Online data storage comes in two main flavors. What are the similarities and differences?
Proper data backup provides [Read more...]
90 People Per Minute
November 13, 2008 By 2 Comments
Wow. Is that possible? That’s what Webroot is reporting: that 90 people are losing data every minute.
Webroot, is a leading provider of security solutions for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets. Their report, published yesterday indicates:
“Although 98 percent of PC users surveyed have antivirus protection on their computers and 95 percent use firewall protection, few have safeguards in place for their data. Only 18 percent currently back up data [Read more...]
8 Steps to Make Faster Online Backups
November 5, 2008 By 1 Comment
Internet connection speed is a very important factor in determining how quickly your backups will run. There is a detailed analysis of expected time for the actual data transfer portion of the backup process on our site.
But connection speed is not the only factor. Here are some additional tips [Read more...]
Natural Disaster Threat Maps
November 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Inspired by the series of minimal earthquakes we’ve experienced in Dallas over the past 2 days, I have compiled a list of maps showing the level of threat faced across the United States from the following naturally occurring threats: [Read more...]
DR Planning in a Tough Economy
October 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
One of the first casualties during tough economic times is capital expenditures relating to support and infrastructure in a business. Companies will rightly seek to extend the life of and maximize the value of every asset.
The consequence is that [Read more...]
Fix the Problem – Not the Blame
October 28, 2008 By 1 Comment
Last Thursday the Dallas Morning News reported that the Texas Attorney General’s office has lost 50 percent of the Tyler (Texas) Medicare Fraud case files.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has even become involved when [Read more...]
Introducing GDV BLOG
September 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The purpose of our new BLOG is to allow GDV to share insights about the changing environment of backup, dasaster recovery, business continuity and failover. We will offer comments about where we think the technology is headed and how we are evolving our offering in anticipation of customer needs.
Soon we’ll be introducing new solutions for backup and failover. Our new backup platform will offer a Continuous Data Protection (CDP) option. And our new failover solution will offer improvements in Restore Time Objective (RTO) and Restore Point Objective (RPO).
As these developments are nearing release, your ideas and comments are most helpful in furthering our understanding of what is important to our customers. We look forward to hearing from you about these and other relevant and interesting topics.
Happy BLOGing, Will