring that backup data is protected from external threats as well as internal breaches. Overall, the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance combines enterprise storage capabilities with advanced backup and recovery features to provide users with a secure and reliable data protection solution.
question:What evidence do investigators have linking Samuel Lincoln Woodward to the homicide of Bernstein? Generate according to: A University of Pennsylvania student stabbed more than 20 times and buried in a California park may have been sexually pursuing his accused killer, and once kissed him, according to a report. Blaze Bernstein, a 19-year-old who returned to his home in Southern California during winter break, was found buried in a shallow grave in Lake Forest one week after he was last seen on Jan. 2. Authorities are investigating the stabbing death as a possible act of rage, according to the Orange County Register. No weapon has been found. Samuel Lincoln Woodward, a 20-year-old who knew Bernstein from high school, was arrested Friday on suspicion of homicide after the victim's blood was found on his sleeping bag, according to the Register. Woodward was interviewed by investigators after Bernstein was reported missing by his parents on Jan. 3. A sheriff's investigator wrote in court filings that Woodward appeared nervous, had scratched hands and dirt under his fingernails, and avoided touching doors with his hands while leaving the sheriff's office building. Bernstein may have been planning to sexually pursue Woodward, according to a 16-page search warrant affidavit obtained by the Register. Bernstein texted two female friends about a June interaction with Woodward, according to the affidavit. Bernstein wrote that Woodward was about to "hit on me" and "he made me promise not to tell anyone." Woodward also said Bernstein had once kissed him on the lips, and that he pushed him away, according to the affidavit. Investigators said in the affidavit that as he recounted that part of his story, Woodward clenched his jaw and his fists, saying "he wanted to tell Blaze to get off of him." Woodward also told investigators that Bernstein entered the park alone and then he waited for Bernstein for an hour before driving to meet with a girlfriend, the Register reported. But Woodward could not remember his girlfriend's last name or where she lived, according to the affidavit. Authorities searched for Bernstein for nearly a week with assistance from drone pilots and found his body on Tuesday after recent rains partially exposed it. The death of Bernstein rocked the community of Lake Forest, 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles, where the teen's death was the first homicide reported in at least four years.
answer:Investigators have found Blaze Bernstein's blood on Samuel Lincoln Woodward's sleeping bag, according to court filings. Woodward appeared nervous during an interview with investigators after Bernstein was reported missing, and had scratches on his hands and dirt under his fingernails. In addition, a search warrant affidavit obtained by the Orange County Register suggests that Bernstein may have been planning to sexually pursue Woodward, who had previously told investigators that Bernstein had once kissed him on the lips. Woodward also told investigators that Bernstein had entered the park alone before he drove to meet his girlfriend, although he could not remember her last name or where she lived.
question:Can you provide more information about the timeline of events leading up to Blaze Bernstein's death, and if there were any witnesses?
answer:There is no information available about any witnesses to Blaze Bernstein's death. However, here is a timeline of events leading up to his death, as reported by various news outlets: - January 2, 2018: Blaze Bernstein is last seen alive by his family, who report him missing the next day. - January 4, 2018: Samuel Lincoln Woodward is interviewed by investigators after being seen with scratches on his hands and dirt under his fingernails. He tells investigators that he drove Bernstein to Borrego Park in Foothill Ranch. - January 9, 2018: Bernstein's body is found buried in a shallow grave in Borrego Park. The park was searched with assistance from drone pilots and K-9 units. - January 12, 2018: Woodward is arrested on suspicion of homicide after Bernstein's blood is found on his sleeping bag, according to court filings.