december 5, 2006 17:54 - Beware! ... of Pod Slurping
A developer of network and content security as well as messaging software, GFI, has recently released a white paper detailing the dangers of losing data via personal storage devices such as USB Flash drives and .mp3 players. Since today's storage devices are powerful enough to store lots of data and at very high speeds, data thieves can abscond with a large amount of data in a short amount of time. The term "pod-slurping" has recently developed for this phenomenon. Contained within the white paper is the process by which thieves can take data along with some things companies can do to prevent such data loss. Pod slurping white paper! USB flash driver information
december 14, 2006 17:30 - Protect your Data, says Acronis
Acronis, Inc. offers tips to small and medium size companies on how to best backup and store their data. The first thing is to have a plan and policies about data backup and storage, the next is being aware of the various technical issues that surround them. Another thing to keep in mind is that data can be restored from backup to the same or different hardware. Companies need to decide where their priorities are and design a storage/backup system that fits their specific needs. Being careful with company laptops is crucial - install backup and recovery programs that can be hidden on a different partition of the hard drive. This extra partition can make backing up lost data quite fast. Acronis protection data advice! Acronis hard disk software
december 28, 2006 18:59 - Microsoft will soon Release New Data Protection Software
Although Microsoft's first attempt at entering the server backup market was not so fruitful, the company will try again with its beta release of System Center Data Protection Manager Version 2 (DPM). Microsoft has streamlined the installation process and expanded support for different applications, they hope to take market share away from the leaders in the field of data protection like Symantec and EMC.However, this software is designed to work solely with Microsoft systems - there will be no support for Linux or Oracle solutions. An API will be made available to interact with other replication and storage solutions. Although Microsoft has not announced a consumer backup release, industry analysts believe that would be the next logical step. Microsoft's System Center Data Protection Manager For Server Backup
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