Toshiba adds a little Microsoft firepower to the high-density DVD war going on with Sony. The two companies announced today they would further their recent collaborations as they both work to develop the future of the HD-DVD format.
These Birds Call For Backup
A new study performed by a graduate student from the University of Washington, has found that the call of a Chickadee is often used to call in other birds when it is threatened by a predator.
PayPal Alternatives: “Do You Have a Backup Plan?”
Many people think that in order to do business online you need to have an expensive merchant account to have the ability to take payments by credit card from your customers.
Make Data Backup Over the Internet!
Why should you backup your data on the Internet?
Is DVD Storage An Attractive Alternative For Your Computer Backup?
If you have a computer for home use or for your business and don’t take comprehensive backup for full protection then you are in the danger-zone. Maybe you do not take any backup at all.
How to Backup Windows XP Home Edition
Your computer cost you from hundreds to thousands of dollars, but the computer itself is not the most valuable part. The data on the hard disk is the most valuable part. How many hours of work did you put into creating that data? One little event, like a power line spike from a lightning strike, and all that work could be lost. Unfortunately, backing up with Windows XP Home Edition is not as simple as it should be.
Microsoft Enters the Disk-based Backup and Recovery Industry
Industry Partners Demonstrate Broad Support for Microsoft Data Protection Server to Provide Customers With Rapid and Reliable Disk-Based Data Recovery.
Arkeia Upgrades Arkeia Network Backup solution
Arkeia announced at Forum Stockage Paris a major new upgrade to its flagship Arkeia Network Backup solution that reaffirms its leadership position in the Linux data protection marketplace.
Alert! Alert! Alert! Backup and Restore Baby!
At many organizations I doubt red lights flash with the sound of blaring sirens when backups fail in production environments, but I believe at every organization backups are one of the most critical IT functions. Of all backups, database backups, by most accounts, are considered the most critical. I know this is certainly true for me as a SQL Server DBA. I am sure at one point in all of our careers we were too busy to check all of our backups across all SQL Servers, with a million responsibilities on a daily basis. I know some of us were lucky and made it unscathed, while others were not so lucky with backup failures that caused extensive data loss and long downtimes. Now when IT Departments are forced to “do more with less,” it is time to put the necessary SQL Server Alerts in place for backup and restore operations in order to more easily monitor and streamline this critical process.
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Is Regular Backup Enough?
Most businesses secure their information infrastructure by regularly backing it up onto tape. Some have gone further, enhancing their backup strategy with expensive disk arrays and mirroring. Whether an earthquake, a flood, a blackout or a hard disk failure should catch them by surprise, these backups would ensure the survival of their information. Should human or software error (which account for approximately 40% of all application-related disasters) corrupt their data, they would simply reach for a recent backup, which would help them back on their feet. But would simply having these regular backups stashed away someplace safe be enough?