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  • Building high-capacity backups on a limited budget

    When faced with high-priced options from vendors, one IT team decided to develop its own high-speed backup network. Find out how they did it.

  • Hackers focus attacks against applications

    Computer users are at increasing risk of attack as malicious hackers are turning away from operating systems and concentrating on finding vulnerabilities in applications, a study published on Tuesday has warned.

  • Security holes add up in second quarter

    More than 422 new Internet security holes were found during the second quarter, according to data released by the SANS Institute.

  • Sanity about SANs: What you should know

    With industry analysts predicting an annual growth rate of 50 to 150 percent for corporate data, it is a safe bet that the majority of businesses will require additional storage. What are SANs and how can they assist?

  • Service providers offer remote storage

    A new type of network service provider may soon emerge to rival Internet service providers and application service providers, selling storage as a utility over a network link to storage facilities offering terabytes of space.

Features and Case Studies (74)

  • Building high-capacity backups on a limited budget

    When faced with high-priced options from vendors, one IT team decided to develop its own high-speed backup network. Find out how they did it.

  • Sanity about SANs: What you should know

    With industry analysts predicting an annual growth rate of 50 to 150 percent for corporate data, it is a safe bet that the majority of businesses will require additional storage. What are SANs and how can they assist?

  • SAN backup buffer saves Kiwi college

    When one of Waiariki Institute of Technology's servers went down a month ago, it was an opportunity -- unwanted, no doubt -- to test the restore capabilities of the institute's new backup system, implemented after years of problems with backups.

  • Which backup? Four apps tested

    Who has got your backup covered? If you're looking for the right software to ease your backup pain, we have four solutions which might suit your needs.

  • Can storage be a service?

    Can storage management in the future be as easy as setting a few policies and flicking a switch? We look at the steps needed to get there. Additional reading: Seven steps to data warehouse development

Reviews (39)

  • Symantec Backup Exec 12

    Symantec Backup Exec 12 allows complete system recovery and concentrates on continuous file/data protection. Though AU$1,795 may seem a lot of money for an application, Backup Exec might be worth the investment if you're using it for irreplaceable and highly valuable data.

  • Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8

    Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 provides flexibility when creating desktop and laptop backups. If you have high value data stored on your computer, then we think $106.53 is a reasonable price to ensure it's protected.

  • CA, Iomega join forces on backup

    Computer Associates teams up with storage specialist Iomega to produce a backup system aimed at small and midsized businesses.

  • Who has got your backup tested? 4 software applications tested

    If you are looking for the right software to ease your backup pain, look no further.

  • What was that again? 3 backup packages tested

    It's official: backup software packages have the longest product names in the business. We evaluate three leading packages to find out which suits the medium-sized business.

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