Ohio State's administrative services department has been criticised for its flawed security practices, which for a number of years had allowed unencrypted backup tapes to be stored overnight in an employees car.
One IT professional summed up what many have been mulling over recently: it sometimes takes losing data for a company to realise it needs a disaster recovery plan.
Storage companies are betting a technology once reserved for businesses will appeal to consumers dealing with large files shared by multiple PCs and a need for data protection.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced a back-up device called Time Capsule at Macworld in San Francisco on Tuesday, which automates the Time Machine backup application in Mac OS X Leopard.
Unlike in the past, when hard-drive makers typically released the same basic drive for various markets, they now nip and tuck their products to fit specific customer profiles and applications.
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I'm standing in a room with roughly a quarter of a million backup tapes. No, this isn't where the FuelWatch guys hid the evidence, it's the Perth storage area for Spectrum Data, which specialises in storing ageing backup media and helping companies retrieve data from long-forgotten archives.
What would you do if you ran an online backup service that offered unlimited storage, and a few dozen of your customers ended up storing more than a terabyte of data each?
There are lots of fiddly little rules surrounding backup and disaster recovery, but some of them are, to be frank, blindingly obvious. At the top of my personal list would be this one: don't check your notebook PC as hold luggage when you get on a plane.
Apple also used the event to launch its latest bid for storage supremacy: the Time Capsule. For Mac-loving households, this might be good news, but as a business storage solution it leaves a lot to be desired.
One IT professional summed up what many have been mulling over recently: it sometimes takes losing data for a company to realise it needs a disaster recovery plan.
Relying solely on tape backups can give you a false sense of security. Here are some other things you should keep in mind.
Disk-based backups aren't a bad thing to have, but they won't protect your organisation from disasters. For that eventuality, you need to have a point-in-time copy of your data stored away from the server itself.
Creating and cataloguing recordings of indigenous languages is a challenging enough technology task, but the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre had some additional barriers to overcome: creaky IT systems, a depleting base of native speakers and the ever-present threat of cyclones.
Deakin University finds a new solution to the ever-increasing demand for storage backup while facing rapid growth across its campuses, IT director Craig Warren tells ZDNet Australia.
GoVault Data Protection removable disk drive from Quantum is a simple solution for small companies wishing to secure their data.
Symantec Backup Exec 11d performs well, installation is a breeze and considering the ability to backup and restore individual database records and substantially reduce downtime, it isn't difficult to justify the price.
A series of network attached storage servers aimed at the small- to medium-sized business market has been unveiled by Adaptec.
Hard drive failure can happen any time, but is your back (up) covered to minimise the loss?
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