Backing up data seems straightforward enough, but it’s easy to overlook critical steps that ensure your data is safe, secure, ...

Back in the day, IIRC, Crashplan offered free "peer" backup; you exchange USB hard drives with a buddy, Crashplan backed up to the remote USB drive over the Internet, with encryption. This meant very ...

In addition, CommVault's new software also became one of the first applications to allow deduplication of data that is backed up to tape. Backing up data from virtual servers has become an important ...

Windows has a hidden backup tool in Windows 10 and 11. It can save files to discs, drives, or network locations. Deprecated by Microsoft, so expect occasional errors. Regularly backing up your files ...

This weekend I have the task of moving a laptop from Windows 10 to Windows 11 (yeah yeah). As there are some quirks with the current operating system, I'm not going to do an upgrade, but go for a ...

Ever experienced that heart-wrenching episode that occurs when you delete a valuable file by mistake? Or have you ever woken up to see your life’s work lost to an electronic virus? If yes, then you ...

Backing up your essential data is the only way to be sure it’s safe. And while there have been no major online storage disasters to date, it behooves you to maintain a local backup of your digital ...

Organisations that use cloud IT or cloud-based applications often do so in the belief they can spend less time managing IT and more time running the business. Partly, this is because customers see ...

A disaster recovery plan is only effective if you can restore data. But despite the growing risks – especially from ransomware – not all organisations are sure they actually can recover from their ...