New integration partnership brings modernity to the MSP BCDR ecosystem

Automated intelligent backup monitoring meets next-level backup and recovery with Backup Radar and Slide

A partnership forged out of the desire to give MSPs something new, next-generation, and revolutionary in the BCDR space, the pairing of Slide and Backup Radar is a big deal for MSPs. 

Backup Radar seamlessly connects to Slide through direct API integration, allowing automated intelligent backup monitoring and reporting on your entire backup estate, centrally. Slide’s state-of-the-art box makes server and workstation backups easier and faster than ever before. 

What’s great about this integration?

The speed and security-first architecture of the Slide appliance-based server and workstation backups coupled with Backup Radar’s unmatched automated backup surveillance means next-generation BCDR protocol. Your client backups have never been in better hands than with using these tools together! 

Use Backup Radar’s comprehensive reports and visualizations to look for trends and anomalies in your Slide backup statuses so that you can proactively remediate issues before they arise. See if backups are failing regularly over time or in a certain environment and quickly fix the issue before it becomes a problem.

Seeing is believing, so check out this integration walkthrough video with Senior Solutions Engineer, Tulsie Narine showing you just how incredibly easy it is to get set up (takes just 60 seconds) and take a quick tour of the power of this integration. 

Eliminate dangerous backup gaps with full backup environment monitoring

• Stay vigilant when migrating backup systems. Whether you’re switching backup tools, like adding Slide backups to your client environments, with Backup Radar there’s no need to manually portal-hop to keep your backup statuses accounted for. Backup Radar compiles everything conveniently into one place for monitoring.
• Monitor everything from physical and virtual servers, to mailboxes, phone systems, NASes, and more. We keep saying monitor everything easily from one place, and we mean it!
• No-results backup monitoring alerts you quickly to any missing or hung backups. See beyond just success/fail alerts

Exciting Feature Enhancements

We have a few enhanced integration features that will make it easier and faster to get the information you need, when you need it, right in the Backup Radar portal:

• Run Slide backups on demand with 1 click from the Backup Radar portal, reducing friction in your workflow and reducing the need to toggle back and forth.

• See key Slide appliance details directly in Backup Radar: dive into key details about each agent and device without having to leave Backup Radar. 
• Backup Radar links Slide with your PSA, more why that’s a huge win for you below, but it’s another example of how Slide and Backup Radar are a perfect pair for your data protection needs. 

Slash backup ticket noise by 90% and get hours back in your technician’s day

Backup Radar is the exclusive direct link between your Slide backups and your PSA—see only actionable backup tickets directly in your PSA. Backup Radar’s automated intelligent ticketing logic opens, groups, and closes backup tickets right in your PSA. 

Intelligent automatic ticketing opens, appends, groups, and closes resolved tickets related to your Slide backups. You set the ticketing parameters on what and when you will be notified about something, and Backup Radar will take the stress and tediousness of sifting through ticket noise. 

How do I get started?

If you’re already a Backup Radar Partner, as demonstrated in the above video it takes about 60 seconds to integrate. Just generate your API token in the Slide portal, input into Backup Radar, activate your backups, and you’re up and running! Here’s a simple step-by-step guide. 

Not yet signed up for Backup Radar? We can fix that! Reach out to your Partner Success Manager, or book with a product expert to get a personalized demo and get Backup Radar working for you.