Wouldn’t it be nice to know about the previous weather-related events that have taken place in your area? This might spark another question of how susceptible the area where you and/or your business reside is to disasters such as earthquakes and intense storms. With help from the Pacific Disaster Center, Global Data Vault created the Natural [...]
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Different Viewpoints of IT Decision-Makers and Business Executives
Harris Interactive surveyed 497 IT individuals who were either IT or business executives and the results showed similarities and differences in matters relating to disaster recovery.
Survey Indicates Dangerous Backup Practices
Acronis, a major vendor of backup software, conducted an online survey of the backup habits of home users. Out of the 6,091 North Americans that completed the survey, nearly two-thirds (64 %) of users
InteropNet Conference
Last week, Global Data Vault was an InteropNet sponsor and official Disaster Recovery supplier for Interop, the industry’s most comprehensive IT Conference, in Las Vegas. This video provides a tour of the network explaining the InteropNet infrastructure in detail. Interop’s lead engineer Geoff Horne describes the services provided by Global Data Vault and their benefits [...]
UC Berkeley Data Breach
160,000 individuals who have received healthcare services from the University of California at Berkeley since 1999 have had personal information exposed to overseas hackers.
Announcing Advanced Data Protection
Global Data Vault announces the next generation in disaster recovery solutions: Advanced Data Protection, which combines backup and failover delivered remotely as a service, at a break-through price.
Virginia Prescription Records Stolen and Held for Ransom
This one is hard to believe, but true. According to Wikileaks and as reported by the Washington Post, On Thursday, April 30, the secure site for the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) was replaced with a $US10M ransom demand. The PMP is used by pharmacists and others to discover prescription drug abuse.
Solving the Distributed Data Problem
Computer hackers. Natural disasters. Careless employees. What do all these things have in common?
Airport Insecurity - Business Travelers Beware
A study conducted by Ponemon Institute reported that business travelers lose an astonishing 12,000 laptops PER WEEK in U.S.
Carbonite Data Loss - Our Analysis
The Boston Globe and other outlets reported this weekend that Carbonite lost data for 7,500 customers. Many of these customers were able to make fresh backups before they suffered any real losses. Some, however, were not. Those who were not recieved apologies and credits. All 7,500 most likely lost any prior versions (if Carbonite even keeps [...]
