januari 30, 2007 21:29 - Data Backup Buyer's Guide Released by Dealhack
Considering the many options and details to know when dealing with data backup and storage, a consumer advice site www.dealhack.com has published a guide to the different solutions. The basic strategy that Dealhack.com suggests is to stick to something simple, automate, and backup on a regular basis. A little more detail about the five rules: 1. Prioritize your files - know what is irreplaceable. 2. Cut unnecessary files and programs - what can easily be installed again? 3. Make it regular - a minimum of once a week and probably once a day. 4. Research the backup options available to you. 5. Pick an appropriate medium i.e. CDs, tape, external hard drives, flash drives, etc. Backup consumer guide!
januari 13, 2007 20:26 - AT&T Focuses on Home and SMB Market for Online Storage Solution
Backing away from their enterprise level solutions, AT&T is now offering services for home and small business users. Prices start at 2GB of space for 5.95USD per month. The new "Online Vault" system does an initial backup of the user's system, afterwards only backing up files that have changed. New files are compressed, encrypted, and transmitted on a daily basis to AT&T's secure data center. Backups can be made to any computer that the consumer desires. Aimed mainly at small businesses for slightly more money, the "Remote Vault" option allows for more flexible backups, including hourly, weekly, or other periods. AT&T is now targeting SMB for online backup services
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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