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Thunderbolt devices finally on show at CES

It wasn?t so long ago that Apple observers were wondering why it was taking Thunderbolt peripherals so long to get to market. This week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may be putting an end to that conversation.
Storage vendor Imation buys deduplication assets from Nine Technology

Imation today announced it has acquired deduplication technology from Nine Technology.
HP announces B6200 StoreOnce Backup System deduplication appliance

HP have announced its first enterprise-class deduplication appliance - the B6200 StoreOnce Backup System - that is capable of storing up to 768TB in a single chassis.
Carbonite announces bare metal backups, file versioning updates

Carbonite has announced upgrades to its online backup and restore service that include full OS and application backups, as well as the ability to mirror data to an external drive. The service allows users to perform a full metal restore from the external drive or a CD.
Amazon launches Kindle Fire Android tablet

Amazon has finally unveiled its tablet computer, the Android-based Kindle Fire.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 marries disaster recovery and protection

Acronis has launched what it bills as the "first affordable" integrated disaster recovery and data protection platform.
VMware takes over Mozy online backup service

VMware has added another cloud service to its lineup, hiring Mozy's workers and acquiring its assets.
Android tablets get first remote security and AV app

AVG has launched AVG Mobilation for Android which the company is promoting as the world?s first security app specifically designed for Android tablets.
Cisco unveils Mozy cloud service for desktop Smart Storage box

Cisco announced that it has added a hosted backup service to its entry-level, desktop disk storage arrays, giving users the ability to automate data backups both locally and in the cloud.
HP drops MediaSmart servers and Microsoft Home Server

Hewlett-Packard has dropped plans to offer Microsoft's next version of Windows Home Server OS, codenamed Vail, in its products, after retiring a line of servers carrying the current version of the OS, Microsoft said on Tuesday.

Latest Features

The best tools for PC maintenance

Most people, even IT pros who spend their lives maintaining corporate computing infrastructure, are so busy with life, families, work and the rest that they tend to leave periodic home PC maintenance tasks at the bottom of a long list of things that never get done.
Are hackers spying on you from your mobile phone?

Imagine sitting in a café and discussing the details of a business proposal with a potential client. Neither you nor the client has a laptop; you're just two people having a conversation. But unbeknownst to you, someone half a world away is listening to every word you say. Later, as you leave, you receive a text message referring to the proposal and demanding money in exchange for silence.
Tape storage still alive and kicking

DLT, SuperDLT, LTO, 3480, 3490e, 3590, 3570, TK50, 4mm-DDS, 8mm, AIT, QIC, and 9-track, these are a few of my favorite things. Not exactly how the old song goes, but rest assured that what you have on your old data tapes ? regardless of the format ? has more staying power and value than your old audio cassettes.
Google Apps backup is ideal for small business

Google Apps provides a variety of benefits for small and medium businesses. One of the most critical elements, however, is one that the businesses probably never considered when selecting Google Apps as a productivity or messaging platform: disaster recovery.
Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5: The good bits

The release of Windows Mobile 6.5 is not the complete overhaul that users have been demanding. For that the smartphone using public will have to wait for Windows Mobile 7, scheduled to release in the last quarter of 2010.
Cloud computing: Is it time to invest in cloud storage?

Storing data in the cloud, also known as data as a service or DaaS, is gaining attention within IT departments.
End-to-end encryption: The PCI security holy grail

One of the fascinating things to do when in New York City is to visit the Federal Reserve gold vault. The vault lies 86 feet below sea level, resting on Manhattan bedrock, and holds approximately 5,000 metric tons of gold bullion.
The future of tape

As Hamlet might have said "To tape or not to tape", but it's a question that's a no-brainer for most smaller businesses, fighting to contain costs.
Enterprises warm to online backup

Large businesses are looking more closely at online backup options as a way to ease systems administration headaches and avoid security concerns linked to physical backup procedures - is this the way forward?
Opinion: Mixing open- and closed-source, managing risk

A piece of malware prompts a switch to Linux. There's no perfect security or recovery solution, but sometimes rearranging the deck chairs does make it easier when bad things happen.

How-tos

How to choose an ISP for your small business

Nine tips to secure your iPad

Security tips for large and small businesses

How to partition your hard drive

Case Study: Backup becomes a snap

Case Study: A WAN acceleration investment pays off

Case Study: NHS gets a 91 percent de-dupe ratio

Case Study: A city in Kansas does tapeless backup

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Featured White Papers

10 reasons to deploy WAN optimization for disaster recovery

Un-optimized wide area network-based approaches to data backup are naturally limited by the performance of the WAN. Bandwidth limitations and network latency can make backup take much longer than desired. For large remote offices with significant datastores, this can make WAN-based backup impossible without significant costly WAN bandwidth upgrades.
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Preparing for the Storm: Effective Data Backup and Recovery

This white paper was written for IT professionals looking to increase the strategic value of IT as they implement a cost-effective and appropriately sized backup and recovery platform that can support business growth.

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The Economic Impact of File Virtualisation

Learn from companies that have implemented intelligent file virtualisation and realised dramatic cost savings of 50 - 80%, and huge gains in efficiency.
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The Economic Impact of File Virtualisation

The rapid growth in file-based information is exposing weaknesses in many IT management practices for file-based storage. These weaknesses have direct economic consequences, such as severe under-utilisation of purchased capacity, often at levels below 15%; excessive allocation of resources for often highly unreliable data backup and recovery solutions; and excess spending on disk systems that may cost 3 to 4 times as much as better capacity-optimised systems. An IDC white paper, "The Economic Impact of File Virtualisation: Reducing Storage Costs and Improving Management Efficiency," by Rick Villars, discusses how network-based file virtualisation can offset those economic consequences. Learn from companies that have implemented intelligent file virtualisation and realized dramatic cost savings of 50 - 80%, and huge gains in efficiency.
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Asigra addresses Achilles heel in compliance: remote offices

This white paper discusses the risks of non-compliance - from financial penalties to job loss and worse - and explains how deploying Asigra software as part of an overall compliance solution can help protect both you and your remote office data. Asigra solutions help companies define and attain remote site data backup/recovery goals to achieve compliance - confidently and cost-effectively.
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