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Nobody buys backup software expecting to use it tomorrow. They buy it hoping they never have to. Unfortunately, ransomware attacks, accidental deletions, hardware failures, and cloud outages have turned backup into one of the most business-critical investments an IT team can make. When an incident occurs, there is no time to reconsider licensing, move data…

Worldwide server spending grew 30.7% year over year in Q1 2026, while unit shipments rose just 3.3%. The gap points to higher spending per system as AI accelerators, memory, networking, storage, and cooling become larger parts of the server bill. This collection presents 140 server statistics covering market growth, AI systems, vendor revenue, cloud workloads,…

Cloud infrastructure service revenue reached $143.4 billion in Q2 2026, a 43% increase from the same quarter in 2025. Generative AI, accelerated computing, and rising enterprise demand pushed the market to its fastest growth rate in eight years. Cloud servers supply virtual machines, containers, databases, storage, AI compute, and application platforms through shared or dedicated…

Software vulnerability exploitation caused 31% of the breaches studied in Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report, making it the leading initial access vector. Organizations fully remediated only 26% of critical known exploited vulnerabilities during 2025, while the median resolution time rose to 43 days. Server security now depends on much more than operating system patches.…

VPS hosting adoption continues to rise as website owners and technical teams seek more control than shared hosting provides without paying for an entire physical server. Liquid Web found that 27% of surveyed non-VPS users planned to move to VPS hosting within 12 months, while 90% of current users had recommended VPS hosting or would…