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We added custom email address for notifications
Cloudback sends an email notification to the user if the backup fails. By default, we are using the primary email address taken from the GitHub profile. We received a feature request to support custom emails for notifications. This may be useful when you have a separate email for such kinds of notifications. We decided to provide such functionality for every account where the Cloudback GitHub Application is installed. Now you can set up a new email address for failed backup notifications for each account using the Account Settings dialog:
5 crucial features of Backup Software that will benefit your Business
Your business can be susceptible to losing data. Worse, it can sometimes catch you off guard, causing delays and disruptions in your operations. Prevent that from happening by investing in the enterprise backup software for your business. According to a report by Varonis, companies have over 1,000 sensitive files and 100,000 folders accessible and open to their employees. Businesses are vulnerable from data corruption, deletion, leaks, and breaches—whether intentional or accidental.
We support new storage now: Microsoft OneDrive
Cloudback provides an easy way to store GitHub repository backups in various storages. And today, we are delighted to announce the support of new storage - Microsoft OneDrive. We received a request to support this storage via email, but to make our work more transparent, we created a related issue in our public issue tracker. The development process from the initial request to a production-ready solution took about a month, including two weeks of waiting for the verification from the Microsoft side.
We support new storage now: OpenStack Swift
A few weeks ago, we got a new feature request in our issue tracker. One of Cloudback users asked us to add support for the OpenStack Swift storage provider. We discussed the feature request within the team and started development. We decided to use an S3 API gateway of OpenStack Swift. As a side effect, we introduced an S3 access-key-based provider in addition to OpenStack Swift. Now Cloudback supports any S3 API compatible storage provider.
Cloudback introduces new marketplace plans
Today we reached 100+ installations and completed GitHub Marketplace financial onboarding. Now Cloudback meets all the requirements for GitHub Marketplace, including listing, billing, brand, and user experience requirements. It means that we completed the public beta stage, and now Cloudback is in production with no limits. We are glad to announce, that our new marketplace plans are available in the GitHub Marketplace! Our Free Plan remains active for all existing accounts but is discontinued and is no longer available for new users.