Offsite Data Backup Exposes Potential Threats of Traditional Tape Backup

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Tape backup is notorious for its inadequacy. It is unreliable, as its properties are dependable on human errors and technologically failures. Tapes are prone to mechanical, thermal and other kind of physical intervention, which can reduce their quality. The data recovery from tapes is only 60% true, as most information is lost due to the [...]

Offsite Data Backup - Be Very careful who you deal with!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

The concept of offsite data backup is not new; some time ago it was only available to corporate institutions that had multiple locations, high connectivity speeds and very high budgets. Today the cost of hardware and high speed connectivity has greatly reduced, as a result the number of companies offering backup to a remote [...]

How on Earth do Companies and Organisations lose Data?

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Browsing the web I became engrossed with the concept of data backup and data loss. There is almost an almost unlimited amount of information covering subjects such as how to keep computer and server data secure, how to back-up data, how to restore data, how to replicate data, who will remove your backup tapes to [...]

Companies must be prepared for data storage and backup compliance

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Companies must account and deal for new legislation governing how information is stored on IT systems.
The EU is shortly to adopt many of the recommendations on corporate governance set out by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US, UK firms are to be expected to deal with and manage explicit guidelines on how to store email [...]

Data Backup - Do you have a backup and data recovery plan in place

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Data backup is rarely a part of a home computer user’s or business IT administrator’s plans, we all say it will never happen to me or my company, but in reality we are just mentally preparing for the time we lose our data. Its like trying to stop smoking, we all know we [...]

Offsite Data Backup or Online Storage, which solution is the most suited to you

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Most people still think that backing up to an offsite environment is the same solution as moving files to an online storage system. If you want to know what the differences are, so you are able to make an informed decision, please read on.
Online file storage is a means for moving your digital photos, [...]

Consequences of data loss and Why should Offsite Backup be used

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

There is a calculated trend in all business corporations and firms: when the enterprise is getting bigger, its support of data increases its complexity, volume and value. The larger your enterprise is, the more significant your data files become. The traditional tape backup can no longer produce in-depth data information about all the important features [...]