Tag archive: backup

This announcement definitely puts the company ahead and solidifies Backupify’s position on the leading edge of cloud data management. Millions of businesses use Google Apps to simplify their IT needs. But just putting everything into the cloud, while it may make be more cost effective, doesn't solve all your problems. These organizations are now faced with establishing IT best practices – including archiving, backup and business continuity… Read More

Dolly Drive will be featured as part of MacWorld's Indie Spotlight. The event takes place January 27-29th. Dolly Drive works with Time Machine to locally duplicate, store online and restart access to your digital world through online storage. Dolly lets MacBook laptop users back-up and recover their data through Time Machine anywhere they travel. Mac desktop users can either skip buying an external hard drive or use both for a hybrid… Read More

Most computer users recognize the importance of backing up key files on a regular basis — be it documents, music, irreplaceable photos and camcorder footage — but not everyone is aware of how to go about doing it, and which products are needed to pull it off. Here we look at a handful of top-rated backup solutions to help you make a suitable choice based on your needs and budget. External Hard Drive Ideal for laptops or desktops, an… Read More

EMC's Retrospect backup software has long been a major player for all levels of users, from everyday folks just looking to safeguard their personal data to small businesses and enterprises looking to back up small (and large!) herds of machines. The application backs up intelligently—only one copy of a file gets stored, no matter how many copies of it might live on a network—, supports incremental backups (so you can… Read More

Storage Appliance Corporation has been marketing ClickFree backup drives for a while: the basic idea is that users plug in the drives just like any USB device and like magic—no software, applications, configuration, or menu-surfing involved—the device automatically backs up your files. ClickFree has been offering backup drives with capacities ranging from 120 to 500 GB along with DVD-based backup, but now at CES the company is… Read More

In the first announcement since its acquisition by EMC, storage vendor Iomega has announced a new downloadable software bundle that combines both the venerable EMC Retrospect backup program with the MozyHome online backup service, enabling customers to back up their media and data not online to local drives, but also to remote storage via the Internet…which can be very handy in the event a fire or other disaster takes out both your… Read More

You’ve been told time and time again: back up your most important files, lest something catastrophic happen to your PC. But like your dentist telling you to floss, your optometrist telling you to wear your contacts less, or your doctor telling you to exercise more, the advice sometimes goes in one ear and out the other because it’s just too much of a pain. Memorex has catered to even the laziest or most technologically… Read More

Tandberg Data Corporation today announced the general availability of its RDX QuickStor backup solution, a new based backup system for small businesses and power users which uses removable hard disk-based cartridges to give offer the archival flexibility of traditional tape-based backup schemes with the benefits (and, often, cost-effectiveness) of random-access disk-based backup systems. “RDX QuikStor combines all the advantages of… Read More

Iomega Corporation this week announced that its new Iomega HDD 160GB USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive is now shipping. Designed for the desktop with fast 7200 RPM performance and "touch-free" backup software, the new external HDD 160GB Desktop Hard Drive gives users a simple and complete solution for managing music, photos, video and other data files. "Digital photography, downloadable music, and digital video camcorders, as well as an… Read More

Quote from the review: “Backing up your data… How many of us actually backup on a regular basis? I can personally admit to not backing up regularly. We seem to have a mind set that it would never happen to us, no-one expects to loose data because of a fire, theft or hard drive failure – but these things can and do happen…” Our take: The 5000DV is a pretty solid drive and you certainly get a lot of… Read More