HP has made a new product announcement for its Data Protector backup and recovery software. Data Protector Notebook Extension provides protection for PC clients such as desktop PCs and laptops to enable organisations to protect data stored outside of the data centre, something not typically included in normal backup procedures. It provides two types of protection: Continuous File Protection, which is best suited to small files such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, as well as Adobe PDF file…
OpinionWire Articles - published 20/11/2009 - Sue Clarke
A few weeks ago I wrote an OpinionWire article on the EU Proposal on Electronic Documents (February 2009) and how the proposed electronic storage of invoices and receipts will be extremely valuable to European businesses. It will come as no surprise to learn that many enterprises (both public and private sector organisations) currently hold such documents both physically and electronically, and also in multiple electronic formats and locations, to satisfy various regulatory and legislative requirements.
OpinionWire Articles - published 27/03/2009 - Maxine Holt
Symantec has just released its second annual State of the Data Center Report, in which 1,600 companies were surveyed worldwide during the last two weeks of September and the fist week of October 2008. In Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, data centre staff in 536 companies were surveyed. The companies ranged in size from 5,000 to more than 50,000 employees with the median company having 50 people working in IT, between 30 and 49 data centres, with about 20% of IT staff dedicated to data…
OpinionWire Articles - published 19/01/2009 - Sue Clarke
Any piece of electronic information needs to be stored somewhere and somehow. This should guarantee access to that piece of information over the years. You want that information backed up, in case a disaster strikes, so that you can restore and access it again. For some information, a need exists to keep it for a long period of time, between three and seven years.
Butler Group Review Articles - published 15/10/2008 - Guus Leeuw jr
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