At Asigra, we find exciting news about data protection, cloud-based technologies, and industry updates every day. Sharing that news through our monthly newsletter is part of our mission to help you stay informed.

No doubt if you are an AWS user or administrator, you know it is a tedious process to manage your images of instances in an AWS EC2 environment. Manual labor intensive script writing is how you are managing this process today which can result in the mismanagement of images resulting in higher costs, human error, and lost time. Imagine if you could automate the entire scheduling and management process. Would this make your life better?

As you may be aware, performing images of instances within an Amazon EC2 environment is cumbersome, time consuming, and difficult.

For too many years I was a "gym lollygagger" going to the gym too inconsistently and when I did I measured my results on how much time I would spend there. I was basically checking the health check box and got zippo results.

The past few weeks have been busy with a number of new developments, in case you missed them, here are the top Asigra announcements that took place over the past two weeks.

We’re pleased to announce that our free AWS Snapshot Manager software is now available in the AWS Marketplace. Asigra is an AWS Technology Partner and committed to developing data protection solutions for AWS customers.

Date: Tuesday, April 19th, 2016 Time: 2:00 PM EST The IT cloud marketplace is crowded and competitive. Yet, we have helped managed service providers worldwide increase cloud services revenue by half in just one year. We understand that leveraging a successful business model framework is crucial, and want to explain how you can use our framework to identify your corporate organizational goals to properly execute a plan to succeed.

You’ve heard the stories. There has been no shortage of organizations affected by the likes of Cryptolocker, Crytowall, and Ransomware. Many would prefer to not admit that they were a victim.

We’re excited to let you know that the latest edition of our data protection software, Asigra Cloud Backup™ Version 13.1, has been released. This new version includes many new enhancements to help solution providers secure new business opportunities and enhance competitive position with businesses seeking the industry’s most advanced data protection software solution.

Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet), an Internet connectivity company, wanted to ensure the reliability and manageability of its backup infrastructure while improving data availability and fast response to support issues.