Category: Online Backup (Page 2)
Data Backup – Its more about recovery
A recent article published by the Register from Marcus Schneider, board member from Storage Network Industry Association, makes a very interesting point: data backup revolves more around recovery than it actually revolves around backup! The article details that data protection is about making data available when it is required and the version of the data required should be available to restore. This broken down into five key phases: Detection: When …
The Internet Group Partners With Leading Online Backup Provider
IT Managed Services Provider (MSP), The Internet Group, is delighted to announce that it has partnered with the award winning Online Backup provider, Backup Technology. This partnership will allow The Internet Group to offer the most advanced Online Backup technology available. Whilst traditional Online Backup is a fantastic accompaniment to traditional backups such as tape and local Network Attached Storage (NAS), it has never been perceived by the SME market …
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Disk Based Enterprise Backup and Recovery
For the first time, the Gartner Magic Quadrant on Enterprise Backup and Recovery features Cloud Backup vendors alongside traditional tape based offerings. Cloud Backup vendors were also presented with further good news, when Gartner anticipated that at least 30% of organizations will have changed backup vendors due to frustration over cost, complexity and/or capability and by 2014, 80% of the market will choose advanced, disk-based appliances and backup software-only solutions. …
Will the BT race to infinity increase Online Backup Interest?
The BT ‘Race to Infinity’ is a new fibre optic broadband roll out that promises to deliver up to 40Mb fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) internet to its customers around the UK, at no extra cost. BT has pledged that this service will reach over 10 million users by 2012, or more specifically for the start of the London Olympics. Of course fibre-optic broadband is not new, companies like Virgin Media having been …
Natwest and RBS customers experience overcharging
It is everyone’s worse nightmare when it comes to banking – fraud and identity theft. Something I thought I had experienced first hand this morning on checking my account online. Upon querying a transaction where I had been over charged by £200.00, NatWest, part of the RBS group told me this wasn’t fraud but to ring 0845 366 0391 for more information. An automated message stated, “We are currently experiencing …
Backup Technology and Terian Solutions Merge
Leeds, UK and Houston, TX, Thursday 9th December 2010 Backup Technology Limited and Terian Solutions LLC announced today at the Gartner Data Centre Conference Las Vegas, the completion of a merger to create the world’s largest managed Online Backup and Disaster Recovery specialist The combined entity will retain the Backup Technology name and brand to build on its existing international presence. The partnership means that Backup Technology now protect over …
Experts urge smaller firms to replicate stored data
Businesses which are considered to be of small or medium size are being instructed by data security experts to start using storage and backup systems which allow them to keep several copies of files and details, to ensure that they are completely protected in the event of a disaster. IT executive David Marku is leading the calls to make sure that SMBs are not exposing themselves unnecessarily because the data …
Data backup vendor leaks details of 150,000 German users
Customers of German chemist chain Schlecker have been exposed in their hundreds of thousands after an error by the IT vendor used by the firm. Over 150,000 customers are believed to have been affected by the incident during which anyone could have gained access to detailed personal information via the internet. The vendor quickly patched the problem and the details were secured again, but on top of details such as …
Cloud expansion fuelled by falling budgets, experts claim
UK businesses will increasingly rely on cloud computing solutions to backup their data and operate systems because they represent cheaper options than traditional alternatives, according to the National Outsourcing Association (NOA). Over the next two years, cloud-based providers are expected to experience a growth rate in the region of 78 per cent, with the peak coming at some point in 2012. These figures have been published in a recent report …
Cloud services compromised by poor password practice
Businesses that use cloud computing services to backup and store sensitive data are leaving themselves vulnerable because employees and administrators are choosing poor passwords, according to CRYPTOCard. Some of the biggest names in the business, including Microsoft and Facebook, have said that the number of similar passwords used by common customers was putting at risk the millions of items of personal data that people store on their services. This applies …
