Securely upload data to the AWS cloud
Amazon announced AWS Storage Gateway, a service that provides a new option to securely upload data to the AWS cloud. The AWS Storage Gateway connects an on-premises software …
HiDrive Free: New cloud service
HiDrive Free, a cloud-based service from STRATO, launched in the U.S. offering users 5GB of free online storage. With HiDrive Free, users can back up their data at a central …
Dell delivers new storage backup
Dell announced advancements in its Fluid Data architecture that enable customers to quickly adapt to the changing demands of their organizations and increase automation for …
Why do companies backup infrequently?
Businesses are on average backing up to tape once a month, with one rather alarming statistic from the same survey showing 10 percent were only backing up to tape once per …
Windows 8 to do away with constant restarts after updating
I don’t know a single Windows user who isn’t annoyed at the number of times the operating system requires a restart, and especially annoyed when the request …
Carbonite privacy blunder results in spam
Popular online backup service Carbonite has made another privacy misstep. Computerworld blogger Richi Jennings, a self styled “anti-spam wonk”, has discovered that …
The value of digital content
Although 51% of Americans have experienced a computer crash where they lost all of their digital files, more than one-third (39%) admit they have never backed up their …
Cloud computing disaster recovery
Online Tech announced a disaster recovery solution for cloud computing. DR Now! replicates the entire hosted cloud including servers, software, network and security to an …
Apple to launch iCloud on October 12
Apple announced that iCloud, a set of free cloud services, will be available on October 12. iCloud stores your music, photos, apps, contacts, calendars, documents and more, …
Nearly 5 million military health care files stolen
Sensitive data about nearly 5 million patients has been compromised following the theft of backup tapes from an electronic healthcare app used in the military health system, …
Micron SSD featuring self encryption
Micron Technology introduced a new version of its RealSSD C400, featuring self encryption. The C400 SED’s encryption capabilities are delivered through a hardware-based, …
Majority of small businesses unprepared for data disaster
Although small businesses recognize the impact data loss could have on their business, more than half (57 percent) do not have a disaster preparedness plan for business data. …