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.
E-mails filled with office gossip or forwarded jokes may be costing UK firms more than just minutes of employees' time -- storing the electronic missives is draining companies' cash too, according to new research.
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.
Sometimes the quick marketing of new technologies can mask the real issues.
There's a significant shift in storage fundamentals afoot, and it's not SAN and NAS--metadata promises to turn static, monolithic data repositories into malleable storage clouds.
South Australian distributed backup start-up Memory Box splits up users' data and spreads it in encrypted form across many customers' PCs. But can the company build trust amongst customers who could be worried about their data being stored on other people's hard drives?
Faced with the thought of a USB drive, notebook PC or backup tape going missing, most IT managers look to some form of encryption as the first layer of defence. However, according to one storage security expert, that's largely a pointless exercise.
Being able to build a data warehouse right from the beginning of a company's life can eliminate some of the pitfalls typically associated with the project, but doesn't necessarily eliminate the most obvious one: uncontrolled data from multiple sources.
Google has attracted a lot of attention with a new study that contradicts the accepted wisdom that hard drives are more likely to fail in cool conditions than warm ones. However, I don't think we ought to be switching off the datacentre air conditioners any time soon.
E-mail is frequently blamed for creating storage bloat, but is the most effective means of dealing with the problem increasing storage capacity, imposing quotas, enforcing archive rules, or just driving the help desk nuts with questions?
Managing data can be difficult, especially if you have almost 500 terabytes of storage and spend $10,000 a month on backup tapes. This case study looks at how Melbourne IT, one of Australia's biggest web hosting companies, handles storage
Australian SMBs are hungry for storage, yet have been left underserved by major storage vendors. However, increasing demand for digital marketing and fast access to information is causing vendors to take notice of this once-neglected sector.
In today's knowledge economy, getting the right information at the right time can make the difference between success and failure. However companies need to put adequate controls in place before sharing information freely. We look at how to ensure confidential data doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
E-mails filled with office gossip or forwarded jokes may be costing UK firms more than just minutes of employees' time -- storing the electronic missives is draining companies' cash too, according to new research.
On any list of businesses that can't afford downtime or system failure, power companies have to be close to the top. So when New Zealand electricity and gas generator and retailer Genesis Energy experienced a series of flaws in its backup and recovery systems, it had to act.
The DNS-343 is the natural evolution of the DNS-323 a four-drive NAS that's quite good indeed.
The ReadyNAS range is a perfect addition to a household that needs not just storage, but control over that storage. Now if only Netgear could do something about the price.
The Snap Server 210 makes for a very tightly integrated and low maintenance backup system over WAN, but is pricier than many other solutions.
Heat or dots? The question is dividing the hard drive industry as it prepares for a major product overhaul.
We test and compare NAS devices designed to suit a specific set of medium-enterprise requirements.
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