( 6 March 2008)
RAIDs. Whether you call it a Redundant Array of Independent or Inexpensive Disks, one thing is for certain. Your organization is very dependent on your RAID and the data that is stored on its hard drives.
While hardware vendors or VARs sell customers on a RAID’s fault tolerance...
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Category: data loss prevention, helpful hints
tags: backing up data,
damaged hard drive,
data loss,
data loss prevention,
data recovery,
raid array,
raid array failure
( 7 February 2008)
Laptops continue to populate our IT-landscape in growing numbers. The convenience that laptops afford us, the choice of applications available, and declining price are compelling reasons individuals and organizations are embracing laptops rather than their more sedimentary PC cousins. And, we cannot dismiss the growing trend of the...
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Category: data loss prevention, helpful hints
tags: back-up,
corrupted disks,
damaged hard drive,
data loss,
data loss prevention,
data recovery,
hard drive failure,
laptop,
laptop recovery,
prevention
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( 5 November 2007)
Rare Music Files Rescued from Severely Damaged Hard Drive
In June 2007, vintage music store, M.C. Productions Vintage Recordings, in the City of Penticton in British Columbia’s beautiful Okanagan Valley was destroyed in a fire. Owner Mickey Clark lost all of the CDs he had compiled from his massive...
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Category: case studies, helpful hints
tags: back-up,
backing up data,
back up,
backup,
business continuity,
business data,
cd backup,
damaged hard drive,
data,
data destruction,
data loss,
data loss prevention,
data recovery,
data recovery expertise,
deleting hard drive,
digital memories,
disruptio
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(24 October 2007)
As wildfires continue to ravage Southern California, CBL Data Recovery’s San Diego County laboratory remains open. CBL reminds computer users throughout the country that data can often be recovered successfully from fire-damaged storage media.
Doug Owens, Managing Director of CBL’s laboratory in El Cajon...
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Category: data loss prevention, helpful hints
tags: backing up data,
back up,
business losses,
california,
data destruction,
data loss,
data loss prevention,
data recovery,
fires,
san diego county
(17 August 2007)
In the August 16, 2007 edition of The Globe and Mail, columnist Jack Kapica brings to his readers’ attention some interesting research results from California-based Strategic Research Corp. in his article, What if your backup needs backup?
Three main causes of data loss...
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Category: data loss prevention, helpful hints
tags: backing up data,
backup,
data loss,
data loss prevention,
data recovery,
raid array,
raid array failure
( 9 August 2007)
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company stated in a July 23, 2007 press release that “according to recent surveys of college students 97% own a computer, 94% a cell phone and 56% an MP3 player. Moreover, a recent Alloy College Explorer Study found...
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Category: data loss prevention, helpful hints
tags: acer,
apple,
backing up data,
backup,
business losses,
compaq,
computer crash,
data loss,
data loss prevention,
data recovery,
hp,
laptop,
laptop recovery,
lenovo,
lost files,
notebook leases,
pc crash,
toshiba
( 2 August 2007)
Organizations of any size can and do experience data loss on a daily basis which can severely impact business continuity. Hence, all organizations should include data recovery as part of their disaster recovery plans.
Security Matters, a magazine for small to medium-sized businesses, features a number of articles which address...
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Category: business, data loss prevention
tags: business continuity,
business losses,
data loss,
data loss prevention,
data recovery,
data recovery companies,
data recovery expertise,
disaster recovery plan,
disruption to business
(10 July 2007)
Faith-based organizations often rely on volunteers for their IT needs, so when a system crashes and access to important files such as membership lists, financial records or e-mail newsletters on a hard drive is denied, the good intentions of staff and volunteers can have serious results.
While we recommend to organizations...
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Category: business, helpful hints
tags: acer,
apple,
churches,
compaq,
data loss prevention,
data recovery,
data recovery discounts,
data recovery expertise,
dell,
faith-based,
hp,
lenovo,
mosques,
synagogues,
temples,
toshiba
(29 June 2007)
Residents of some cities are already hearing and reading pleas from municipal officials restrict water consumption and to reduce their power consumption and the summer of 2007 is only one week old. Blackouts and brownouts have already occurred as air conditioners and fans are working overtime to keep workers...
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Category: helpful hints, business
tags: anti-virus,
damaged hard drive,
data loss,
data loss prevention,
erase data,
hard drive crash,
power consumption,
power surge,
protect data,
protectors
